Plastic Sifter

[upena]

This is my all plastic (almost) sifter.









PVC Pipe (Yellow) comes in 6 meter length - we had about 2 meters laying around. If I had to buy the 6 meter length - 80 baht. Each piece is 40 centimeters long.
PVC elbows (Blue) - 4x15 baht - 60 baht.
PVC glue - 15 baht.
Plastic Mesh - 80 baht - 1 meter x 1/2 meter - I folded it in half and trimmed the rest.
Cable Ties - 55 baht for pack of 100 (used less than half).
Carabiner - had two from a trade show - free.
Rope - wife bought 10 meters - I am using about 3 - total cost was 80 baht - so 30 baht worth of rope for me.

Total cost - 320 baht for what I used counting the PVC pipe which was bought when we had our house built. Roughly $10 USD. All plastic except for the carabiners.

I took it out today to a local reservoir and it worked fine except for the mud/clay/rocks are extremely thick so sifting it took a while and I had to break up the big blob into smaller blobs and kind of let it slowly dissipate as I walked around and hunted. Main thing is the folded double plastic mesh held.

[Steffen70]

Well done, it looks like it will work for you, and you can even use your pinpointer to locate the small targets.

HH

/Steffen

[upena]

Originally Posted by Steffen70

Well done, it looks like it will work for you, and you can even use your pinpointer to locate the small targets.

HH

/Steffen

Yep. Now I need to waterproof the pinpointer.

[Snickers1]

Nice work!!! It looks great and I also like the colors.

[clifftronics]

ive been looking for the plastic mesh for over 2 weeks and cant find it anywhere. I was given ideas of the restraunt dishwasher trays from one of the members on the forum, the only other I thought of was fiberglass grate and the only place i found that was china. where did you find your mesh? My last resort will be using a piece of lexan 1/4" and spending a few hours gridding it out and makeing my own holes...GL+HH.....cliff.

[upena]

Originally Posted by clifftronics

ive been looking for the plastic mesh for over 2 weeks and cant find it anywhere. I was given ideas of the restraunt dishwasher trays from one of the members on the forum, the only other I thought of was fiberglass grate and the only place i found that was china. where did you find your mesh? My last resort will be using a piece of lexan 1/4" and spending a few hours gridding it out and makeing my own holes...GL+HH.....cliff.

My wife got it at a hardware store here in Khon Kaen, Thailand. I am guessing it is for use in a garden for a low "fence". Maybe a home and garden store or that section in a Walmart or some place similar.

[Skrap]

Originally Posted by upena

Yep. Now I need to waterproof the pinpointer.

If you have a Garrett Pro Pointer just use the sheath and hang it off a hat or tie it around your neck hanging off like a pendant form a small rope, etc. should keep it out out of the water.

[Liberty_1776]

VERY nice!