Machines | Keene Engineering Dry Washer, Modifications 01: Introduction
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This series will continue on my "Gold Is Where Others Have Found It" YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/giwohfi Note that the dry washer's air intake flapper valve will seat much better when the riffle board is in place and when dirt is on the riffle board. I did not make that clear enough in my video. The "MiniDry Washer Combination" is found here: http://www.keeneeng.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DW212V&Category_Code=DW
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If you don't like this so much sell it and buy something else. I find it quite easy to keep the feed hopper out the way by having the fold out leg folded back against the hopper and I can easily refit the rifle board back in with one hand and hold the hopper up if I need to having a variable speed on the drive is good for different grades of materialsthe hopper is Polyethylene You just seam to be a professional winger
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I must believe you work for another drywasher manufacturer. I have used the Keene DW212 for nearly 18 months and found it to be the most reliable puffer out there. First since when do rivets allow air to flow thru them, go see if you can run a wire thru the rivet. You want to put a tool bin on a machine that throws dust all over the place? I would feel alot more confident in your appraisal if you could tell the difference between fiberglass and rotomolded plastic. Lets talk about the hopper bar that you want to put a 1/2 pvc sleeve on to stop it from sliding and being worn down. First since it does slide a little it allows the support to hold up the hopper when you clean out the riffle tray. I simply slide the hopper to one side and rest the support on the edge of the drywasher bottom. How can rotomolded plastic wear out a steel bar? I could go on and on about your analysis but I think you get my point. So far not one of your comments have any basis in fact.
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Thank you for the suggestion: I will look at the riffle board and see if it is inserted properly. I think I will also hose out the inside.
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My experience is that the riffle tray needs to be at the maximum angle allowable with the original parts that it's made with. And I would like it to be at an even steeper angle. This is nothing like a sluice box that uses water to wash all the light stuff away. So the equasions used for the angle of the riffles are different. Keene Engineering shouldbe be ashamed of themselves. I had long talks with the head honchos there including Mr Keene's son. They just don't care.
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Ohch, thank you. :-) It is often a pain in the butt to not have access to a machine shop.