Looks like you could flush the contents with H2O if you wanted. Wish I could find an old, well used berm to mine!
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Looks like you could flush the contents with H2O if you wanted. Wish I could find an old, well used berm to mine!
Nice job!
What is the white plastic disc in the pictures???
Those are the plastic seals that the factory puts over the barrel bungs. We just left them on the lid that we made the baffle from.Originally Posted by MaryB
We used a heavy walled pipe for the center shaft so that we can plumb it for water if the need arises. As long as the dirt is dry it sifts just fine. Come spring we may have to go to the wet process. Luckily there is a nice sized pond a stone's throw from our mining site.
Great thread! Love the brilliance of the equipment made. Please keep us posted.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
My buddy Randy did 99% of the cutting and welding. We both worked out the engineering together.
websterz - you've go it bad, man. Bad....... Talk about production.. Mike
Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently, and for the same reason. Benjamin Franklin
What I got bad is my lead level. I just got my test results back today and I'm at 11 MCG/dL. 10 is considered high so I am going to have to really watch my exposure from now on.
That is not too bad at all. Just make sure to watch the dust coming off the shoveling of the dirt and the scrap. Just wearing a little lite dust mask will help some.
I have a lead rated respirator I will be using from now on.
I was gonna say - 11 shouldn't be bad at all. Above average, but not really bad. Would I wear a respirator ?? Oh, yeah. I do.
I got up to 21 once and it turned out to be the weekly shooting rimfires indoors. My doc said that was high normal for an adult.
After I stopped the indoor shooting, levels went right back down to 3 or 4. Mike
Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently, and for the same reason. Benjamin Franklin
We pulled out another 114 pounds of range scrap today.
A friend had problems similar to yours. His Doctor recommended 1) eating an apple a day (helps absorb the nasties in your gut) and 2) washing up using coldwater and Lava type soap. The cold water keeps the skin's pores closed and the soap really does a number on the dirt/contamnantsWhat I got bad is my lead level. I just got my test results back today and I'm at 11 MCG/dL. 10 is considered high so I am going to have to really watch my exposure from now on.
Reminds me of the trammel setups the gold miners use. Wish I could get to our old range. From what I hear would need a chainsaw, bulldozer and front end loader to mine the berms. Hasn't been used in close to ten years but when it was it was heavily used, especially the pistol range. The club shot on that property for over 50 years and it has never been mined. I used to do some mining when the hipower guys shot on the rifle range as the pistol range was closed. A lot of the guys used them store bought hard cast bullets by the thousands. Frank
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| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |
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