Comments on: DIY Worm Harvester

By: Mike Laine

Mike Laine — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:55:38 +0000

Sorry, here is the picture of it standing.

[img]http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii558/malo1969/Trom1.jpg[/img]

By: Mike Laine

Mike Laine — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:51:58 +0000

[IMG]http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii558/malo1969/Trom1.jpg[/IMG]

http://mlaine.homeip.net/Trom/Trom

Here you’ll find plans to build an inexpensive, compact, and light weight hand trommel. It is designed to classify quantity material for your dry-washer, highbanker, sluice, pan, or garden, and can also be used as a worm harvester, gemstoner, or even an arrowhead sifter. The cost of parts is around $50 US. If you’re anything like me then this DIY is at the right price! Have fun finding gold! Be sure to check out the videos on the trommel site. They’ll show you the trommel in action along with mesh change ideas.

Cheers,
Mike

[img]http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii558/malo1969/Trom2.jpg[/img]

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:56:41 +0000

Jay,

I know this is an old post, but I just saw it today. Many thanks for the excellent photos and a great idea. Do you find that the 1/4″ cloth lets a lot of cocoons and small worms through?

I had an idea to have 2 set ups: one with 1/4″ and one with 1/8.” Then, sift the contents from the 1/4″ event with the 1/8″ set up. Double work, to be sure, but maybe less cocoon loss..

+Frank
Simpsonville,SC

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:48:18 +0000

A fairly cheap easy way for worm harvester is to get a sauna tube (this is a cardboard cylinder with no bottom,they use these to make cement footings) Or you can cut a 5 gallon bucket or something round. Then you buy 1/4 inch screen. The one i bought was 24inches by 5 feet long it was seven dollars. I cut 18 inches off the sauna tube and then cut that in half. So each end you will be using will be 9 inches. I then rolled the screen over the tube so it overlaps 3 inches. I purchased large zip ties and zip tied the screen to the tube. This gives me and 18 inch area for the compost to be sifted over a bin. Think recycle people ..... I had an old pool handle lying around so I drilled holes through it. I also drilled holes in the sauna tube and ran the thread I purchased all the way though the pole out the other side of the sauna tub. I used washers and nuts so it won't move around. and it really adds strength to the cardboard tube and screen. I ran 2 threads all the way through on each end so it makes a X The stand i screwed a board to my shed and made the opening double wide. This allows me to screen the compost flat and then lift the pole up to get the worms and not ready compost up into another bin separate from the casting bin I hope you all enjoyed the pictures and good luck if you decide to make your own. here is a link in case the photos I posted did not work http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/jab620/

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:11:23 +0000

Hello everyone

I’m somewhat new to composting….. just to briefly explain to you guys what I have…
I stacked 4 cinder blocks on top of each other in one row and 3 in the next I placed 2x6x8 ft long boards across them. This gives me a raised area to stack plants on top of.

Underneath this area is where I compost. After spending 100 bucks on a fancy tumbler composting bin with a crank I gave up for two reasons It can not hold much material and it attracted flies like crazy with or without the air holes open. I finally drilled small drainage holes on the side and bottom on an 18 gallon storage bin. After Google-ing for ideas I undoubtedly stumbled onto red worms and purchased 2 pounds for 40 bucks with free shipping. Well worth the investment. There are four people in my house so I actually decided to get another bin going and purchased 2 more pounds of worms for the 2nd bin. I notice a huge difference in how quickly scraps and junk mail get broken down with the worms compared to without. I will try and attach pictures in my next post. I Have pictures of a tumbler I made to sort through the castings.

By: Gatis

Gatis — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:36:18 +0000

Ok, thanks! I`ll try to do that!

By: Mark from Kansas

Mark from Kansas — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:21:04 +0000

Gatis,
Ielieciet bin saturu kartona kast? uz 2 dien?m. Lodzi?? b?s absorb? mitrumu.

J?su draugs,

Mark

By: Gatis

Gatis — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:16:38 +0000

No, no! : )
It`s Latvian!

By: Mark from Kansas

Mark from Kansas — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:44:50 +0000

Gatis,
what is your language?
Es el español su idioma?

Mark

By: Gatis

Gatis — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:24:37 +0000

Mark, could you put some photos of this process?
(sorry, but english is not my native language, there for I`m not sure if I got the main idea of what you said)
Thanks! : )