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greyhound12		Posted : Saturday, 23 February 2013 6:12:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: darfield canterbury Thanks: 3 times		hi there i am new to this but i try and make anything i can myself and i want to make a wee sluice to have a go with just thought id ask for any tips on riffle angles/shape? and/or expanded mesh, have seen some with just the expanded mesh. and also which carpets/mats do you find best? i have some miners moss type carpet and ribbed matting and sheet metal. cheers

Southridge		Posted : Saturday, 23 February 2013 10:02:09 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 23 Was thanked: 18 time(s) in 7 post(s)		Hey mate I'm one of those DIY guys too and have spent hundreds of hours in the shed creating I call it but the wife calls it something else lol I have found that boxes tend to vary depending on type of ground you are working but I have a keen box now (xmas pressie) and the old boy I go with has a small box made out of flat tin with inch by inch timber square riffles and to be honest there is probulary bugger all difference at clean up time working the same ground all day so I guess I would say go and create its half the fun I reackon

greyhound12		Posted : Sunday, 24 February 2013 6:32:06 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: darfield canterbury Thanks: 3 times		haha yea it is half the fun making it. were his riffles fixed to the tin with carpet in between?

Southridge		Posted : Sunday, 24 February 2013 8:04:47 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 23 Was thanked: 18 time(s) in 7 post(s)		He had ribbed rubber mat on the bottom then the back three quarters had expanded mesh over it then the riffles at the front I think there was 8 of them also with the rubber under them they all slid in under a rail witch wedged everything in not the best design I don't reackon but It works and also good for seeing if there is anything in your sluice also works much better in low flow areas than my keen box or any I have built

greyhound12		Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 6:48:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: darfield canterbury Thanks: 3 times		interesting.. i think ill make some out of some alloy angle. need to find some expanded mesh.. you go out digging very often?

Southridge		Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 6:58:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 23 Was thanked: 18 time(s) in 7 post(s)		The best place I have found is ullrich alloy for expanded mesh they have just small sheets not a whole sheet but that's in dunedin any how and I try and get out as much as possible use to do it every weekend down south but still learning where to go up here as only been In Dunedin just over a year and work supper busy doesn't help nun how bout yourself ??

greyhound12		Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 7:50:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: darfield canterbury Thanks: 3 times		we have ulrich aluminium up here, wonder if they have the mesh my engineer mate told me can only get it in sheet thought he would know if ulrich had it as he has told me to go there for other stuff. i will have to look next time im in town. im a few hours from the coast here had a pan a few times with my mate while fishing over there thought i better learn more about it and make me a wee sluice.