I love this idea! And you could either nail it to concrete or just make a heavy peice I beam or steel to go across bottom then nail wood to it and should weigh it down
The concrete this is on is my basement floor so I really don't want to nail into the floor. Maybe the steel beam might work to weight it down. I was also thinking some sort of rubber grip on the bottom but I'm not sure what to use.
Go to a bicycle repair shop and ask for a couple blown-out inner tubes. They should be free. Cut the rubber into strips then staple them to the bottom of your sorter. The increased friction should keep everything in place.
@@AtlantaTerry This is a great idea and I think I might have some old bike tubes thinking I might patch them at some point and instead the kids needed larger bikes!
Just throw that material in 5 gallon bucket or kitty litter bucket then put a slab of watermelon with the rind facing down (put some grit on it for the baby worms), cover with several damp newspapers and wait a week, you will easily bait out all those worms and allow the fine castings to be broken down even more. I figure I am storing those castings and they are sifted, so I don’t care if they are pretty moist again, as when I mix it with sifted garden soil that will balance the moisture anyway. I want those cocoons to stay healthy to hatch, not for them to dry out and die before getting into my garden. I watched a commercial worm farmer and he can keep sifted castings for 6-12 months by just giving them a slab of watermelon, grit and moisture monthly until he uses the castings or sells it and that it gets finer over time. He showed that if you drill a few small holes around the lip of bucket, then you can close it up without fear of it going bad, thus allowing for them to be stacked and saving floor space.
I do the same and keep hoping they breakdown. With 10+ systems I really needed a way to sort them more quickly which is why I built the sorter. It really speeds up the process I used to do by hand
It really is close, I think the hardest part is speed the trigger on the recip saw is very touchy and goes from 100 RPMs to 1000 with just the slightest touch. Other part is a way to keep it from sliding around on the floor when I crank up the speed.
Do you ever collect your cocoons and put them in a bin with no worms to observe how they progress? I am homeschooling my granddaughter and we are doing some vermicomposting and raising worms so she learns . She is 5 and loves the worms. I have ordered her a clear , thin designed worm farm for the cocoon experiment . She has the one that is 3 chambers side by side and is clear and she has her own Vermibag Micro. She takes care of them. She loves time lapse videos , maybe you could do more of those ?
I have never tried collecting just the cocoons and starting a bin with them but that isn't a bad idea just might take a while to get harvest. I'm making more time lapse videos but as I only have one camera and take weeks or months to film I can only do 1 or 2 at a time. But trust me more are coming! Next two will be coffee grounds and ground up bird seed!
build a box that would fit inbetween the front support rails build a box that would fit inbetween the back support rails then put either bricks or cinderblocks in the boxes the bricks or cinderblocks would go length ways with the machine the average brick ways like what 5lbs? heck i bet you could get at least 5 of them on just the bottom row front an back for a total of 10 for a total of 50 lbs of added weight 2 rows would be 100lbs cut some old garden hose into strips by cutting it to length then cut it down the middle then nail it to the bottom of all 4 support posts dont have any working knowledge if this would work or not i'm literally just spit balling ideas
Trying to find a way to hold the sorter down (wood on concrete). Anyone have ideas other than adding more weight?
I love this idea! And you could either nail it to concrete or just make a heavy peice I beam or steel to go across bottom then nail wood to it and should weigh it down
The concrete this is on is my basement floor so I really don't want to nail into the floor. Maybe the steel beam might work to weight it down. I was also thinking some sort of rubber grip on the bottom but I'm not sure what to use.
The rubber grips is a good idea def try that first but I love the setup super inventive
Go to a bicycle repair shop and ask for a couple blown-out inner tubes. They should be free. Cut the rubber into strips then staple them to the bottom of your sorter. The increased friction should keep everything in place.
@@AtlantaTerry This is a great idea and I think I might have some old bike tubes thinking I might patch them at some point and instead the kids needed larger bikes!
Rube Goldberg would be so proud ! Very ingenious :)
At that point I would need to add quite a few more steps!😂
Thanks for watching!
Awesom machine you have
Thanks 👍and thank you for watching!
WOW looks great no mess is best part
That was over goal of this build. The trommel I built made a huge mess.
Just throw that material in 5 gallon bucket or kitty litter bucket then put a slab of watermelon with the rind facing down (put some grit on it for the baby worms), cover with several damp newspapers and wait a week, you will easily bait out all those worms and allow the fine castings to be broken down even more. I figure I am storing those castings and they are sifted, so I don’t care if they are pretty moist again, as when I mix it with sifted garden soil that will balance the moisture anyway. I want those cocoons to stay healthy to hatch, not for them to dry out and die before getting into my garden. I watched a commercial worm farmer and he can keep sifted castings for 6-12 months by just giving them a slab of watermelon, grit and moisture monthly until he uses the castings or sells it and that it gets finer over time. He showed that if you drill a few small holes around the lip of bucket, then you can close it up without fear of it going bad, thus allowing for them to be stacked and saving floor space.
Looks good. I really like your sifter. I put the left overs back in the bin. I bet some items have gone through several times.
I do the same and keep hoping they breakdown. With 10+ systems I really needed a way to sort them more quickly which is why I built the sorter. It really speeds up the process I used to do by hand
Looks like yuo have it dialed in pretty good now.
It really is close, I think the hardest part is speed the trigger on the recip saw is very touchy and goes from 100 RPMs to 1000 with just the slightest touch.
Other part is a way to keep it from sliding around on the floor when I crank up the speed.
I checked my worm bin today. I did see a carrot that grew from the tops I put in a while back
That was happening a lot in my bins so I started to really cut up the tops of the carrots so they wouldn't grow.
Do you ever collect your cocoons and put them in a bin with no worms to observe how they progress? I am homeschooling my granddaughter and we are doing some vermicomposting and raising worms so she learns . She is 5 and loves the worms. I have ordered her a clear , thin designed worm farm for the cocoon experiment . She has the one that is 3 chambers side by side and is clear and she has her own Vermibag Micro. She takes care of them. She loves time lapse videos , maybe you could do more of those ?
I have never tried collecting just the cocoons and starting a bin with them but that isn't a bad idea just might take a while to get harvest.
I'm making more time lapse videos but as I only have one camera and take weeks or months to film I can only do 1 or 2 at a time. But trust me more are coming! Next two will be coffee grounds and ground up bird seed!
Is it my imagination or are the contents of that tote too dry?
They did sit out for a few days before being sorted but they did have some moisture just not when a bin is harvested directly.
build a box that would fit inbetween the front support rails
build a box that would fit inbetween the back support rails
then
put either bricks or cinderblocks in the boxes
the bricks or cinderblocks would go length ways with the machine
the average brick ways like what 5lbs? heck i bet you could get at least 5 of them on just the bottom row front an back for a total of 10 for a total of 50 lbs of added weight 2 rows would be 100lbs
cut some old garden hose into strips
by cutting it to length then cut it down the middle
then
nail it to the bottom of all 4 support posts
dont have any working knowledge if this would work or not i'm literally just spit balling ideas