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| I have been working on this (in my mind for months now) and I finally had time to start it and build it in the last few weeks. It is 4 foot long and the barrel is 2 foot wide. It is powered by a DC variable speed motor. I have not used it to wash carrots, yet, but Sunday is the day. It is going to be the warmest day of the week (42) and we need over 100 pounds of carrots for then farmers market coming up the first Saturday of January. I can't wait to fire it up.
It is made out of 26 inch bike rims. The wood slats are 1 by 4 ripped in half. The reason is the 1 by 4 would screw to the rims tight enough. I have about $100 in it. I also have a lot of free stuff it it too! I have included a link to a youtube video of it running. Jay |
Here is a link that might be useful: Video of barrel washer running
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- Posted by Cole_Robbie none (My Page) on Fri, Dec 28, 12 at 23:21
| Neat! It looks like a gold-mining trommel that they use to wash rocks. |
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- Posted by boulderbelt 5/6 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 29, 12 at 2:58
| nice, we could use one of those |
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| i would like that for mixing salad. nice job. |
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| Jay, Do you plan to coat the wood in anything? Or do you think with enough drying out between washes that it will last ok? |
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| No I don't plan on coating the wood in anything. If I did it would have to be a food safe product. I used it last week and while we had a problem with the belt slipping, it worked great. We let it sit outside and dried it off then we brought it back inside. Since the wood is just plain pine, replacing a board or two won't be very hard to do. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Barrel washer in use.
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 4, 13 at 14:48
| They seem to be sliding more than tumbling, so you might not be getting the best washing. Consider attaching a couple of slanted fins inside to force them to tumble. Look inside a dryer or front-loader washer to see what I mean. |
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| There is one strip of wood inside to help them tumble. I don't want them to constantly tumble, then they will be breaking. I have modeled it of other commercial washers available. Jay |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 10, 13 at 7:45
| I see it now, in the picture. |
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