I built one of these last year and use it for compost, cleaning up old potting mix, and sifting ashes from my wood stove where I burn lots of pallet pieces, so have a ton of nails. Works wonders... and is it FAST! Next upgrade is to wire in a switch to turn it on and off. Also have a 1/2" screen, primarily for the compost. BTW, if you know anyone who works in a crushing plant, they might be able to salvage heavy duty stainless steel screen for you. The rock eventually wears a hole in some part of the screen and then it is changed out ansd scrapped.
@@garthwunsch7320 Hey there! Soil sifting is actually where I got the idea. So awesome to see it turn chaos into fine product. I have a variable speed switch I bought and forgot to use it in the video 🤦🏻♂️ Works great and thanks for the idea on the screen! Im going to work on that tomorrow! It’ll be a pain if I have to replace it often. Thanks for watching and the suggestions 👍🏼
Great build. The only suggestion I have would be to add a reastat switch, not sure about the spelling of switch but I hope you know what I'm suggesting.
@@rickjay4639 Thanks for watching! I actually bought one with it and should’ve added it to the video 🤦🏻♂️ I have it bolted with rubber hose to absorb the vibration and have it just right for standard operation but I should probably run it through just for on/off use. I sure appreciate the suggestion, keep em’ coming!
That's a very valuable tool for your current size for sure, the time savings are crazy lol. I want to build a sifting attachment for my little cement mixer, I can already tell I'm gonna need it lol.
@@tlnelson7598 Yes, I actually have one and forgot to mention it in my video 🤦🏻♂️ I just don’t need it on my wood frame but on my metal I do use it, I’ll be sure to mention it on my next video. Thank you for the suggestion, I love learning better ways!
@@dean4939 Hey there! Nothing proprietary at all, want EVERYONE to be successful and learn from each other! If you watch the bin setup it’ll show you the bedding 👍🏼 The chow is wild bird seed, chicken crumble, alfalfa pellets, molasses, and horse sweet feed.
@@utahwormcompany I grew up on a small farm. I know what most of those are except the chicken crumble. Are you referring to chicken Mash, or chicken feed? I'm hoping its not ground up chickens haha..My worms eat all my kitchen scraps except anything protein based. I like the sifter you made, i usually hand sift when i want to bag up my compost with a wood framed 2x3 wire mesh x 1/4 thats shaken by hand. Its hard on the back leaning over a wheelbarrow. thankfully i only do it once a year after my mulched tree trimmings cook down. anything that doesnt pass the mesh gets thrown back on the pile. any worms i see i throw them on the new pile trying not to bag them up. I see you keep them in concrete mixing troughs, keeps the load small and easier to move around. Have you see the demand for worms go up? it would seem so if you're looking for ways to speed up production. thanks!
This is too funny…I just built one very similar to this. I originally planned to put 2 different screens on one but decided a single screen would be much easier. I e not seen anyone else use springs under the end part, which is what I did as well. Since I have several species of worms I made screen sets for each of them and the body folds up for easy storage.
@@utahwormcompany I have such a small space it has to fold up. It can’t take up much more space than my current hand powered ones. Also an old palm sander works well as the motor! Found a 40+ yr old heavy duty Makita at a yard sale for $3 since the foam bit that keeps the paper was broken off and replacements are not available anymore. Works perfectly and was cheap. Thanks for sharing, it’s fun watching when I have time.
I built one of these last year and use it for compost, cleaning up old potting mix, and sifting ashes from my wood stove where I burn lots of pallet pieces, so have a ton of nails. Works wonders... and is it FAST! Next upgrade is to wire in a switch to turn it on and off. Also have a 1/2" screen, primarily for the compost. BTW, if you know anyone who works in a crushing plant, they might be able to salvage heavy duty stainless steel screen for you. The rock eventually wears a hole in some part of the screen and then it is changed out ansd scrapped.
@@garthwunsch7320 Hey there! Soil sifting is actually where I got the idea. So awesome to see it turn chaos into fine product. I have a variable speed switch I bought and forgot to use it in the video 🤦🏻♂️ Works great and thanks for the idea on the screen! Im going to work on that tomorrow! It’ll be a pain if I have to replace it often. Thanks for watching and the suggestions 👍🏼
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your tricks!
@@MyFirstWorm Thanks for watching!
I’ve never seen this kind of detail before it’s fascinating! Love the sieving table what a fantastic idea!!! I subbed. Thank you 🙏
@@homebuddha Thanks so much for watching and the kind words!
Great job on the sifter!!!
excellent job absolutely excellent
@@zgoat4127 Thanks 😊
Great build. The only suggestion I have would be to add a reastat switch, not sure about the spelling of switch but I hope you know what I'm suggesting.
@@rickjay4639 Thanks for watching! I actually bought one with it and should’ve added it to the video 🤦🏻♂️ I have it bolted with rubber hose to absorb the vibration and have it just right for standard operation but I should probably run it through just for on/off use. I sure appreciate the suggestion, keep em’ coming!
Nice video. I'm looking to build a similar sifter for a small scale farm. Thanks for the inspiration.
@@jayteaman Thanks! Such a time saver and very simple to make! Just do it and you’ll be happy :) Thanks for watching!
That's a very valuable tool for your current size for sure, the time savings are crazy lol. I want to build a sifting attachment for my little cement mixer, I can already tell I'm gonna need it lol.
@@ThehandygeekGA Thanks my friend, definitely took some time pressure off, not perfect but definitely get the job done I need to.
Have you consider adding varispeed to the motor. The varispeed could be used to control the speed.
@@tlnelson7598 Yes, I actually have one and forgot to mention it in my video 🤦🏻♂️ I just don’t need it on my wood frame but on my metal I do use it, I’ll be sure to mention it on my next video. Thank you for the suggestion, I love learning better ways!
simple valuable and fun👍ur my worm guys if i ever need one, count on it😅
@@Tyler-gd7yw Thank you! Simple is best, we just want to share our excitement. Thanks for the kind words.
cant believe I missed this
whats your base mix to grow the worms in and what do you feed them or is that proprietary info?
@@dean4939 Hey there! Nothing proprietary at all, want EVERYONE to be successful and learn from each other! If you watch the bin setup it’ll show you the bedding 👍🏼 The chow is wild bird seed, chicken crumble, alfalfa pellets, molasses, and horse sweet feed.
@@utahwormcompany I grew up on a small farm. I know what most of those are except the chicken crumble. Are you referring to chicken Mash, or chicken feed? I'm hoping its not ground up chickens haha..My worms eat all my kitchen scraps except anything protein based. I like the sifter you made, i usually hand sift when i want to bag up my compost with a wood framed 2x3 wire mesh x 1/4 thats shaken by hand. Its hard on the back leaning over a wheelbarrow. thankfully i only do it once a year after my mulched tree trimmings cook down. anything that doesnt pass the mesh gets thrown back on the pile. any worms i see i throw them on the new pile trying not to bag them up. I see you keep them in concrete mixing troughs, keeps the load small and easier to move around. Have you see the demand for worms go up? it would seem so if you're looking for ways to speed up production. thanks!
This is too funny…I just built one very similar to this. I originally planned to put 2 different screens on one but decided a single screen would be much easier. I e not seen anyone else use springs under the end part, which is what I did as well. Since I have several species of worms I made screen sets for each of them and the body folds up for easy storage.
@@brookeonyx6271 Thats awesome! I have a set for each species too but I wasn’t smart enough to make it foldable haha!
@@utahwormcompany I have such a small space it has to fold up. It can’t take up much more space than my current hand powered ones.
Also an old palm sander works well as the motor! Found a 40+ yr old heavy duty Makita at a yard sale for $3 since the foam bit that keeps the paper was broken off and replacements are not available anymore. Works perfectly and was cheap.
Thanks for sharing, it’s fun watching when I have time.
@@brookeonyx6271you should do a video!
This would work for shifting compost too?
@@asf130thecompany7 Yes thats actually where I got the idea! Thanks for watching!
What is the angle recommended for the screen?
@@camarieyoung4700 Hey there! We have ours at 40 degrees and adjust the trampoline springs down with chain if needed. 40 degrees work great though 👍🏼
why not two layers of mesh?