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Plastic Sewer Pipe Makes a Nice Sluice and It's Inexpensive

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Redirects for this page work.  This is a set of instructions at eHow about building a sluice box. In five steps, this article will show how to construct it with a skill saw or hand saw, screws, a drill, knife, wood 2 by 4, and a piece of plastic sewer pipe.  http://www.ehow.com/how_5185082_build-gold-prospecting-equipment.html  The nice thing about these articles is that eHow focuses on how to make the instructions simple. These well-stated articles can save a lot of time and headache. See also: http://www.ehow.com/way_5865142_homemade-prospecting-equipment.html http://www.ehow.com/how_7903208_build-sucker-sluice-gold-panning.html http://www.ehow.com/how_7947782_make-handheld-suction-pump-gold.html http://www.ehow.com/how_7944107_make-suction-stick-vacuum-prospecting.html http://www.ehow.com/how_7976442_do-suction-pump-recover-gold.html http://www.ehow.com/how_8455947_build-own-water-suction-pump.html http://www.ehow.com/how_7809059_make-pump-out-pvc-pipe.html ...

Lots of Information About Homemade Dry Washers at this Gold Prospecting Site

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For a number of free plans for equipment see http://washerstir.com/dry-washer-plans/ . There are 4 do-it-yourself ideas, including Nugget Shooter Forums, a free PDF download at http://www.Universitypublishinghouse.net/Plans.html , and Tony's Aluminum Dry Washer Plans. A sluice set up

Build Your Own Thermos Bottle

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Here is an article showing how to make your own thermos. Not sure how practical this is for most of you, but this seems a way to make a pretty good one using a standard plastic water bottle and a 2-liter bottle. Epoxy is the insulator. http://www.ehow.com/how_5007524_make-thermos.html https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/thermos-fitness-bottles-water-top-view_10828733.htm