Repaired the compost trommel cylinder ready for sieving the home made compost this week.
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@Broadfork fascinating idea!
@NatureMC Trommels have been around for quite some time. A quick search shows lots of designs.
I have used this one for a few years and it’s sieved a few tons of compost. It needed a little repairing.
It’s made entirely from recycled materials. I threaded old bike gear/brake cables through the mesh and spoke holes to attach the mesh to the rims.
It’s so much quicker, easier and more enjoyable than sifting compost with a hand held riddle or throwing spades of compost at a mesh screen.
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@Broadfork I need to make us one of these... I do have some spare mountain bike rims.
@yvan I highly recommend making one. It’s a much more enjoyable way of sifting compost.
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Repaired the compost trommel cylinder ready for sieving the home made compost this week. An explanation of how the trommel works is in the alt text. #SolarPunk #Compost #RepairReUseReduceRecycle #SolarPunkSunday
@Broadfork Interesting design. But why the effort? I usually just spread the compost between the plants and leave it at that. Who cares about some bits (usually avocado remains) which are not yet fully broken down?
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@Broadfork
I've got a similar thing - it's an old freezer basket lined with wire mesh.
It takes a fair bit of shaking, but it works.
Your rotary version looked excellent@MikeFromLFE That sounds a definite improvement on a riddle. I shook a riddle for years. It felt like it too.
Now I just take my compost for a spin.
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@Broadfork Interesting design. But why the effort? I usually just spread the compost between the plants and leave it at that. Who cares about some bits (usually avocado remains) which are not yet fully broken down?
@morph I use the sieved compost for seed starts and making soil blocks so I don’t want the larger pieces in there.
Sieving compost with a trommel is really not much effort at all.
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@NatureMC Trommels have been around for quite some time. A quick search shows lots of designs.
I have used this one for a few years and it’s sieved a few tons of compost. It needed a little repairing.
It’s made entirely from recycled materials. I threaded old bike gear/brake cables through the mesh and spoke holes to attach the mesh to the rims.
It’s so much quicker, easier and more enjoyable than sifting compost with a hand held riddle or throwing spades of compost at a mesh screen.
@Broadfork I must confess to my shame that, as a lazy gardener, I have never sieved compost. 😎 I let the little critters do the work, and I don't mind some small pieces of wood.
But I don't have amounts like you, and use the compost when it's like soil.For bigger amounts this trommel is great!
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Repaired the compost trommel cylinder ready for sieving the home made compost this week. An explanation of how the trommel works is in the alt text. #SolarPunk #Compost #RepairReUseReduceRecycle #SolarPunkSunday
@Broadfork how do you turn this, is it just by hand or is it mounted on a frame of some sort to make use of the bearings?
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Repaired the compost trommel cylinder ready for sieving the home made compost this week. An explanation of how the trommel works is in the alt text. #SolarPunk #Compost #RepairReUseReduceRecycle #SolarPunkSunday
@Broadfork and now I have looked at the picture properly and noticed it’s just the rims. Doh!
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@Broadfork and now I have looked at the picture properly and noticed it’s just the rims. Doh!
@Mactonex @Broadfork we need to see an "action shot" per se... do you just hold the wheels and rotate it manually?
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@Broadfork how do you turn this, is it just by hand or is it mounted on a frame of some sort to make use of the bearings?
@Mactonex I just rotate the cylinder by hand but there are DIY powered trommels out there.
The wooden frame the cylinder sits on has two old broom handles as rollers to aid the turn. The compost doesn’t need much of a turn before it’s fully sieved.
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@Broadfork I must confess to my shame that, as a lazy gardener, I have never sieved compost. 😎 I let the little critters do the work, and I don't mind some small pieces of wood.
But I don't have amounts like you, and use the compost when it's like soil.For bigger amounts this trommel is great!
@NatureMC I don’t buy in any compost so the sieved compost goes in the seedling and soil block mix.
Most of the compost I make goes on the beds unsieved as a mulching compost sometimes in autumn but more likely in spring.
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@Mactonex @Broadfork we need to see an "action shot" per se... do you just hold the wheels and rotate it manually?
@yvan @Mactonex The photo is a maybe three years old. I just turn the cylinder with hands on one wheel rim to run it over the rollers. The rollers spin freely on the broom handles to do the work.
I feed the compost in from the far end of the photo. What’s too big to drop through the mesh into the wheelbarrow tips into the trug at the other end.
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Repaired the compost trommel cylinder ready for sieving the home made compost this week. An explanation of how the trommel works is in the alt text. #SolarPunk #Compost #RepairReUseReduceRecycle #SolarPunkSunday
@Broadfork Nice! I made one of these a few years ago. Never really used it much but would like to revisit sometime. https://www.reddit.com/r/composting/comments/uluxgu/i_made_a_manual_tumbling_riddler_old_bike_wheels/
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@Broadfork Nice! I made one of these a few years ago. Never really used it much but would like to revisit sometime. https://www.reddit.com/r/composting/comments/uluxgu/i_made_a_manual_tumbling_riddler_old_bike_wheels/
@pete Thanks, yours is very swish compared to mine. Love it! It does show how easy and quickly a trommel does its work.
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@yvan @Mactonex The photo is a maybe three years old. I just turn the cylinder with hands on one wheel rim to run it over the rollers. The rollers spin freely on the broom handles to do the work.
I feed the compost in from the far end of the photo. What’s too big to drop through the mesh into the wheelbarrow tips into the trug at the other end.
@Broadfork @yvan that’s neat. I’m inspired! New project…
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