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NEVER AIM SMALL TUBE HERE
OR YOU WILL LOSE GOLD
The aqua-jet is critical to the efficient operation
of the machine and it must be aimed so that the stream
does not point into the starting zones of the riffles or on
the riffles. When correctly positioned it will point at a
spot somewhere near 4:00 or 5:00 O'clock and at the wall
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ALWAYS AIM SMALL TUBE LIKE THE
PICTURE IT IS VERY EASY TO
BEND IT BACK TO ORIGINAL
SHAPE
Feed water
Gold ore
is fed in
Rotate the
GOLD
in catch
How the wheel works!
Waste
LOOSEN THE
ADJUSTER
KNOB
SLIGHTLY TO
CHANGE
WHEEL
ANGLE
FAQ
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. I WAS TOO ANXIOUS TO SET UP MY NEW MACHINE AND NOW I
CAN'T REMEMBER HOW TO PACK IT UP.
STEP 0NE
STEP TWO
A. BEGIN BY PLACING THE SPRAY SYSTEM & PUMP IN THE
BOTTOM OF THE ACTION PACKER. PLACE THE FOLDED MACHINE (MO-
TOR SIDE UP) ON TOP. NEST THE PUMP & AQUA JET BETWEEN THE
LEGS OF THE STAND AS SHOWN IN THE STEP ONE PICTURE.
PUT THE SPIRAL WHEEL INSIDE THE TAILINGS TRAY AND PLACE BOTH
INTO THE TOP OF THE ACTION PACKER. IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THE
PICTURE IN STEP TWO.
Q. MY MACHINE SLOWS DOWN AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS WHEN
RUNNING IT ON A BATTERY.
Q. I FEED GRAVEL INTO THE WHEEL AND WHEN I TURN ON THE
MACHINE THE GRAVEL JUST ROLLS AROUND AND DOES NOT CLIMB
THE SPIRALS.
A.
APPARENTLY YOU HAVE PUT THE BATTERY CLIPS ON THE
BATTERY TRMINALS BACKWARDS. THIS WILL CAUSE THE WHEEL TO
TURN CLOCKWISE. REVERSE THE CLIPS AND YOU WILL BE GOOD TO
GO.
Q. I AM RUNNING PURE BLACK SAND IN MY MACHINE AND I CANNOT
SEPARATE PIN POINT GOLD FROM THE SAND.
A. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE MICROFINE GOLD FROM
PURE BLACK SAND! MIX CLASSIFIED BROWN SAND WITH YOUR CON-
CENTRATES ABOUT 50-50. THIS WILL HELP GOLD FALL TO THE BOT-
TOM THROGH THE DENSE BLACK SAND.
Q. I HAVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR THE SMALL SEALED LEAD ACID
BATTERIES. MOST STORE HAVE HEAVY CAR BATTERIES.
A. THESE BATTERIES ARE USED IN ALARM SYSTEMS. SEE YOUR
LOCAL ELECTRONICS STORE OR CHECK THE YELLOW PAGES. SOME
ACE HARWARE STORES MAY CARRY THESE BATTERIES.
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A. CHECK THE CHARGE ON THE BATTERY. REFER TO PAGE 3.
Fine Tuning your Desert Fox Panning Machine...
Make sure that the pump is attached to the powers studs and the
switch is turned off before connecting to the battery. Hook up the
battery connections, red to positive and black to negative. Turn the
switch on. Adjust the valve until an even but not splashing flow is
obtained on the wheel from the spraybar.
You can adjust the Aqua-Jet by gently bending it to point the stream
of water into the area shown by photo below
The correct feed point is on the lower left bottom of the wheel. You
can use a small scoop or cup to put in about 4 ounces of material
every 20 to 30 seconds. The tailings will be displaced by what you are
adding and will sluff out of the wheel over the lower front edge. Some
materials can run faster than others and you will need to experiment
with your ore to find a suitable feed rate. Feed material gradually
rather than dumping it in all of a sudden.
Loosen the adjuster knob and set the pitch steeper to hold the
black sand back or flatter to tune the machine. Adjust the wheel tilt to
obtain a pyramid of black sand that stops below the center hole.
Water settings and wheel pitch interact and since no two placer
sands run the same in the machine you may have to make both ad-
justments to find the best running combination for your machine.
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