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[Arthur Brown]

Has anyone a publishable supplier of economy sieve sets?

I want to put some powders in and get specific mesh sizes out. Without spending hundreds on each sieve! Has anyone tried woven mesh in the bottom of plastic kitchen mixing bowls or something similar?

[digger]

Has anyone a publishable supplier of economy sieve sets?

I want to put some powders in and get specific mesh sizes out. Without spending hundreds on each sieve! Has anyone tried woven mesh in the bottom of plastic kitchen mixing bowls or something similar?

I believe that a certain member on here cuts the bottom off plastic buckets then melts the mesh into the bottom in a similar fashion to the article on passfire. This would make for a cheap interlockable sieve set.

Personaly I have a set of Tyler 8" sieves with tray and lid. They are well made and should last a very long time if looked after, it has cost me about £200 for 11 sieves imported from the US.

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[portfire]

Has anyone a publishable supplier of economy sieve sets?

I want to put some powders in and get specific mesh sizes out. Without spending hundreds on each sieve! Has anyone tried woven mesh in the bottom of plastic kitchen mixing bowls or something similar?

I use those tupperware tub's for corning my BP. I cut a rectangle hole out of the bottom then cut the woven mesh just over size of the hole, and with a small blow torch carfully heat the mesh and pressed it into the plastic. With the lid's I cut out the plastic around the inner rim so that they are stackable. Hope this helps

[portfire]

I believe that a certain member on here cuts the bottom off plastic buckets then melts the mesh into the bottom in a similar fashion to the article on passfire. This would make for a cheap interlockable sieve set.
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I'll be doing the same in the future for getting different mesh sizes of Charcoal.

[Mortartube]

I have just found these but I have yet to e-mail the company to discover whether the mesh is ferrous or non-ferrous.

http://www.bathpotte...sieves_22_1.htm

If you click on variants, you will see that they come in some handy mesh sizes.

[cooperman435]

Ill post a picture of the set Ive made as soon as i can take one. Its a set comprising of all the mesh sizes Ive ever come across and is stackable witha collection tub at the bottom and lid on the top so is now completely dust free even with charcoal!

[Mortartube]

Look forward to it Cooperman. For things like charcoal, I have a tub with the bottom cut out and the mesh is from a pair of womens tights. Obviouly do not do metal powders etc with it that are prone to static, but it serves a purpose for low risk stuff.

[Arthur Brown]

So many compounds need the correct mesh and mesh distribution!

[Mortartube]

I agree, but a pair of tights is good enough to separate airfloat from the rest of the charcoal.

[crystal palace fireworks]

Ok, a few questions!

What are the different sizes of mesh (micron sizes or other) do you guys use?

What material should the mesh ideally be made of?

How big do you have your sieving trays?

[Mortartube]

I have just had a reply from the pottery suppliers about their sieves (previous post in this thread), and the mesh is stainless steel.

[cooperman435]

But wooden fraes arent ideal. Im not meaning useless just not ideal.

[Arthur Brown]

I was really thinking of something that would separate messy things into particular mesh cuts without spreading most of things round the world and my face! The idea of some stacking tupperware beakers with a mesh in the bottom and a lid and bottom dish is much more friendly than a open sieve with dust everywhere.

[Mortartube]

I am aware that wood is not ideal but it's a damn cheap way to get commercially meshed sieves sizes rather than the proper brass framed lab ones at over £100 a go.

[cooperman435]

I need to put up a picture of mine! Im sure most of you will be impressed.

I cut some of my large stacking tubs off at about 6" from the top and smply used a 1" thick steel plate on the hob to press the edge down onto the mesh so it melted into the grain, I then pulled it off and pushed it onto the worktop which had some grease spread onto it to stop it sticking. Trimmed off the excess and hey presto instant stacking sieves.

Ill try to get the GF to picture them tomorrow for me as Im away with work till ltaer in the week