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Searching for ways to sieve the soil I want to use on my scenery Scenery and structures
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New member 6 posts quebectrains New member 6 posts
quebectrains

Hi. What do you use to sieve soil particules when you want to do scenery?
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Deemiorgos Super User 7,338 posts
Deemiorgos

I used cheap sieves you can

I used cheap sieves/strainers you can get at the dollar store that come with various size holes.

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Nick Santo amsnick MRH Advertiser and MRH Author 2,814 posts
Nick Santo amsnick

Kitchen sieves.

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HO scale ballast and initial ground cover.  This is right from the railroad’s ballast pile.  (I don’t think they missed it….)

Nick

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Rich S Regular poster 310 posts
Rich S

I start with

1/4” hardware cloth, then window screen, then kitchen sieves
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vasouthern Regular poster 417 posts
vasouthern

Make life easier...

Take a old loco motor ( I use a surplus Athearn Blue Box ) and add a knob to the shaft. The knob is like a volume control one, with a set screw is best. It wont fit perfectly, but thats the point. The offset knob on the motor creates a cam that will vibrate.

Clamp the motor and cam to the sieve. I use a old DC throttle and turn the motor on slow, youll find where it vibrates the best. 

The vibration makes it EASY to sift things. Dirt and ballast goes fast.

Work smarter not harder.

Randy McKenzie
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Rick Sutton Prolific poster 4,359 posts
Rick Sutton

and for the really fine stuff

pantyhose
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