My Diy Tumbling Composter

toastycookies said:

seems to me you would want a few coats of some good exterior paint on all surfaces of the wood you are using in your system. will it not eventually compost with the rest of the plant material and fail?

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NewClosetGrower said:

the only wood it touches it the water sealed rake handle thats shoved through the center...if i ever get enough compost in there to make it fall i wouldnt know if i should smile or ask my wife to take it easy at the grocery store

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Gastanker said:

Now you need to hook a pulley to a slow turning motor. Something like an ice cream machine mixer motor would be pretty cheap and torquey and should work well.

Great job!

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Murfy said:

hook the motor to a solar panel-

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toastycookies said:

what about the plywood lid? lol about the wife shopping

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NewClosetGrower said:

My mother in law sent me this idea on a youtube video, i watched it once and went outside to make it...


Its a plastic 55 gallon drum with a wooden lid i made...
some 2x4's with a 45 cut on the bottom to hammer them in the ground..
An old rake handle drilled through it with a 1" hole saw
a door cut out and attached with an old door hinge i had laying around and locked with a hook and eye latch...
theres some air holes drilled on the bottom and im going to be putting some all-thread through it at diffrent angles so it mixes everything up when it spins but for

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