How Do You Make A Gold Sluice Box?
A gold sluice box works by providing a textured surface to filter out the heavier gold and rinsing a sand mixture with water. Sluice boxes may be constructed from a variety of materials. These instructions give you the basics for a wood sluice box with rivets made from corrugated pipe, so no metalworking is required. More experience and practice will help you tweak your sluice box design to better fit your personal needs. Measure and mark 4 inches in from each side on one end of the plywood section. At the opposite end of the section, measure 8 inches down from the top. Then, make another set of marks 4 inches in from each side. Connect the marks with vertical lines using a tape measure to trace a straight line. Taper in the wide top (16 inches) to meet the narrow lines you marked at 8 inches down. Cut off the outside pieces to leave a piece of plywood 8 inches wide at one end with a taper to 16 inches wide at the top. Trim 8 inches off the length of each board. Predrill holes along th
