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Tough sand scoop for under $60

2wheeldevil

Active member
Build your own Stainless Steel sand scoop and save some $

First make your pattern out of tag board and tape it together so you can see the
actual size and shape you want. Easy to cut and trim this paper for a good fit, you
only get one shot when you cut SS and no trimming.

Material used:
1. 1ft x 2ft -14 gauge low quality SS plate (most sand scoops on internet are made with 14 gauge)
2. 1
 
2wheeldevil,

Great looking scoop............only thing I'd add is a foot plate on the back of the handle support plate, to protect your shoes/foot when applying digging force.

Nice clean strong design.

HaRM
 
Love the wood handle. A small hand-held grinder will clean up the edges faster than a file and just as good (me - used to be - welder :) ) Nice design; the two corner supports you talked about adding - you could still add them to the existingn rig withought too much weight by making them much shorter, and then getting taller as you get in close to the tubing. That would give some added rigidity without adding much weight (come from the back corner, in 2/3 of the way, before the upswing to the tube begins - make sense?).

Excellent craftsmanship on your part too.
 
Thanks for the great ideas. This is my first shot at the remodel job. This should add support on front and rear and provide a kick plate.
Keep the ideas coming!!
 
That mod would work real well. The kickplate will make things easier on your foot, but still not add too much weight, and the side gusset will give lateral strength - you don't need a lot there because of the overall design, and it's short enough to do the job and not add much weight.

I don't know if the inside seams of the scoop have been welded or noy, buy if not, I would add at least a couple tack welds - inside the corners at the front of the scoop at least - to avoid splitting the welded corners. If they are welded all the way through, then there is no need for that.

Great job.
 
great job im gonna be purchaseing some ss soon and give her a try. i got the metal break and welders at work so figure i can save alot of $$$$$. thanks for shareing
 
wow that looks really neat. i'm going to make 1 myself since the prices coupled with shipping to my country is plenty ridiculous - close to 200+ USD.
 
Devil,

Nice Job! I would suggest that you keep a close eye on the welds near the open side of the scoop. If they start to split re-weld them and then add a small tab say 3/4 by 1.5" formed right in the middle and then welded on over the ends of the welds where they start to split.

Steve :)
 
There are many different grades of SS and the most common are the 300 series which have Chromuim and Nickel added to the iron. Adding the nickel makes the SS nonmagnetic. The 400 series of SS has no nickel in it and therefore it is magnetic. The 400 series of SS cost less than the 300 series. The scoop above is made of the 400 series but the SS tube is from the 300 series. Your metal detector will sound off on both the 300 and 400 series stainless steels. If you are purchasing SS from the 300 series, you are going to pay more than $18. for a one foot by 2 foot piece.
 
That looks good..Great job.
 
That's a pretty good looking scoop.
I would add the following to make it better.
Drill twice as many holes in the scoop which allows water & sand to escape faster.

to save welding fees.....I always take my welding work to our local high school vocational school welding shop.
They will weld it for something to do.
I asked them to build a canoe trailer so I can transport 6 canoes at one time.
I supplied the pipe & they built it according to my plans.
They built it & it cost me nothing.
 
If I wanted to do this out of Aluminum. What gauge would I use 14g or 12g or ? Great scoop. Thanks.
 
Very nice work.
For those inexperienced with stainless, it should be formed cold and drilled at a slow RPM. When stainless heats up it gets very hard.
Also, stainless welding (especially on sheet) should have some experience behind it.
 
One year later after some tough use in rocks etc. New kickplate added, additional T-grip and more holes drilled.

New guy welded the kick plate on and as you can see, he didn't have the experience of the guy who welded the scoop together.
Also note, tough to drill holes in the SS once you have the scoop welded together-not pretty but it works.
 
2wheeldevil,

You were mentioning weight as an issue. Have you gave it thought in doing one in "aircraft" type aluminum? I guess on the down side is that salt water will start to eat away the aluminum, right?

Let me know your thoughts. GREAT DESIGN, really like it!!!

TC-NM
 
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