Captain, you and your team are angels for sharing what you do and how you do it. And now, you your helping us out to make money. That’s truly a blessing for many of your viewers.

I like it, I love it, I want more of it. I just can't get enough of Captain Matt and the worm people.

Great sifter Captain Matt 👍👍 I do have a suggestion you may or may not want to toy with. The suggestion would be to take the wheels off the sifter with the 1/4" screen. Then put it directly on top of the frame with the 1/8" screen and lock them together with 1" furring strips at the four centers. The furring strips would be attached to the 1/4" frame and hang down about 1" which would allow it to lock on top of the 1/8" frame. With that being done the bedding and worms would get added to the top frame with the 1/4" screen. The when the sifting is done the large worms and what does not fall through the 1/4" can get flipped into a tote/tray, then under the light or into another tub. The cocoons, small worms and undigested material smaller than a 1/4" but larger than an 1/8" would be on the bottom screen and can get flipped into a different tote/tray/tub. The castings would fall through into the mortar tray/tub. Speaking about safety for not cutting or poking the fingers with the wire, especially with the 1/8" screen. Menards or equivalent box stores sell carpet runners by the foot. They are a type of rubber about 1/16" thick. The runners without the nobs on the bottom are the one to get. Cut them just like a picture frame and staple on top of the border of the 1/8" screen. I am happy that you are sharing the plans for making your sifting machine, I think it will have a great reaction 👍👍 Enjoy worms and have a great Day!

Captain Matt. You restore my faith in the fundamental goodwill of people engaged in their tasks and their communities. By the way I'm 76 still going strong timber framing and processing firewood and I hear you about the thinning of our old guy's skin. My arms look like a road map with all the new scars I've acquired over the past few years. But thankfully I heal as fast as I cut. I wish you and yours all the best in your wonderful work and the example you set for us old boomers. I can't thank you enough! I'll have a manual screener built ASAP.

Love it Matt. If you stand at one end instead of the side it works better. Alot easier on the body.

Wow cpt Matt. I'm humbled beyond belief! I can't wait to follow your plan for farmers market n labels etc. What a time saver! I'm a simple parent of 5. A nurse.. job I don't want because im?away from my kids. I have a part time screen print business. Hurts my back. Lol and a striving farmer! Hence the worms. I want to grow more worms and replace my nursing job first. I'm passing on the screen printing to my teen kids!

Thank you so much for your generosity.

Thanks for the sifter plans! I can't wait to make it 🙂

Beautiful sifter design! Can't wait for next episode!

My husband and I are going to watch every single one of your videos, taking notes and have bought the 3 books you recommend. Watching your Warming Up Q & A and noted that you've changed your system in a lot of ways since. Would absolutely love if you did another Q & A I'd you have time and can't say how much we appreciate you. We are praying we can make a business out of this. 🙏

OMG Matt im so excited for the next video now. You are a worm people Hero. Thank you for everything you and your family do for us.

Thank you for your video's, well done and easy to follow your directions

Thank you Matt and the rest of the worm people crew. You’re work is truely appreciated

Captain Matt, you and your family are truly wonderful human beings. Thanks so much for all you give. :)

Thank you Captain Matt for sharing all the information about worm farming. I am just getting started and feel confident about taking off into this new venture.

It's always a good day when Capt. Matt has a new video!! 🪱

thanks for the plans

Excellent setup. So therapeutic.

Captain Matt you made my day. Thank you.

Thank you, Captain Matt!!!

Thank you Captain Matt😊

Thanks for another great video, Captain Matt!

Thank you Captain Matt, this will help a lot. I have a bad back after I manually sive my castings I'm in pain for days after.

I'm glad experts like you do similar things that I stumbled across. I found if I finely sift wood chips to 1/8 of an inch or pulverize dried leaves in my blender, that fine carbon "dust" will dry out castings almost instantly. Thanks for helping us all learn! ~ Sandra

Outstanding. I look forward to building one of these sifters. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada.

You all are true examples of "teaching men to fish", thank you for your generosity and may God bless you!!

Got a simple worm composter, came across this channel and now hooked. Thanks 😊

Thanks! I do appreciate you sharing the information, it comes from the heart.Keep wiggling Capt.!

I appreciate you guys, and the knowledge you share with us.

Thank you Captain Matt, I had this in my mind and now you answered my questions. God bless you and your family for everything you do and teach us.

Thank you! Thinking the casters are the weak link, but I'll give them a chance. Y'all be well and stay safe!

Matt, I really enjoy your videos. Judy is such a trooper. He is in almost every single one of your goes in is such a good helper he's gonna grow up to be such a great man. You are really a great guy. I wish I could get some castings and worms from you, but I am in Texas and you don't ship anyways still love your channel.

Thanks again Captain Matt, for being an example of how to love your neighbor!❤ Sharing great stuff with the worm community absolutely FREE of charge. Life is much more than the sum of our accumulated wealth. 👍👍👌😊

Love the sifter… in the uk we can’t get the exact same things as you. But I think we will take the design and make something similar. As atm I’m doing it by hand in my hands and it’s back breaking work. Lol I know I’m new to this and only been d keeping worms for 6 months but I live em. I wanna set up a breakers bin today if I can so I can get them going and get some breaders separately from my farm. I think I’ll just start with a small amout as not got big tubs and want them to bread but if I try to follow what you do in 2 weeks they will have laid lids for me to harvest and go again. Then I can start a nursery for the babies.

very clever design....thank you for sharing knowledge once again...blessings to you and yours

My favorite Worm Farmer ❤️🤗

Thank you 🙏

thank you so much!

Great video - better be careful - your helper will be doing the next one.

I've been rasing worms for 10 years and selling worms for 5 years. My style has evolved over time but I am now having more orders than my system and processes can handle. Just found your channel and watched a bunch of videos and have learnt so much and inspired. Thanks for all your tips. I now feel like begginer, and I am only starting out with worms!

Thank you for sharing

Captain Matt, as we all say, you are so generous! I've seen another sifter on line like this one, but not as well made. The issue for me is the trays! $7-8 trays US at Lowes are not available in Oz, only $22AU ones that are not the same size. Once I source the right trays, I'll be making a sifter as per your design, thanks! The other useful thing here was record keeping - a must as I am discovering. Looking forward to the next one.

Awesome video! I just found your channel and can’t stop binge watching your videos! You are a amazing for making these plans free. By far, the absolute best sifter I’ve seen so far. I just started growing organically last year and started a tiered worm bin. I think I am going to switch to buckets and the Lowe’s bins to produce more worms and more worm castings. Right now I don’t have any plans to offer worm castings to my community. But I really enjoy worm farming (it is relaxing and helps my mental health) and if I start producing a good amount of castings I plan on sharing them with friends and family so that they can enjoy the benefits of worm castings too. Keep up the good work!

Great video! Generous man! Thanks!!

I have wasted so much time with sifting! Thank you so much for this episode and the sifter plans. You are the greatest!

Thank you Sir.

Thanks!

TYVM for opening sizes on the worm screens. Is it the same for red wigglers and also larger worms? I’m thinking about starting a bin; I’m your age but with wrecked knees & bad shoulders. But this will get me out in some sunshine & help a garden out!

Thanks Captain Matt! I am going to have to try this. Just sifted out a bin BY HAND and it took me a bit. I have the same mortar tubs you have and just made 2 from 1! Adults mainly in one and many babies and cocoons in the other. I am so glad we,re getting into the warmer season I HOPE! Was just 24 here in GA Monday morning and today woke to 31. Not a fan! I know you don't feel bad, your up there in the frigid north. Been binge watching your shorts. Got oat grass (clicked your link to Amazon for it) to make some pads. Not just for worms but the bunny and kitties also. I then saw you switched to just wheatgrass as it grows better for ya...I should have binged your shorts and all your videos 1st LOL Thought I watched them all. Love you and your channel, your grandson and your son. Thank you all so much for sharing the knowledge you have. This is something I found you really learn through trial and efforts. Test stuff, see what works or don't. ❤

Very cool! Thanks

I love Captain Matt!

Great video

We are worm people and that is what worm people do! Love it!

Outstanding bro😊. I'll be up to get some castings. I'm not a scientist either. I believe peat moss can be anywhere between 3.5 and 5.5ph. I'd be concerned about how that may upset a smaller bin.❤

That is a really nice sifter. 😎

Captain Matt, can you share the links of where you purchased the black bins. For the frame of the sifter. Also, the small black bins, too. TIA

👏🙌🙌👏🙌🙏Thanks Captain Matt!

You are a blessing

I love your videos, Matt. Do you find some of the worms are damaged when using the sifter? I can’t find 1/8” plastic screen myself which should be more gentle on them but what do you think?

I've wondered if adding some sort of rumble strip to this would make a difference. Not sure what to use for the rumble strip but seems like it would add vibration and speed up the sifting.

awesome i tried building one two days ago and bought 2 inch wheels and they are too big dont buy big wheels lol but how are you going to get the caccons out of the one ton bags before you sell them

That material sounds awesome! It's so cool to see you giving out stuff for free to the community like that, that is a common theme in open source software. Thanks for everything you do Captain Matt!!

היי קפטן. חג ראש השנה שמח מישראל😊. התרגום בעברית נעלם אפשר להחזיר?❤

I made one yesterday. Sifted some worms with the 1/8 screen. Still getting some cocoons going though.

Can I purchase that sifter? and how much? I am from San Diego. Thank you.

Just curious, does the square hardware cloth do any damage to the worms? Just curious if there was an advantage to using round hole sheets like on the brockwood for the purpose of a DIY sifter, or if saving money on the square hole hardware cloth is sufficient. Thanks!

How much volume does your big flow through worm compost bin produce annually

I have picked up some "wild south dakota" nitecrawlers. I have black compost cow manure, 2 bags of bedding ( not the shredded paper stuff ). All i can get here is sphagnum peat. I have some garden lime, layer crumbles, rabbit pellets, oyster shell and 4, 27 gallon plastic totes. I want to raise for fishing. What do i do now? Any advice would be appreciated.

does anyone have any suggestions on what other materials i can use for the screen? i have looked everywhere in australia and can't find these size mesh anywhere. The best i can come up with is perforated metal, but in my experiments i found that too heavy.

I went to my local landfill got some 75 leaves 25 pinestraw. How can i compost it

Hello Captain Matt long time watcher first time commenting thinking about building the continuous flow worm been 8 foot long wooden one like you got just thinking about the PVC holding up under that weight should I go with metal?

Hey Matt, I'm living in the UK and really struggling to find the right tub. Any link you can share with us to buy those online?

Hey comunity, I need help. I have so much fungus nuts. What can I do😪

I'm seeing an engineering improvement that you need to do... All that dirt that gets on the wheel rails could be prevented by extending the side inner wall of the top sifter box to ensure the dirt has no access to the rail. Doing so will prevent a need to clean the rails and wheels along the way..

I just downloaded your plans and will make it this weekend.

From the video I can't quite see how the base Fram fits on top of the mortar tray. I cut the pieces per the directions but the boards seem too large and go beyond the edges of the mortar bin. I guess I need adjust. Could you explain how the base fits on thee tray? Does it sit all the way to the bottom of thee tray or does it balance on the edges of the tray? Thanks for sharing!

What size are your tubs?

What are the Specs for the screen?

Do you have plans for the breeder bin racks?

I made a sifter like this with a 8 mesh, ca 1/10th inch masks, and I still get alot of cocoons thru. What am I doing wrong?

I would like to dowloadd the plans, where do i go? Sent june 14, 2023

❤👍nice!!

Hey Captain Matt, When is the video coming out about the Farmers market package? Did I miss it?

I've been subscribed to your channel for a while and I can't get notifications for your channel. KZfaq won't allow it why is this and can you change it thanks great videos.

"Whats wrong with you guys you dont carry knives" best quote of the year idk why its so rare to find people my age thay carry a edc knife im 21 btw

Just a observation for an old man. The construction of the sift would be easier to build if everything was made of 1x stock. The frame would be lighter for those who have some years on the bones.

Most of my bins have quite small worms. I feel like maybe they dei young. I always have millions of tiny worms and every now and then loads of big ones bit I can't work out why I don't have big know all the time

Not being mean but I just need to know, 5/4 is 1 1/4 right? Im really making this and I need to know. Thanks

do you sell worms?

What size is your tub

Can’t get plans without signing in for some reason🤔

I have lymes disease it has made me unable to work ft. Moving to Missouri in 3 weeks starting a worm farm

how much money are you making at this scale

9:41 400 !??!?! more like a 100 yeah

A motorized trommel is what I hope to do for this purpose.

Thanks!