How to make a soil sieve from cardboard

In this video I'll show you how to make a soil sieve from cardboard.

Whether you have to mix soil for succulents or bonsai trees, when you need various granularities you must use a soil sieve (some may call it a soil sifter). And if you don't have a soil sieve at hand you either order one and wait for it to arrive or you make due with what you have and improvise a makeshift soil sieve. I found myself in this exact situation. I needed a bonsai soil sifter and could not wait the time required for a soil sieve order to be delivered so I improvised and build one from cardboard.

My diy bonsai soil sieve (or succulent soil sieve if you like) follows the standard design of commercially available soil sieves. It consists in the main soil sifter body and a set of interchangeable sieves for different soil granularities. This video details all the steps I took for building this diy soil sieve, my first creation in the area of cardboard crafts. So if you need one to prepare your soil mix and you like working with cardboard put it on your cardboard projects todo list.


Video outline:
00:00 I need to sift some soil
00:13 First try: Simple but slow soil sifter
00:28 Designing the cardboard soil sieve
02:08 Building the soil sieve body
05:54 Making interchangeable sieves
07:50 Testing the soil sieve
10:05 Conclusions

The plans describing the components of the cardboard soil sieve are available here for free:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BoVx...

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