After I had the setup pictured on the first page I discovered that the auger would jamb up when it started to to fill up in the pipe the auger was running in. It has taken several months, plus some down time in modeling, to figure out what would work. I discovered I needed a larger diameter pipe. I was using a 3/4" copper pipe. Appearently it wasn't big enough. I made one out of 1" diameter, plus supported the end of the auger so it would stay near the bottom of the pipe. It works pretty good now.
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Parts for the new setup. 1" diameter pipe with hole for the funnel to fight in. The auger and the end cap, yet to be modified to hold the free end of the auger in the proper position.
Auger attached.
Pipe slide over auger and secured with straps and bedded in hot glue.
Bin located over hole in pipe.
Parts for the free end support of the auger.
Stub end on support bracket fits in hole on auger.
Support bracket soldered onto half a pipe connector.
Showing end support bracket and closeness of auger flights to pipe bottom.
