{"id":106,"date":"2007-04-19T08:40:59","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T13:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/19\/homemade-bokashi-kitchen-composter\/"},"modified":"2007-04-19T09:03:11","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T14:03:11","slug":"homemade-bokashi-kitchen-composter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/19\/homemade-bokashi-kitchen-composter\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Bokashi (Kitchen composter)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Laser<\/a>Bokashi is a Japanese name referring to intensive composting. This Bokashi bucket was made from a Target brand generic cat litter container, a $5 Coleman igloo spout, and some laser cut 1\/8 inch acrylic left over from a picture frame. Similar units sell for over $60<\/a>, and since we were going to buy the cat litter and acrylic anyways, building our own saved quite a bit of money that my wife promptly spent on 3 containers of special Bokashi starter mix. (I argued that we should just throw in some moldy cheese that we also had laying around.)<\/p>\n

The  acrylic support tray holds the solid compost above the level of the spout, allowing liquid by-products to collect at the bottom of the composter. The liquid can be used as a powerful plant food.  I designed it to rest on the pre-existing plastic strengthening tabs in the bottom of the cat litter container, plus two acrylic supports in the middle. I have included my design here in Corel Draw<\/a> and SVG<\/a> files.<\/p>\n

Of course, not everybody has easy access to a laser cutter, but you could cut out the bottom sheet using a jigsaw and drill the drain holes by hand quite easily. I have also included an 8.5 x 11 PDF<\/a> with just the correct outline for the bottom that you can print, cut out, and use as a cutting guide. You'll have to make the stands yourself, the correct height is 88mm or 3.153 inches.<\/p>\n

Installing a Coleman igloo spout is a simple matter of drilling the appropriately sized hole, pushing the spout through, and then screwing on the retaining nut and gasket. <\/p>\n

I'll leave you with a picture of the finished product assembled:<\/p>\n

\"Tray<\/a> <\/p>\n

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