I don't know much about blue bowls.. I remember from being a kid looking at a sand mining dredge set up at hawksnest nsw... It had high spirals all over it that separated the sands.. It worked for those guys so it should be ok for us?? The only thing I can help with is that a vibrator unit can be made from a small electric motor with an offset small weight fitted to its shaft... The speed can be controlled by a light dimmer or similar.. Those spiral separators have me thinking...