Can crusher

Ohhh heck click on the link.

just remember to make a big enough hole in the bottom of the can as it crushes so fast the the air inside is expelled at the same rate as a jet engine.

Have fun and be very careful

Simon

• Can Crusher.

I had a student that made one like a square hay balor chamber. used 4 x 4 tube as the chamber, used a gearbox/crankarm and plunger. had a small slot cut in the bottom of the chamber at the end of the stroke so that the can would not fall through until it was crushed. that was the easy part. designing and making the can feeder to automatically time and feed the cans into it took a few shafts and cams.

myself, i like the machine made from car tires mounted close together and turning. cans are dropped between the tires and are crushed from the side. very fast.

i guess the crank type would be more in place with a hit and miss engine.

by the way, the engines are a lot more interesting if they are driving some machinery. so i think you fellows should come up with ideas for engine shows. i,m still working on my first engine and icecream freezer combination.

Just dump all your cans in you NEW Ferd pick up, and park it in the wrong place!! :) Robert

:)

Fireman