I built a pneumatic can crusher, but I wasn’t satisfied with with just crushing it, I wanted to flatten them. So I put it it on a lever, it has ~2.4 mechanical advantage. So it goes from ~160lbs from the cylinder to about 400lbs on the “squishy plate”.
Unfortunately, I was a little too hardcore, after a few tests, it managed to bend the entire base. Once I can get a some thicker metal I will put it back together.
Why do this? Because I have a tiny furnace and a mountain of cans that I melt down and cast into random shit.
That meme is… chef’s kiss
We need to see it in action!
I should have recorded while I was testing it, once I replaced the base plate, I will absolutely record it!
Like a mini Hyudraulic Press Channel - let’s see what kind of stuff this bad boy can squish!
Post pics of the output
Don’t stick your dick in that!
Wasn’t planning on it before, but challenge accepted!
How do these things work? I cant fathom how its able to do that, it looks like it barely moves? What sorcery is this?
Also is it named after Futurama’s The Crushinstor?
Well the cylinder has a stroke length of ~8 inches (it’s a little less) it is 17 inches from the pivot point, the other arm is 6 inches from the pivot.
When the cylinder is fully extended, the crushing plate will move down about 3 inches which is greater than the width of most cans. (At least greater than all of the cans I have.)
It flattened cans sideways because I wanted to be able to put them through a shredder. It was very close to accomplishing that, if the base plate didn’t bend to shit, I’m sure it would have worked.
Yes! But the crushinator is a big girl, mine couldn’t hold a candle to that, so she squishes instead of crushes!
I would’ve called it Dr Crusher.
