Automatic pneumatic can crusher

[@TheHappyKamper]

The way this is designed to work is very similar thinking to computer programming logic. Nice job.

[@alanstuffthings4354]

Thanks.

[@blandhoke]

Great work on differentiation!

[@alanstuffthings4354]

Thanks.

[@meher9608]

Good job.

[@bigfoothunter574]

I only had to sell 16 tons of cans to pay for this.

[@alanstuffthings4354]

Ya I know. I had the parts to build it from a machine I stripped.

[@vincejuliusdublin9204]

Nice set up.. can I ask what is the specific name of the metal support you use for the hopper?

[@alanstuffthings4354]

Thanks. It's aluminum extrusion made by Item.

[@josemiguelmachadomendoza2607]

El diseño podria mejorar mas aun, reemplazando el cilindro neumatico por otro de menor carrera, asi resultaria mayor rendimiento.

[@kayleighlancri3926]

What materials you used to do for this I'm gonna make something like this for my school project

[@nativefish]

Do you have plans available for this can crusher? I'm interested in building one for myself.

[@alanstuffthings4354]

No, sorry I don't have any plans available. I used a lot of things I had kicking around the shop.

[@hardracer]

Not the fastest thing is it?good job man!

[@alanstuffthings4354]

It doesn't look fast until you try to keep the hopper full. I was using it today and had a big pile of cans to crush. Worked up a thirst. Lol.

[@daveed1797]

Good engineering but seems slow. I want to build a pneumatic crusher but have it crush multiple cans in one stack

[@GeneralChangFromDanang]

You could make a 2-stage design that crushes a can on extension and retraction.

[@daveed1797]

@@GeneralChangFromDanang like when it goes backwards it crushes another set of cans in another hopper on the other side. I was thinking more along the lines of the hopper is big and round. And you just dump buckets of cans in the top. A door slides open on the bottom and as many as can, fall in. The door closes right before the compartment crushes all that's in there at once. And repeat. Making cubes of crushed can.

[@GeneralChangFromDanang]

@@daveed1797 That might require a hydraulic cylinder. There's a video somewhere on here where I guy did that.

[@daveed1797]

@@GeneralChangFromDanang yea we go through a lot of cans so it would be quicker. I was thinking also if I can't get the hydraulics that I could make a smaller manual version.

[@SgtNaVee]

No *electric power

[@alanstuffthings4354]

No. Just compressed air.

[@RSST662]

Which was compressed with a non-electric compressor lol