DIY Jaw Crusher

[@davidconway565]

Hey Morgan , would some serrations or grooves on the crusher bars , help it to feed any better ?

[@WildWestGarage]

To be honest, I’m not sure what the answer is yet, and I’m a little disappointed with the overall performance. I think it might have something to do with the clay itself. After building this thing I google “clay crusher” and all the machines are roller or hammer mills.

[@davidconway565]

I have confidence in you Morgan , I know you'll be able to solve the riddle. You are a master fabricator and mechanic and a brilliant man.

[@WildWestGarage]

@@davidconway565 one thing I find that helps is to dump some crushed clay on top and it seems to pull everything down through the jaws as it filters passed the bigger chunks.

[@davidlambert2537]

Morgan, that was awesome!!! That crusher was a complicated build... Well done and thanks for showing us the build ...You've got skills my friend !!!

[@martyrutter3630]

Skilled man that Morgan 😂

[@WildWestGarage]

@@martyrutter3630 thanks fellas, it was a labour of love. Love for my wife.

[@robertblacksmith4355]

Reminds me of the Corn Thresher ( Corn Sheller) my grandfather made great video Morgan!

[@DAvidHall-n2s]

Morgan You are a mechanical genius.great job.

[@WhatTheTarnation.]

Try changing the radius of your cam, this may give you the movement of the jaw you are looking for. The crushing energy you have demonstrated, now adjust the distance the jaw opens and closes. This may be achieved by changing the dwell of the cam. There are those that know way more about this stuff than me. Love your build ! There is no way my wife is going to see this..lol

[@WildWestGarage]

I’m going to try moving the toggle down on the jaw only, change the angle , I think it will make it open a bit more on the bottom. The wife comment 😂

[@martyrutter3630]

Wow Morgan I new you were good at whatever you do but this was close to genius 😂. Your a good man making this for your wife and I am sure she will love it. 👍👍👍

[@WildWestGarage]

She is very grateful

[@williamward7707]

Heavy Metal...well you satisfied that itch, at least for now...I think I enjoyed watching you "design as you go" almost as much as you enjoyed building it. Good for you...I hope it makes Mama happy...

[@saltrock9642]

You have the right tools and skills to build anything. Impressive.

[@WildWestGarage]

I’ve never had any regrets about gathering tools and equipment that help me get a job done.

[@KEE13_65]

Geez Morgan, when your done with the pottery I have some river rock that needs Crushing lol,, is it transportable? all kidding aside I love your creativity/engineering mind set,,, keep em coming !

[@Gordon_L]

What is done with the clay after it's been through the crusher , can it somehow be used again in more pottery projects ?

[@WildWestGarage]

Yes it gets mixed with water to soften and then put through another machine to smooth it out and compress it into usable clay.

[@Wolfhound.]

thinking it needs just a bit more jawing action seems like it goes more up and down then left and right

[@WildWestGarage]

I’m thinking I can move the toggle bushing down on the jaw to fix that

[@davidthomas5997]

Very neat project👍🏻

[@jasonthomas4738]

When are you doing buckins new crew cab? You do great work !

[@WildWestGarage]

Thanks, the replacement cab will be going into the shop soon. I have all the repair panels to make it solid.

[@philipcollins5440]

That was interesting. It was fun as each peace went together😊

[@timtrax918artisan8]

Heck yes a minature crusher that has a use thats awsom sir .

[@fishmut]

I got a name for the jaw you made lol , Frankenstein jaw 😂 it sure is out of the ordinary but hey if it does the job and your happy with it , Frankenstein will do what you guys want it to do 😁.

[@aaronpowell4885]

If that's not craftsmanship then I don't know what is!👍🏻

[@paulgreco2188]

Holay wah! Excellent work my Friend, she gonna love it!

[@WildWestGarage]

😊

[@PandaJ]

I think the reason that it didn't work that well... When the jaws are closer together because they're too close together. If you pull them away from each other a bit I know that smaller stuff would drop through but mix and match it a bit with some bigger stuff. Great build though!!

[@WildWestGarage]

The movable jaw has some bridging between the vertical ribs that I think is preventing the last bits of clay from falling through. I’ve thought about grinding out the bridging but the thing works good enough for what we need so I’m not really motivated in that direction. Also even though the clay is dry, it’s still kid of soft and sticks to the jaws unlike fired clay which is very brittle. Thanks for watching and for your suggestion, I have adjusted the opening and it didn’t really make much difference in the performance.

[@PandaJ]

@@WildWestGarage think of making one myself so very useful seeing how others have done theirs.

[@WildWestGarage]

@@PandaJ I think it would also help if the toggle was lower on the jaw

[@SALIFYANJISIMUKOKO-gv3kz]

Hey, morgan. What's the angle between the fixed jaw and movable jaw? Ive been trying to figure it out for some time now

[@JohnDoe-fp8mn]

Good stuff

[@babalu1126]

Very cool

[@lesterkirian7727]

Did you go to school to be an engineer if you do a very good job at that stuff you do better than some of those engineers keep the good ideas going

[@WildWestGarage]

I call myself a “bush engineer”

[@donnykiofetzis5775]

300 rpm is recommended jaw speed. on most jaw crushers

[@WildWestGarage]

Thanks, I’ve got a stepped pulley on the motor so I think I can get it to run in that range.

[@drmachinewerke1]

@@WildWestGarageyou can always use a speed controller

[@leonardryan8723]

Morgan you got to are weight often to the pulley. You need weight for crusher to work . Try start of with old car front break drum .

[@WildWestGarage]

@@leonardryan8723 it crushes no problem, the material just doesn’t want to fall through

[@2LateIWon]

Do you need a longer stroke to help it feed better

[@WildWestGarage]

I think the toggle needs to be moved lower on the jaw. The jaw is kind of rocking at that point rather than opening and closing

[@fishmut]

I’m think most other jaws are a straight slope for the feed to continually gravity feed into the jaw as it is moving , I’m thinking the jaw shape itself being different angles isn’t letting the feed happen how it’s spose to with proper contact between jaws ,just my 2 cents worth as other jaws don’t seem to have the issue where material doesn’t want to feed down , worth thinking about.

[@WildWestGarage]

Not sure, but it does what I need it to do

[@WildWestGarage]

@@fishmut that’s a possibility, but it’s doing the job

[@USAstoneybro]

super cool

[@dmfor9001]

Nice

[@jimdaly5077]

Hi blood sweat and tears , 👍👍👍🐝🌞

[@dunc71]

Brass wear strip from the blade of a caterpillar grader.

[@WildWestGarage]

👍🏻

[@kendrawilliams1348]

Hammer mill might work better for what you want to accomplish

[@WildWestGarage]

After I was finished building this machine I searched “clay crusher” and got roller mills and hammer mills. Even though the clay is dry it’s still pretty soft and it cakes onto the jaws a bit. I’ve processed quite a bit of clay since putting up the video, it’s still way less work than doing it manually.