paper shredder from washers

this shredder is made from washers,each washer is sharpen so it can cut the paper,on small and big washers i made small cut so they fit on rod,on the rod i put flat steel so the washers turn all together,you don`t need no gear to turn each rod to oposite direction that is solved by washers and spring on each rod,it works fine,it takes some time to put it together but when it is completed you just shredd paper over and over,it will not jam never,and it is big so you can shredd complete A4 paper on longer side without problem

[@webekings]

My guy! You are brilliant! I absolutely loved the simplicity yet genius of using one welded nut on each bearing carrier so that a bolt driven down would not only capture a bearing, but BOTH ANNND the single bolt also splayed the bearings outward making for a perfect hold… i want to adopt you

[@tonyciarleglio8651]

You have a special gift my friend of being able to take commonly found items and turn them into effective machines! Another Great video! Thank you!

[@Mladen365]

Shredder that you can buy at shop has two shaft as mine,but my shredder don't need sprocket on each shaft to turn,on my shredder that job is done by friction of washers pushing on each other,and it is fun to work with it

[@scottlund4562]

Fantastic! You and my Father have that gift so many of us are envious of. Very Nicely Done

[@patrickmulholland1840]

love the spring loaded tension springs excellent idea all you need is a wiper motor and a half decent hopper great careful work

[@Mladen365]

Already did that,greetings

[@paulfreed6394]

I love all your machines! Thanks for sharing mate.

[@Mladen365]

Thank you

[@ivanhorvat4635]

BOG ! Moj otac je bijo poljoprivrednik u Pridvoju ( Slavoniji ) a welder-fitter u Kanadi .! Promislio sta napravit i material , i kako kazemo u Kanadi " The rest is history " !!!

[@bikeronnie]

And that's the difference between ingenuity and laziness! Us Lazy people would of just clicked on Amazon and bought one! Well done my friend what a great piece of kit and a fantastic lesson to today's lazy society!

[@Mladen365]

bikeronnie thnx greetings from Croatia...

[@simonelse4106]

Wow, amazing build. And it works so much better than I thought it would. Congratulations to you and a nice greetings from Texas USA.

[@Mladen365]

Greetings to you from Croatia and thnx for watching

[@johncarinamartin6716]

You are really practical. I like it. Thank you for sharing.

[@Mladen365]

greetings from Croatia

[@atown7714]

I see some comments that are not as well but this D.I.Y shedder will last longer than that plastic!! Good job mate way to save!!!

[@curriegc3611]

I have an electric one but I want to build this one. I love it. Another winner

[@johnmcginnis9391]

Very interesting. I never would have thought to use washers as a means of shredding paper. Kudos.

[@Mladen365]

I am making bigger version of this,greetings from Croatia

[@EL_RINCON_DE_BENITO_HENRIQUEZ]

Genial....gracias por compartir tus experiencias productivas...saludos desde casas viejas CHILE

[@baconsoda]

This is very good, you have done well here. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@Mladen365]

baconsoda thnx Brendan

[@lillyandimvu5112]

Thank very much

[@jaym4290]

The result is perfect But the difficulty level of the work is high Well done!

[@asisdelton]

GENIUS, GENIUS, GENIUS=Love it!!!

[@Mladen365]

+asisdelton thnx and greetings from Croatia...

[@WTXFTE]

I bet your mind runs a million km/h. Great ideas. keep it going.

[@Mladen365]

Thnx,i am trying to make my work easy as possible with this projects,greeting

[@WTXFTE]

I am the same way. The only problem is, I don't ever get them finished or even started. I've got to say though, you've got a very rare talent that is hard to come by these days. Bless you for the uploads, they keep my days entertained.

[@Mladen365]

Thnx,all the best,Mladen

[@lostinlife647866]

Its nice to see inventive people, Nice craftsman ship !!!!! Thanks for sharing....

[@Mladen365]

+Mike Garofalo thank you

[@freddohobbiescrafts8036]

man.. i admire your works. it brings me more ideas. thank you for sharing this. greatly done.

[@averyjamesbrooks]

Very impressive machine! Thank you for this video

[@johnschiffer3756]

On verbal delivery good as it gets, details with some pertinent facts- good as it gets, DI from scratch, again- one of the best. Nice, I will take these words back, but short videos like this (that is- yours), are what many do not achieve. I speak, of course, in the name of people have the right to life and/or die, the "movements," of the 21st. century, as well as the Face of The Higher Power be searched for. Again, THIS is worth watching.

[@robertnee601]

Very interesting and ingenious. I may be able to use some of your techniques on a plastic (for 3D printer) shredder I'm making.

[@Mladen365]

+Robert Nee greetings from Croatia,when you make that shredder notify me,i love to see how it works

[@Gender1979]

you sir give the good inventors a good name, ty for showing this video and other videos of things you have made.. you have given me some good ideas on my projects

[@Mladen365]

i am glad i can help,greeting

[@Alatinu]

Mladen 365: ¡Congratulations and thank you very much for sharing your inventions !. Are you one of the many geniuses who are free in the world! :) A great greeting from South America!

[@Mladen365]

Fernando M i will always try to help others in the world,lots of my youtubers has send me emails they dont have steel to copy my projects so in one of my next videos will be 25 briquette press made from wood,greetins from Croatia!

[@thibautmukaba3296]

Practical and useful tip making this manual scheder

[@emilianos333]

Hello, Mladen, I watch your videos, you are a true diy person. I also work with paper. with mulch paper in water. I even put onto a wall as insulator in thin layer, mixed with cement and lime. and I make some papercrete potery for my wife, potery wich has a nice texture. This is how I prepare mulch paper: any recyclable paper, tear apart with hand in pieces, often in large pieces, newspaper, flyers, old books, cardboard boxes ( the veak cardboard is the better) , left in water to soak 1, 2 or 3 days ( depending on spare time) but not more because start to have a nasty smell. then take 2 bucket add 1 or 2 bucket of water ( partialy reused from same procedure) and mix well with an paint mixer witch has atached a 11 cm diam., wood blade for angle grinder. Mix till no big chunks, then put to drain , then put to dry. then use after need, to pottery, or else. My questios is, the paper will soak better if is in small, or tiny pieces? because, I prepare with big chunks let to soak.. then mixed to make pulp, and is not an easy task.. I have an ideea to make a paper shreder similar with yours, but instead of washers, to use a single row of 10 angle grinder for wood, with reinforced theeths , powered with small old washing machine. will work? thank you, and wish you many practical ideeas.

[@Mladen365]

emilianos333 paper will soak better if it is in small pieces,to increase the soak proces you can use this my way how i do that for briquettes and you dont have to wait 2 to 3 days to soak,you can start use it immediately kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHqThZxmnNKKedk,i am trying to power almost everything with my diesel engine or my hand to save my electric bill,but you can make that shreder it will work

[@belgrademachine]

Great job!

[@evank.3249]

WOW!!!! That is amazing. You should scale everything up so it can shred aluminium cans. Greetings from Arizona, USA. :-)

[@Mladen365]

I am already working on that,will scale up next year,greetings from Croatia

[@kennethholland8297]

Add a sharpened star washer on one side instead of a round one and it will shred and chop into little pieces also. Your machine and idea is brilliant. Good job.

[@Mladen365]

Thank you,big greeting from Croatia

[@rudravanupani8369]

May i know what is sharpened star washer

[@kenyanfunnyanimations2910]

You are an inventor, your machines are so practical and have great capability in operation i love your work it really inspires me.

[@Mladen365]

Thank you big greeting from Croatia

[@oliverfranke3884]

You are really extremely creative. Compliment!

[@johnschiffer3756]

(I hardly ever comment directly, no one seems to withstand the pride that comes with being way better than others.) Nice.

[@pakrolex]

Extremely beneficial, I have no doubt that you are a GENIUS. Keep it up. I recommend a NOBEL PRIZE for Technology on this wonderful innovation.

[@Mladen365]

+‫سجاد ظہور‬‎ thank you,greetings to you from Croatia.

[@rockrollgaryglitter1747]

Great machine! Saves on electric & much stronger than those small cheap hand crank shredders you see in the shops. Have you considered selling the design to a manufacturer? It would make a great ecological money saving device for homes offices & many other places

[@Mladen365]

+rock &'roll gary glitter i like to sell to anybody who want,in my country nobody know about that shredder and there is no manufacturer in my country to make them and sell,if anyone can sell this i will be glad to share profit,greetings from Croatia

[@omniwatcher]

Very good Instructable. Very nice explained.

[@Mladen365]

Thnk you

[@johnstrange6799]

I enjoyed seeing your design. There is an enjoyable elegance to mechanical simplicity.

[@Mladen365]

Thank you,greeting

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

Hello from Texas!!!!! Very nice!! Thank you for posting such a good video!

[@Mladen365]

Greetings from Croatia

[@deadduck6578]

This is far the best diy shredder I have found on KZbin. Also helped me clarify a better build. Didn't even think about cleaner. Thank you for sharing your build. Could it do cardboard?

[@Mladen365]

I did not try with cardboard just newspaper,maybe if it will be a little bigger than it will work

[@suoppsdn9751]

Very intelligent individual indeed. Love this concept. Thanks for sharing your videos. I truly enjoy watching them. About how many washers did you use all together to make this paper shredder?

[@Mladen365]

34 big washers and 36 small washers for one shaft

[@suoppsdn9751]

Thanks

[@smitty2000]

You are a very talented individual. ...a true inventor! 😆

[@Mladen365]

Thank you greetings from Croatia

[@patlawless1960]

Excellent design! Thanks for sharing.

[@Mladen365]

Thank you,greeting from Croatia

[@poosmate]

Loved your video, loved your accent, loved watching you work and love the shredder you made! Brilliant! Poo

[@2handsfull]

This guy is a crazy inventor, he needs something ,,, poof,,,, he makes it! I bet if he a metal forge, he would have made the washers.

[@Mladen365]

You right,i need all that projects to make my everyday work easy as possible,greeting

[@robertclark3258]

Greetings from the United States! I'm always very impressed by your creativity and ingenuity. How did you cut the notches in the washers you used to make your paper shredder? Did you file or grind them? Did you're-drill a hole for each slot? Thanks.

[@Mladen365]

Robert Clark yes first i drill holes,it was hard job but as you can see everything works

[@rofllols841]

Thank you so much for interesting idea!

[@cornwasher]

Excellent video and wonderfully constructed tool. Maybe could use a little sturdier platform base.

[@Mladen365]

I already making bigger version of this shredder

[@homayounshirazi9550]

Nicely done! Good job.

[@alvaroortiz6623]

Excelente vídeo señor

[@richm1615]

Brilliant! You should sell them!!

[@jainankur402]

Good Job! Going by your technique can we cut 50 sheets of paper at a time, into strips,using thicker washers or do we require standard 2 or three blade cutters.

[@Mladen365]

Ankur Jain this is small scale shredder i belive it can be made on larger scale and with few modifications it can be done,greetings to you from Croatia!

[@fudogchomp]

my friend, this is super cool but I'm a bit lazy and would use a power drill with a socket instead of the handle 😀

[@Mladen365]

I already put geared dc motor on second video,greetings

[@yvanaj1]

Brilliant!

[@sempreatual2534]

parabéns ficou muito bom felicidade vou fazer uma obrigado você é o cara

[@marthinusstapelberg5538]

Very good and practical thanks for sharing

[@u.synlig]

Such a flexible and fecund mind you have!

[@daveknowshow]

very cool machine

[@Mladen365]

Yes it is cool and fun to work with it,greeting

[@ma7moud3awad49]

Mladen 365

[@MrLeonard55]

Your a smart man. Maybe use a drill or a dc motor to turn it. You can charge the battery with a solar charger.

[@catrosits]

nice one.. great idea.. you can cut a teeth to the blade in your upgraded version.. i think it would make for a great micro shredder..

[@owdjockey4459]

Hi Mladen, I have found that the paper absorbs the water better and is easier to mulch if the paper is cross-cut. I currently use a office x-cut shredder for my paper briquettes. Is it possible to alter the profile of the washers to cross-cut the paper strips? Great video.

[@Mladen365]

OwdJockey mybe,i have to see how the original shredder cross cut the paper

[@ameliablakley-kendrick8207]

+Mladen “simple is better” 365 FANTASTIC! I love this very much. You are so smart and believe me God gave you a wonderful brain. You will do well my friend. I will keep you in my prayers- Texas USA says God bless you

[@jimfitzgibbon5492]

Great Job my friend! Great video.

[@jonathansinger3818]

Pretty cool! Lot of work though to build the thing.

[@Mladen365]

Lot of work but it works very good,don't need to sharpen the washers,greeting

[@zoranristic1021]

great,cool work.

[@lobofitness]

Wow esta increíble esta cortadora. Eso necesito en mi vida

[@Ritercrazy]

The fine cut paper makes the best pulp for the press for fire bricks.

[@Siput2010]

Very nicely done, good job!!

[@Mladen365]

+Murad Sapar thank you

[@timmcneil1536]

Very nice. thanks for sharing.

[@nextellcup8]

awesome . i will make one :) thanks for the video

[@desireecurnutt6248]

what you built is awesome

[@Mladen365]

Thank you

[@robertclark3258]

I just noticed that you had already described how you made the notches in the washers. Did you make them one at a time or several at once?

[@Mladen365]

Robert Clark i made them several at once,if you make one by one it takes lots off time

[@matachevali395]

Great video! How did u made the small cuts on the washer?

[@Mladen365]

I drill small hole and grind left and right side so it can fit on the shaft,greetings

[@miscellaneous5268]

This is decent effort, but now you have fantastic electric carboard schredders on Amazon for $50, and they include crosscut.

[@Mladen365]

You are right but i want to make something that no one has try or think to make,greeting from Croatia

[@cultusmechanicus8001]

Great JOB! you could attach a drill to drive it

[@Mladen365]

LOL you i already put dc geared motor in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYOto3uql8aEgq8 ,now it goes faster and easy

[@nathandean1687]

next version . you should grind finger pionts into them . why so you can shred beer cans as well.

[@Mladen365]

+Nathan Dean this is just for paper,for bear cans it has to be strong and as you say i have to grind finger points,greetings from Croatia

[@nathandean1687]

Mladen 365 not always.

[@Nikosi9]

I think you could build a V-shaped hopper that will allow you to load the paper more quickly. It seems to take a bit too long to do this for each sheet(s) of paper...

[@Mladen365]

I did make it but after i made this video,greeting

[@guhliverproductions1122]

Bravo Mladene

[@danielcentury3638]

If you sell it i will definitely buy it bravo love it

[@lysar152]

done well mate good job you have inspired me to do same like your use of materials

[@Mladen365]

+Lyn Porter thank you and big greetings from Croatia

[@user-vt3bc9bw7k]

Супер!!!

[@rkafulani]

Great job!!! Thanks

[@MRFIXIT-rh7dm]

I would buy this from you!! Good job

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

Very nice project. If you add a small motor and cover all moving parts. I guess you could sell it to offices.

[@Mladen365]

I already put a dc motor on shredder,i don't sell any of my projects,greetings

[@janandreassen4221]

Really good idea

[@samholborn]

Awesome piece of kit,

[@Mladen365]

It is fun to work on it,greeting

[@youarejustperfect]

bravoooo, i really like your videos

[@flaviolopesdacostaneto7852]

Well done, you should look forward for a patent or industrial design. I work with intelectual property in Brazil, look for an attorney in your country, this seems to be a handy tool for companies that works with recycling, printing and journals.

[@paulbignell6977]

excellent job

[@PremSingh-wj1nk]

Very clever man

[@Sctronic209]

You the man very nice 👍

[@jimkuiper1837]

Will this work on corrugated cardboard? Cool design.

[@Mladen365]

This is just for newspaper,for cardboard it need to bi bigger,greeting

[@gazgandalf4854]

Brilliant, simple, easy to use ad clean. If any problems, a simple strip down and repair would solve the problems. Perhaps you could price the cost to prefabricate your simple log maker and this item as tools for "Making Natural Green Logs." Could be a great way to way extra money - and Europe could be your market? Cheers :- )

[@Mladen365]

Thank you,greetings from Croatia

[@gazgandalf4854]

You're welcome Mladen, you have an 'inventors mind' and I hope some company looks at your work and manufacturers it. It doesn't require power. You are using material which could end up on a waste site and I'm sure enough people would buy the product if reasonably priced.

[@laserfalcon]

Have you made anything using old automotive rotors or drums?

[@Mladen365]

No i have not made anything from that parts but idea is good,greeting

[@1summitcity]

Awesome man very creative !

[@Mladen365]

+ALPHA X thank you

[@bowlweevil4161]

great idea, put a car windshield wiper motor on to power it good vid thanx

[@srksii]

Svaka cast na ideju! Samo kolko traju te sajbne u upotrebi, duvan je prilicno zilav

[@Mladen365]

+srksii ja ga koristim evo 9 mjeseci i reže papir kao kad sam ga napravio,bez oštrenja ili oštečenja,napravio sam ga za rezanje papira e sad za duvan neznam nisam probao ali uvjeren sam da bi i to odradio bez problema,pozdrav

[@srksii]

+Mladen “simple is better” 365 Da, ja tek posle procita da je to za papir, meni mi seckalica za duvan u glavu, a on je prilicno zilav, samo da nadjem celicne sajbne i ima da radi kao sat! Hvala ti za ideju!

[@TaeKenDo]

How did you make the slots in the washers ? Nice job by the way.

[@Mladen365]

I use round file on each washer,first i drill hole close to edge of inner hole of washer and than i just use file to finnish that slot,greeting

[@TaeKenDo]

Good idea making first a hole, much less filing. Thanks !

[@seanmcbrighton2644]

you are realy smart man .i proud you .thankful make thise video

[@Mladen365]

Greetings from Croatia

[@co4377]

GENIUS

[@Mladen365]

Thank you,lot of work but it looks cool and works fine

[@darlagreen6519]

Very good! I would like to talk to you about figuring out a machine to chop hay.

[@Mladen365]

Did you search on youtube to see if anyone has made it,but i am sure it is not that hard to make one,greeting

[@co4377]

have you thought about selling these? How much are the materials? including welding supplies and cutting metal, etc. would it be worth to sell?

[@Mladen365]

Shipment will be to high,have never calculate for price of materials,most of material i get from scrapyard

[@walkabout16]

Well done! How about a fine tobacco shredder?

[@Mladen365]

Everything can be done with a little skill and will,all the best from Croatia

[@NP1002]

This is all very ingenious if you have all of those raw materials and a welder ( and on how to use one) to hand. For me, it's easier to buy one that is safer and comes with a warranty.

[@Mladen365]

As you say,there is always a choise,build or buy

[@Mladen365]

As you say,there is always a choise,build or buy

[@conductiveinkalternative918]

Awesome I Love it!