I would need another step down again for me and the boy. Love the ingenuity ! I think I could do it now after watching. Great post, I sure appreciate it.
Ahh yes. There's something special about can crushers and engineers. I found this wonderful video after looking on YT for can crushers for the 3rd time this week. There's a whole rabbit hole you can go down, from the dinky wooden wall-mounted cans crushers to the "homemade-but-industrial-grade" can crushers from hell that spit out big cubes with the help of overkill hydraulic cylinders. They are all so mesmerizing. Personally I was gifted one of those el cheapo Harbor Freight can crushers made of thin steel. After I attemped to make my own "bale" by squishing a dozen or so already-crushed cans together with it, it broke, and the whole time I was fixing it I couldn't stop myself from thinking about how I could make a better one, more forceful but still able to be wall mounted. After a couple attempts, I am able to crush cans with decent speed although I need floor space to use it. I felt that when you talked about how you want to make a better one. There's so many ways to do it. And any way you shake it this machine smashes a can, which is never short of entertaining. You could do it with your foot, and plenty people do, but how cool is it to see something you put together in action. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say here lol. In other words, loved the video, and make more can crushers! When you do, show us! :D
This is great Gibson Branch. Made me think along with using the 350 flywheel you could use a piston from a 350 with a cylinder sleeve for it crush the cans. I'm a Chevy man too brother.
@@Gibson_Branch I saw the 2 tire version that a Gearhead would do. not sold on that. I was thinking if you use a floor jack and lift rear wheels of truck of ground by like 3/8" or so and then make a guide for the cans to go under the tire. just thinking.
@@johnm840 Fasten a ram onto one of the lugs of the wheel with a solid framework to smash the cans. Don't know the number of cans per gallon though. ;)
I saw the video with the feeder. Nice job! It might add to the jamming issue but you could also make the feeder zigzag to increase its capacity. You could also put a slanted table with a funnel shaped end to put a hundred cans on the table and push them in manually.
Food for thought. Why not get the pinion gear off of a starter, rig it to the motor shaft and direct drive the chevy autotrans flex plate? To really slow it down to a much safer speed the pinion could be put on the idler shaft after the first belt reduction step with a bit of relocation. A small chute extension could be helpful from a safety point to combat the urge to reach in to straighten a misaligned can, because it looked like you started to reach for the one that went in upright then stopped yourself.
I'd suggest the magazine. If it jams then fix what makes it jam. You could make a double barrel crusher as well. Perhaps a magazine tilted at 45 degrees might be more dependable.
Looks like you can add some stroke to your piston and crush the cans a little bit more… And at the same time slow it down by moving the tail end of the connecting rod more towards the outside of the Chevy fly wheel… Two birds with one stone
perhaps you could design a can feeder that uses the same CHEVY flywheel. It would all be synchronized. Check out videos of can feeders in production lines for inspiration. Even if you don't have a use for it your invention could make you money.
What is it about can crushers especially the home made jerry built one that have me glued to my lap top. I am in the UK and could easily kiss goodbye to 2 hours just watching you tube videos of guys (and girls) construct clever shit like this. I wish i had the skills to do it. I really need one though.
I wanted to make a variable pulley system like on a drill press, but the extra costs of the pulleys and having to figure out a way to design it to where the shafts would move some to slip the belt from set to set. I guess I could always find a DC motor and use a potentiometer as a speed control.
I think it would work better if you could slow down the ram speed to one-half of what you showed here, giving you more time to drop the cans into proper alignment. Also, increase the ram travel to handle the largest 24 ounce cans. If finger safety is an concern, you could secure a thin piece of plywood to cover the ram block. Since the ram doesn't bottom out in the can crushing zone, I don't think there is much danger in getting one's fingers crushed by it, though it could cause some very painful pinching if one were to get a finger between the can and the end stop. Good job. Years ago, in the early 1960s, my dad built a grist mill setup for milling wheat and rye into flour, somewhat similar to your can crusher setup, except for the final flywheel and ram load being replaced by the grist mill. Over time the mounting board warped due to the pull of the v-belts. Once I grew up and became an engineer, I redesigned and rebuilt it for him so that the v-belt forces would cancel out, eliminating the twisting problem. I also added wooden sliding mounts for the motor and mill that made belt tensioning very easy. The heavy beam in your construction probably won't warp, but it makes the rig more difficult to move and store.
Maybe instead of a magazine, you could just have a hopper? like a 2 or 3 inch hopper just so you can toss it in, rather than trying to judge the exact timing to slide it into slot. I also know it's been a little over a year since you posted this, so maybe you've already done stuff to it?
@@ipissed well, what is the name of this circular, toothed apparatus? I'd hate to live the rest of my life in error. Since you know what it's NOT, you must know what it IS, right?
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I would need another step down again for me and the boy. Love the ingenuity ! I think I could do it now after watching. Great post, I sure appreciate it.
I like the way you do things. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Ahh yes. There's something special about can crushers and engineers. I found this wonderful video after looking on YT for can crushers for the 3rd time this week. There's a whole rabbit hole you can go down, from the dinky wooden wall-mounted cans crushers to the "homemade-but-industrial-grade" can crushers from hell that spit out big cubes with the help of overkill hydraulic cylinders. They are all so mesmerizing. Personally I was gifted one of those el cheapo Harbor Freight can crushers made of thin steel. After I attemped to make my own "bale" by squishing a dozen or so already-crushed cans together with it, it broke, and the whole time I was fixing it I couldn't stop myself from thinking about how I could make a better one, more forceful but still able to be wall mounted. After a couple attempts, I am able to crush cans with decent speed although I need floor space to use it.
I felt that when you talked about how you want to make a better one. There's so many ways to do it. And any way you shake it this machine smashes a can, which is never short of entertaining. You could do it with your foot, and plenty people do, but how cool is it to see something you put together in action. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say here lol.
In other words, loved the video, and make more can crushers! When you do, show us! :D
Thanks Brian, now you've gotten me to thinking of a way to convert my 20 ton hydraulic wood splitter into a can baler 😂😂. Thanks for watching!
totally agree.
Great piece of work!!
All I have is chevy parts but I also have some junkie ford parts I can use for my crusher. Thank you sir for the inspiration
I forgot to mention, love your Chevy can crusher build.
I love it and I'm a Chevy guy too!
Seeing a few of them this video has the best outcome, thanks and you deserve the like button.
nice job. great presentation
Good job bud good showing nice
This is great Gibson Branch. Made me think along with using the 350 flywheel you could use a piston from a 350 with a cylinder sleeve for it crush the cans. I'm a Chevy man too brother.
oh I like this!!
“I dont know why...!”
Mechanical engineering ASMR therapy obsession.
Loved it bruh. I “can” relate!
I really like this chevy crusher,lol.
I’m wanting to fab one but all I have is a old dodge flywheel.
So I’m on hold right now.
Cool build, you be stroking
Pretty awesome can crusher mabie a slide shield for a magazine crush style
Nice and simple.. 3rd video on this I watched, you Win
Thanks John! She's still goin strong
@@Gibson_Branch I saw the 2 tire version that a Gearhead would do. not sold on that.
I was thinking if you use a floor jack and lift rear wheels of truck of ground by like 3/8" or so and then make a guide for the cans to go under the tire. just thinking.
@@johnm840
Fasten a ram onto one of the lugs of the wheel with a solid framework to smash the cans. Don't know the number of cans per gallon though. ;)
Great job 👍
I saw the video with the feeder. Nice job! It might add to the jamming issue but you could also make the feeder zigzag to increase its capacity. You could also put a slanted table with a funnel shaped end to put a hundred cans on the table and push them in manually.
Awesome ideas! I'm studying on how to make some changes now, thanks for the feedback!
Food for thought. Why not get the pinion gear off of a starter, rig it to the motor shaft and direct drive the chevy autotrans flex plate? To really slow it down to a much safer speed the pinion could be put on the idler shaft after the first belt reduction step with a bit of relocation. A small chute extension could be helpful from a safety point to combat the urge to reach in to straighten a misaligned can, because it looked like you started to reach for the one that went in upright then stopped yourself.
Starter motors are series-wound and are designed to only work under load. With no load or insufficient load they can run away to self-destruction.
I Like it, I just want fast and efficient. Although I think I’m going to try directly off of a motor.
Better have fast hands! LOL, keep us posted!
I would keep some Band aid handy,
You could make a feeder -wire frame cage- on top of the intake and using a spring pin to pass one can, manual or machine driven.
I loved it
I'd suggest the magazine. If it jams then fix what makes it jam. You could make a double barrel crusher as well. Perhaps a magazine tilted at 45 degrees might be more dependable.
Looks like you can add some stroke to your piston and crush the cans a little bit more… And at the same time slow it down by moving the tail end of the connecting rod more towards the outside of the Chevy fly wheel… Two birds with one stone
Nice project. I think you should try to slow it down so you can insert the cans in properly.
Good job
perhaps you could design a can feeder that uses the same CHEVY flywheel. It would all be synchronized. Check out videos of can feeders in production lines for inspiration. Even if you don't have a use for it your invention could make you money.
Love it
I like what you got there. I need one that will crush all the size cans up to 32 oz . Cane you make me one.
What is it about can crushers especially the home made jerry built one that have me glued to my lap top. I am in the UK and could easily kiss goodbye to 2 hours just watching you tube videos of guys (and girls) construct clever shit like this. I wish i had the skills to do it. I really need one though.
Go Chevy! I like the idea, but would want a little better control over the speed/time.
I wanted to make a variable pulley system like on a drill press, but the extra costs of the pulleys and having to figure out a way to design it to where the shafts would move some to slip the belt from set to set.
I guess I could always find a DC motor and use a potentiometer as a speed control.
As of today, we have 6 ford guys that like ford can crushers.
What a pitiful existence that must be!
I think it would work better if you could slow down the ram speed to one-half of what you showed here, giving you more time to drop the cans into proper alignment. Also, increase the ram travel to handle the largest 24 ounce cans. If finger safety is an concern, you could secure a thin piece of plywood to cover the ram block. Since the ram doesn't bottom out in the can crushing zone, I don't think there is much danger in getting one's fingers crushed by it, though it could cause some very painful pinching if one were to get a finger between the can and the end stop. Good job.
Years ago, in the early 1960s, my dad built a grist mill setup for milling wheat and rye into flour, somewhat similar to your can crusher setup, except for the final flywheel and ram load being replaced by the grist mill. Over time the mounting board warped due to the pull of the v-belts. Once I grew up and became an engineer, I redesigned and rebuilt it for him so that the v-belt forces would cancel out, eliminating the twisting problem. I also added wooden sliding mounts for the motor and mill that made belt tensioning very easy. The heavy beam in your construction probably won't warp, but it makes the rig more difficult to move and store.
Maybe instead of a magazine, you could just have a hopper? like a 2 or 3 inch hopper just so you can toss it in, rather than trying to judge the exact timing to slide it into slot. I also know it's been a little over a year since you posted this, so maybe you've already done stuff to it?
When this baby hits 88 rpm, you're gonna see some serious $*!+
dont like the feed option, try putting a dog collar type thing on it so you can toss them in from the chair
!!!! thx for sharing
Dog collar type thing? A funnel?
@@BenjaminNelsonX you get the point
put a motor control dimmer switch on it.....they will help....
how many fingers have you got left ?? ;
Sell it, someone will buy it. And make more of them to sell. But they need a magazine to load cans.
I really like it sir. Can you maje me like this please
U should make it crush th er m flater
Slow Ride
That's not a flywheel. Of course a Chevy guy wouldn't know that.
Automatic "Transmission Flywheel Flex-Plate"
Is that proper enough? Or, could we learn from your infinite wisdom?
@@Gibson_Branch It's not a flywheel.
@@ipissed well, what is the name of this circular, toothed apparatus? I'd hate to live the rest of my life in error. Since you know what it's NOT, you must know what it IS, right?