Originally Posted by
406Refining
It's been a busy few weeks/month on this little project. I ended up getting the unit running, but is struggled with processing thin steel. I did try a server hard drive and it just about killed the unit and snapped the chain.
After upgrading the gear ratio from 1:1 to a 1:2 and going 2 levels up on chain size I tried the shredder again. It was able to chomp up those little laptop hard drives just fine....until I tried an aluminum platter unit, then I just tripped the breaker.
I ordered another gearbox to connect to the blue one. It seems the major issue was torque related. With this new gearbox I was jumping up from 420 ft/lbs of torque per axel to 2100 ft/lbs of torque.
This worked really well! Unfortunately when I tried a big piece of material it tore the wooden frame apart. Why wood and not steel? I didn't want to have a steel one built until I was sure everything was good to go.
The next step and hopefully the final step is going to be to install the thinner blade spacers and get the steel frame finished. I think this project may be in the home stretch!
At this point, you HAVE to get it working! No matter the cost.... Even if it costs more than a commercial already built unit, it's the principal of it lol.... Plus you'll know everything about it and know how to fix it and keep it running forever once you get it working 100%
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