Pneumatic Can Crusher - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

calfj60 · 01-28-2005, 03:38 PM

Has anyone every built one of these??? I was talking with some one the other day and they mentioned they had seen once.... Basically looked like a rifle breach, drop the can in flip the lever and out came the can...flat...hmmm

Sounded like a fun project...

Myanarchy · 01-28-2005, 04:47 PM

seen the hydraulic oil filter crusher, but no aluminum can crusher. Shouldn't be hard to make. Take pics

lwg · 01-28-2005, 05:07 PM

You have too much time on your hands...

calfj60 · 01-28-2005, 05:13 PM

lookin for something to due with all the extra time I have....

sickfab · 01-28-2005, 09:07 PM

I think it'd be cool. Take pics if you make one.

PTSchram · 01-29-2005, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by calfj60

lookin for something to due with all the extra time I have....

That my friend is a high-class problem I do not share with you

calfj60 · 01-29-2005, 09:33 AM

I was meerly joking.....I have no free/spare time

I just was looking for a pneumatic project since I never have done one...

rusted · 01-29-2005, 12:30 PM

If you have that time, make the thing yourself from scratch. Ream out the cylinder, turn a piston on a lathe, mill a con-rod, use pipe for the can, cut a hole in it. Doesn't sound that hard.

DRM · 01-29-2005, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rusted

If you have that time, make the thing yourself from scratch. Ream out the cylinder, turn a piston on a lathe, mill a con-rod, use pipe for the can, cut a hole in it. Doesn't sound that hard.

Better idea...

Take an engine block w/ starter and flywheel attached, make sure it has cylinders bigger than a can in diameter. Remove heads. Build replacement "heads" with an opening for inserting cans. Build crusher extension on top of pistons (or have the "heads" push the cans partially into the cylinder). Attach 12v - crank starter. 4, 6, 8 cans crushed - depending on block used

sickfab · 01-29-2005, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DRM

Better idea...

Take an engine block w/ starter and flywheel attached, make sure it has cylinders bigger than a can in diameter. Remove heads. Build replacement "heads" with an opening for inserting cans. Build crusher extension on top of pistons (or have the "heads" push the cans partially into the cylinder). Attach 12v - crank starter. 4, 6, 8 cans crushed - depending on block used

Now that would be killer!!!
And if you made one with a V8, you'd have incentive to pound copious amounts of beer, so you could show your buddies how it worked!!!

beyondhelp · 01-31-2005, 02:22 PM

just make one like this only smaller...

bigNATE® · 01-31-2005, 06:46 PM

I have a can briquetter, it takes 350 cans and turns it into a 12 pound block about a foot square it is all hydraulic though, been thinking about making a pneumatic crusher but my designs use about 30 CFM to process 60 cans a minute

MC · 02-01-2005, 12:15 PM

Yup...have a great one works off a PLC...friend built it. I will see if I can dig up pics. He says it would take 9K to do it yourself from bought parts....

wheelsup · 02-01-2005, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by beyondhelp

just make one like this only smaller...

Haha, i had ones of those here. Mine was air operated.
Had a huge airbag that inflated and crushed a drum.
The sides were expanded metal and you could watch the drum start to collapse the sides, then wham, it is 4 inches tall.
Sold it last year to a plant, they needed something to crush them in the plant, and it could not use any electricity whatsoever.
The whole thing was pnuematic, including the safety switches and all.
Brian.

01-28-2005, 03:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
calfj60 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 7180 Location: Closer to the airport than the ocean Posts: 813	Pneumatic Can Crusher Has anyone every built one of these??? I was talking with some one the other day and they mentioned they had seen once.... Basically looked like a rifle breach, drop the can in flip the lever and out came the can...flat...hmmm Sounded like a fun project... __________________ Tim & Yuli 1987 FJ60 SOA 350 Down for Repairs Sold 5-07 1994 FJZ80 locked 3xs and S/C for more power [COLOR="Red"]For parts and Carb rebuilds [url]http://www.marksoffroad.net[/url] [/COLOR]

01-28-2005, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Myanarchy Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Oct 2002 Member # 14059 Location: Memphrica Posts: 5,526	seen the hydraulic oil filter crusher, but no aluminum can crusher. Shouldn't be hard to make. Take pics __________________ Jeeper89 is a bitch

01-28-2005, 05:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
lwg Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Member # 12044 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,237	You have too much time on your hands... __________________ Larry [url]www.columbiaoverland.com[/url]

01-28-2005, 05:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
calfj60 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 7180 Location: Closer to the airport than the ocean Posts: 813	lookin for something to due with all the extra time I have.... __________________ Tim & Yuli 1987 FJ60 SOA 350 Down for Repairs Sold 5-07 1994 FJZ80 locked 3xs and S/C for more power [COLOR="Red"]For parts and Carb rebuilds [url]http://www.marksoffroad.net[/url] [/COLOR]

01-28-2005, 09:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
sickfab Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20208 Location: Pollock Pines, but dont worry, I decided to keep my full set of teeth, unlike most everyone else up here... Posts: 2,397	I think it'd be cool. Take pics if you make one. __________________ [QUOTE=Myanarchy;6682920] Thanks for the tips, I think I'm gonna stick it between max volume and his boyfriend's pelvis. The force of their love could crush a bowling ball[/QUOTE]

01-29-2005, 09:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
calfj60 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 7180 Location: Closer to the airport than the ocean Posts: 813	I was meerly joking.....I have no free/spare time I just was looking for a pneumatic project since I never have done one... __________________ Tim & Yuli 1987 FJ60 SOA 350 Down for Repairs Sold 5-07 1994 FJZ80 locked 3xs and S/C for more power [COLOR="Red"]For parts and Carb rebuilds [url]http://www.marksoffroad.net[/url] [/COLOR]

01-29-2005, 12:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
rusted Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Member # 11799 Location: Cleveland, TN Posts: 1,788	If you have that time, make the thing yourself from scratch. Ream out the cylinder, turn a piston on a lathe, mill a con-rod, use pipe for the can, cut a hole in it. Doesn't sound that hard.

01-31-2005, 02:22 PM	#11 (permalink)
beyondhelp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Member # 14423 Location: Port Saint Lucie Florida Posts: 271	just make one like this only smaller...

01-31-2005, 06:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
bigNATE® Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Member # 8730 Location: hell Posts: 691	I have a can briquetter, it takes 350 cans and turns it into a 12 pound block about a foot square it is all hydraulic though, been thinking about making a pneumatic crusher but my designs use about 30 CFM to process 60 cans a minute __________________ [QUOTE=ScottFJ40] With a face like that, she better piss 100 year old scotch, and fart sunshine. [/QUOTE]

02-01-2005, 12:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
MC Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Aug 2003 Member # 21997 Location: Insane CNC machine mfg Posts: 5,282	Yup...have a great one works off a PLC...friend built it. I will see if I can dig up pics. He says it would take 9K to do it yourself from bought parts.... __________________ Industrial Quality CNC machines at a Hobby Price! USA Quality is job #1 We build CNC plasma tables, click me .................................................. ......... American Motors Engine HERE!! 1-651-433-3689

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