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The Ben Heck Show Needs Your Help!- Episode Live!

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The  Can Crusher Buildhttp://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-24800/l/episode-3-ben-builds-an-automatic-can-crusher-or-does-he never turned out the way Ben and team wanted it to and is in need of an update. In an upcoming episode of The Ben Heck Show,  Ben and team will be creating "Can Crusher 2.0" and they need your help! Let Ben know your idea for what he should do for "Can Crusher 2.0"  by following the directions below.


Thanks for all of the wonderful ideas around "Can Crusher 2.0" Ben and team will be going through and evaluating the comments...check out how Ben used your ideas for the build!

Episode 153: Ben Heck’s Crowdsourced Can Crusher Part 1 Episode

 

 

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Step 1:  Log in or register on element14, it's easy and free.

 

Step 2: Post your suggestion in the comments section below. Videos, pictures and  text are all welcomed forms of submission. Comments or instructions should be limited to 200 words or less and contain no more than 2 diagrams.

 

Step 3:  Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!  We will accept ideas until 12:01am Central Time  on August 18, 2014.  If you need something to do between now and then make sure to check out what is happening on This week on element14 Community, or watch more Ben Heck at element14.com/TBHS.


 

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  • Hi Ben and the community,

     

    I have an idea too about this can crusher. I saw Andy has already give half of it. Oversized gear wheels with the can going between them, and instead of go to the recycle bin maybe go to a small furnace to melt the aluminum and build small aluminum pieces we can use and design for different projects.

     

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  • I see a game forming here: Indiana Jones and the Cancrusher of Doom.

     

    It's like with the Temple of Doom where the guard gets flattened by this enormous roller that crushes stone. But in this case it's the can that gets crushed.

    And you need to prevent that from happening.

    You get 3 cans, like balls in a pinball machine, and you need to survive an obstacle course. The further you get, the more points. With all kinds of bonusses for skill shots and other challenges.

     

    It won't work with rollers though. The gears that were mentioned earlier are better suited here. Otherwise the can will just roll away.

  • you could have a weight that you lift with a motor and then drop on the can

  • How about two rollers rotating towards each other that crush the can as it goes between them.

    Step One: there would be a sensor (located at the top of the chute) detecting a can being dropped in the chute.

    Step Two: rollers would spin and crush the can upon contact.

    Step Three: the crushed can would fall into a bin.

    Step Four: The rollers would stop after a predetermined time has elapsed with the top sensor not detecting any more cans.

    Simple.