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Help Ben Create an Automatic Can Crusher -- Episode 3

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Ben's friend The Longhorn Engineer challenges him to build an automatic, domestic can crusher. Ben also starts building the case for the Xbox 360 laptop.

 

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  • Just a thought, perhaps the motor and worm gear assembly used in adjustable seats.  Not certain how much torque it can produce, but if it can move a former wisconsinite such as myself after a double order of fried cheese curds, it should have no problem crushing a little aluminum.

     

    A design note, perhaps a slide rod design similar to the slides on your cnc router

    another option  before going to that extreme a design change is to perhaps  mount the motor on a pivot so it can angle out ward as handle moves outward.

     

    you'd need to create a U shaped bracket that would go directly on the handle of the store bought crusher so as to allow you to insert the can.

     

    you'd of course want some sort of limit switch that tells the device it's crushed the can enough, and then a motor reversing circuit to open the crusher back up with another limit switch to break the latched relay once it's opened back up enough.

     

    another thought; if it were mounted sideways  with a slot on the back side for the crushed can to conveniently fall into your recycling bin below as the crusher opened back up.

     

    If these instructions are clear as mud as I assume they are, I could be convinced to illustrate these modifications in a video. A t-shirt perhaps.

     

    Happy modding,

     

    Deep C

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