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How should Ben continue building his automatic can crusher? Post your idea + you might get a free Ben Heck t-shirt!

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Ben Heck needs your help! In the latest episode he explores different ways to build a solenoid-powered automatic can crusher. They're looking for your suggestions on different ways to build and power the can crusher. Post your suggestions here for a chance to win a Ben Heck Show t-shirt! Ten submissions will be randomly selected after Oct. 24.
 
Just post a reply to this thread with your ideas, and you'll be automatically enrolled in the t-shirt giveaway.
 
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    Toxic Here, Im kind of a young innovator i guess you could say, im 18 going to school to be a computer engineer, and i stumbled upon this website/contest. I love a good contest so heres my idea :

     

    The ultimate Can crusher would make it so you could throw a random can into the can dispenser and it would crush all the cans at once. So i had a theory:

     

    What if you threw the cans into dispensor like this -->   |  cans            |<------kind of like if you emptied a bag of cans into this part.
                                                                                                     |  in here         |
                                                                                                      (organizer)
                                                                                  crusher-->    | ["""""] |----------
                  joust of some sort to weaken can for crushability        |          the joust also has a flap underneath it so when the can is crushed, it can be dumped into a bag or container of crushed cans.

     

    The organizer could use the same concept as a change organizer i saw in a store. and then the crusher uses a pin or a needle or a rod to weaken the can on its sides so it can then be crushed.

     

    toxict33n aka josh hoffman

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    Since the motor is slow and you do not want to stand there to use it, make a shoot which can hold 10 cans. When a can is crushed it drops out to a waste basket and the next can drops into place. Load up the shoot and walk away.

     

    Whoops, did not see previous post which is very similar to my suggestion. I think the shoot method would be easier to implement, if the shoot holds the cans one above the other side by side.

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