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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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    I'd prefer a "fun and noise" approach, like a big sledge hammer that's pulled up by a tiny electric motor and a ratchet mechanism, taking a minute or so at least to lift the hammer, then crushing the can with a maximum of noise and violence, maybe with a decibel-controlled LED display!

    (or make it piezo-driven from the impact)

    Let the drive power be green, why not photovoltaics -  ( I'm a renewable energy installer), just the better, but a lot of basically useless machinery is always fun, and let the can "survive" for a few (just as useless) seconds before it goes down into a made-to-measure dumpster or a clear cylindric container.

    To finish it all neatly, I'd add a Wall-E type crusher that makes a compact cube of the cans that you can bring to the metal scrap for real.

     

    Bye

     

    Johan

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    I'd prefer a "fun and noise" approach, like a big sledge hammer that's pulled up by a tiny electric motor and a ratchet mechanism, taking a minute or so at least to lift the hammer, then crushing the can with a maximum of noise and violence, maybe with a decibel-controlled LED display!

    (or make it piezo-driven from the impact)

    Let the drive power be green, why not photovoltaics -  ( I'm a renewable energy installer), just the better, but a lot of basically useless machinery is always fun, and let the can "survive" for a few (just as useless) seconds before it goes down into a made-to-measure dumpster or a clear cylindric container.

    To finish it all neatly, I'd add a Wall-E type crusher that makes a compact cube of the cans that you can bring to the metal scrap for real.

     

    Bye

     

    Johan

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