It sounds like there is a flow restrictor muffler on the solenoid. I bet if you open it up you'll find the muffler or something you can adjust or remove to allow more airflow
Might need higher pressure but mostly more flow. Can likely change out the fittings and hoses for bigger diameter or otherwise track down all the restrictions and open them up
@@Adamsadventures83 I was thinking that. But the insides probably have some sort of restricting orifice in the solenoid that wont allow any more volume.
I built a pneumatic can crusher out of surplus parts; if allowed to run full speed and full pressure in the retraction direction without an airflow restriction valve, the cylinder will slam itself apart. No regulator is needed in the extension direction as long as a can is being crushed. If run it at full speed without the can, the cylinder can do damage to itself.
Honestly, that kind of alteration isn't likely to provide results for anything more than him breaking it entirely with a strong potential for shrapnel.
I had a can crusher...It was a lever and a base attached to a post. Didn't need an air compressor or fancy guards and a hydraulic press to crush the can. You simply pulled the lever and the can would crush.
I own this thing and have crushed 50+ lbs of aluminum cans and it’s a 10/10 for coolness and a 3/10 for effectiveness. If a can isn’t loaded perfectly it gets stuck in there and you have to fiddle around the housing to try and get it unstuck and very often the can will crush right up against the feature intended to blow the can away and down and somehow that turns that into a vacuum instead of flow and it actually suctions the can to the hole and airlocks the cylinder.
I remember the lever operated can crusher in my dad's garage. It worked just fine. We kids were forced to walk road shoulders with trash bags to collect cans. That was called our "allowance". The electricity required to operate the air compressor and the cost of the crappy pneumatic can crusher would likely cancel out the benefit of recycling aluminum cans. But there is a market for a 25 - 30 yr old bearded UA-cam reviewer to answer your questions about unnecessary products. So it works out... capitalism.
Just posted about the lever operated ones. No need for compressed air or a hydraulic press. They're cans, you can just stomp them if you need. not that hard.
At my last job we had cylinders like that and much bigger, at 100 PSI if they weren't throttled down with a restrictor they could be downright dangerous. That likely has a flow restriction for both safety and to keep the crusher from beating itself to death. That being said if you want to modify it to be faster look for the restriction on the bottom end of the cylinder side, likely a muffler or something on the solenoid, may have to open a port with a drill bit a bit but it should make a vast change
There's an easier variant. Basically, lay the thing to the side to that you can lay cans into it. Then cut a hole on the bottom the size of a crushed can (where the "eject pressure" hose currently is). Once the can is crushed, it'll jsut fall out the hole there.
Made one out of a hydraulic hose crimping pump and motor. 3" id cylinder at about 8" stroke. Was painfully slow (Austin powers steam roller slow) but I could smash 83 one after the other until I couldn't get more on. Literally doubled the weight in a 55 gallon drum. 😂
Since this can crusher is mostly made of plastic and was intended to be mounted on a wall, I think the only reason why it wasn't designed to crush cans super fast is because the recoil would be too strong. It would probably knock itself off the wall and/or destroy itself in no time. It would need to have a heavier-duty construction in order to crush cans instantly.
I've worked with those cylinders for about 8 years. They are extremely fragile to anything that has resistance to them. Usually the seal is the first to go.
They increase the surface area of fastener heads and give more strength to screws and bolts(in my business). Keeping the heads from pulling through the material we are fastening. Tyler is very aware of these things, as a former mechanic. I'm pretty sure he is just trolling us with a lot of the stuff he says and does wrong... It's not possible to actually be as inept as the character he portrays, I hope... I constantly yell corrections at him through the screen, too
most hydraulics especially anything thats suppose to crush something usually are slow. Its sorta like the same as Big metal presses that u see people crush things with they travel really slow this is actually fast compared to those.
I have a PCP compressor, 4000 psi. I bet if you hooked this up to a scuba tank(if it didn't blow apart the plastic fittings) you could do some serious crushing.... I've been wanting to use it on some of my regular air compressor stuff since I got it. However, I haven't wanted to die in an explosion, so my 200 psi max and my 4000 psi stuff stays separate.... Can't help but be curious though
no way in the universe this piston is strong enough to even dent a soup can lol. its a little cheap piece of plastic/aluminum etc. Soup cans can hold thousands of pounds of weight
My dad designed a can crusher that's fast, and fits over a big blue barrel. Had me crushing for hours and let me keep the recycling money, now if I can figure out how to patent and manufactor it lol
You _assembled_ a can crusher. You will probably find there are brass fittings attached to the button that control the exhaust. If so, replace them with variable ones that allow you to control the speed in each direction.
I would wager its low psi, I would not adjust solenoid. The seals would blow then all ya got is another project. Change to hydraulic cylinder for more crushing power. Which would be another project, cause you can't just swap the pneumatic cylinder out.
I considered that as well, but the most common problem he had was cans tilting to the right and not standing up straight. Tilting it would exacerbate this issue.
A can is about 130 mm tall, and the fastest BSLA with the power needed that I've been able to find only does 10mm/s under load. You could do something with a big ass hopper maybe and just let it run, but if you're going to go electric you'd be better off building something like this: ua-cam.com/video/S1rUooUhZAo/v-deo.html
for me, where I live pre crushing any soda or beer cans like this would mean I would not be able to get money when I return them. We have like, bottle return spots. Usually inside stores and you place the cans (or bottles) and it scans what it is and then it goes in and gets crushed there. cans give 15 cents and small bottles 20 cents. big bottles give 40 cents and glass bottles I am not sure but some where in the same range. Pre crushing the cans would make the bottle return machine not be able to scan the can and just spout it back out and say error etc XD
I always get a chuckle from the thought of instructions are written by men only for men to not read the instructions. I know I generalised that statement and some men do but I do the same as Tyler, look at the picture and that's all the instructions I use 🤣🤣🤣
It would work right if you mounted on the wall level. The top of it needs moved to the right some. You can get smart and say that isn't what is wrong with it. Any body can see its not level.
I can answer your last suggestion about full cans and say definitively that this thing can't crush a full can. People have tested that on a hydraulic press, a full can needs over 800 lbs of force to fail. This thing is maybe doing 50lbs.
I'm a can crusher. I have hands and a forehead. I also have a concussion. With my method the cans have to be empty. Sometime friends will give me a full can because they think it's funny. I and the paramedics disagree.
It sounds like there is a flow restrictor muffler on the solenoid. I bet if you open it up you'll find the muffler or something you can adjust or remove to allow more airflow
Might need higher pressure but mostly more flow. Can likely change out the fittings and hoses for bigger diameter or otherwise track down all the restrictions and open them up
Its cheap, itll be cast in the plastic but drillable
@@Adamsadventures83 I was thinking that. But the insides probably have some sort of restricting orifice in the solenoid that wont allow any more volume.
I built a pneumatic can crusher out of surplus parts; if allowed to run full speed and full pressure in the retraction direction without an airflow restriction valve, the cylinder will slam itself apart. No regulator is needed in the extension direction as long as a can is being crushed. If run it at full speed without the can, the cylinder can do damage to itself.
Honestly, that kind of alteration isn't likely to provide results for anything more than him breaking it entirely with a strong potential for shrapnel.
I love how after saying "Washers are just extra parts" he immediately strips the bolt lol love the video!
Think we found Tyler's next big T-shirt idea... Washers are just extra parts
That's a really fancy machine to replace the bottom of my shoe 😂
LMAO
“You don’t need washers” is concerning especially coming from a diesel mechanic.
If it makes you feel any better I'm an aircraft mechanic and I agree you don't need washers
@@LoveLamp2552 you definitely do need washers.🧐
what do they really do?
Just because you may need washers in a car engine doesn't mean you need washers in a can crusher. It's not exactly the same thing.
Are you implying that Tyler is a diesel mechanic? There is no way
Washers spread out the force and prevent the fasteners from pulling through.
In general if you get washers, use them.
This is crazy stuff man. I've actually got something similar to this at home. It's a leg and foot combo.
Tyler should make a video about him trying to solve a mind puzzle or build something with out directions 😂
Or you give it a swing.
Third grade level.
Okay, make some marijuana brownies without directions. Wingding it!
Imagine a 1000 piece puzzle WITHOUT the picture lol
Ikea? Lol
I had a can crusher...It was a lever and a base attached to a post. Didn't need an air compressor or fancy guards and a hydraulic press to crush the can. You simply pulled the lever and the can would crush.
Tyler: you dont need washers, washers are just extra parts.
Everyone who has had mechanic work done by Tyler : 👁️👄👁️
I own this thing and have crushed 50+ lbs of aluminum cans and it’s a 10/10 for coolness and a 3/10 for effectiveness. If a can isn’t loaded perfectly it gets stuck in there and you have to fiddle around the housing to try and get it unstuck and very often the can will crush right up against the feature intended to blow the can away and down and somehow that turns that into a vacuum instead of flow and it actually suctions the can to the hole and airlocks the cylinder.
I remember the lever operated can crusher in my dad's garage. It worked just fine.
We kids were forced to walk road shoulders with trash bags to collect cans. That was called our "allowance".
The electricity required to operate the air compressor and the cost of the crappy pneumatic can crusher would likely cancel out the benefit of recycling aluminum cans.
But there is a market for a 25 - 30 yr old bearded UA-cam reviewer to answer your questions about unnecessary products.
So it works out... capitalism.
Just posted about the lever operated ones. No need for compressed air or a hydraulic press. They're cans, you can just stomp them if you need. not that hard.
At my last job we had cylinders like that and much bigger, at 100 PSI if they weren't throttled down with a restrictor they could be downright dangerous. That likely has a flow restriction for both safety and to keep the crusher from beating itself to death. That being said if you want to modify it to be faster look for the restriction on the bottom end of the cylinder side, likely a muffler or something on the solenoid, may have to open a port with a drill bit a bit but it should make a vast change
2:26 Cross thread is just as good as lock tight. 😂
FUN FACT: when you need Teflon tape but don't have any, using a piece of a plastic grocery bag also works temporarily
I can verify that this works! Found the radiator drain plug on my bale stacking machine was installed with a plastic bag. It wasnt leaking🤣
"Cross threaded, or torqued to spec, tight is tight" Is a motto I've heard before, and rather unsafely live by.
1:20 The reason we watch your videos is for you doing things you aren't supposed to with various thing 🤣🤣
This is the greatest building of all time
crusher: what is my purpose?
Tyler: you crush cans
It may not be shooting out all the time because it kinda looks like it's hung at an angle.
There's an easier variant.
Basically, lay the thing to the side to that you can lay cans into it. Then cut a hole on the bottom the size of a crushed can (where the "eject pressure" hose currently is). Once the can is crushed, it'll jsut fall out the hole there.
Even though it doesn't Smash the cans instantaneously, it's still kinda neat!
I have that same can Crusher and I love it.
Jaha
Made one out of a hydraulic hose crimping pump and motor. 3" id cylinder at about 8" stroke. Was painfully slow (Austin powers steam roller slow) but I could smash 83 one after the other until I couldn't get more on. Literally doubled the weight in a 55 gallon drum. 😂
We made one of these in high school . It was plc controlled and had a huge crush cylinder and a small kicker cylinder. It was a beast
Since this can crusher is mostly made of plastic and was intended to be mounted on a wall, I think the only reason why it wasn't designed to crush cans super fast is because the recoil would be too strong. It would probably knock itself off the wall and/or destroy itself in no time. It would need to have a heavier-duty construction in order to crush cans instantly.
I’m so glad there’s a second channel. Won’t take long to reach 100k
"I looked at the picture on the box" describes Tyler perfectly
Your probably one of my favorite UA-camrs look forward to a new video coming out every week
I'm on board for more vids as well if possible
The failure to eject probably happens most on the ones that don't center correctly. They need to re design the drop in chute to drop them more upright
My entire reaction to this product: Tyler has nice shoulders.
I like when you post extra videos
I've worked with those cylinders for about 8 years. They are extremely fragile to anything that has resistance to them. Usually the seal is the first to go.
Ahhh yes the machine that saves you from stomping a can flat. Genius
Washers are not extra, they are necessary for extra rigidity
They increase the surface area of fastener heads and give more strength to screws and bolts(in my business). Keeping the heads from pulling through the material we are fastening. Tyler is very aware of these things, as a former mechanic. I'm pretty sure he is just trolling us with a lot of the stuff he says and does wrong... It's not possible to actually be as inept as the character he portrays, I hope... I constantly yell corrections at him through the screen, too
Next you're going to tell us not to cross thread screws.🙄 😁
@@erict3728 washer hardly knew her
I made one from Amazon parts and wood that just punched it down in 3-4 hits , so slow is more effective
that thing is cool AF!! crush other stuff!
I thought by the thumbnail was you where building a can crusher . Your just assembling a can crusher
Still way faster that a regular hydraulic press, even though I'm sure it's a lot weaker than a bigger hydraulic press
Now it sounds like Darth Vader is getting his recycling together
One day Tyler is gonna read the instructions 😂😂
The day he does the world is gonna end 😂
@@rumpleforeskin1812 he did in this video
We only read instructions after we do it wrong the first time.
"Whether it's cross-threaded or put in normal, tight is tight." - Tyler, 2022
Off day video!!! I’m all for it!
Tyler needs a hydraulic press, sounds like he has a hunger to crush things.
i was wondering if you could upload on twitch again.
most hydraulics especially anything thats suppose to crush something usually are slow. Its sorta like the same as Big metal presses that u see people crush things with they travel really slow this is actually fast compared to those.
That jawn sounds like Darth Vader 😂
Hi another good video.keep up the good work.all the best from Scotland
Cross thread is the best thread ✨️
Now I need to know how many cans you can crush in there at one time, just keep filling it up till it can’t crush anymore
What an interesting channel… It’s like I’ve seen this somewhere before!
I never knew you had a second channel
Tyler, did you mount it with a level???
Doesn’t put the washers on.
“I thought it was going to be really fast”
The designers knew 😉😂
"Washers are just spare parts.. ya don't need em anyways,"
Chances are there is a flow control somewhere on the box or it could be the fittings we have fittings with regulators at my shop.
I always go the wrong way with Teflon tape before I fix it and do it good. 🤣
It would probably help if the crusher wasn’t mounted crookedly.
Liquid Death approved.
I have a PCP compressor, 4000 psi. I bet if you hooked this up to a scuba tank(if it didn't blow apart the plastic fittings) you could do some serious crushing.... I've been wanting to use it on some of my regular air compressor stuff since I got it. However, I haven't wanted to die in an explosion, so my 200 psi max and my 4000 psi stuff stays separate.... Can't help but be curious though
You should try crushing other stuff with it. I'd really like to see what happens with a soup can.
With or without the soup?
no way in the universe this piston is strong enough to even dent a soup can lol. its a little cheap piece of plastic/aluminum etc. Soup cans can hold thousands of pounds of weight
but will it break through flex seal?
My dad designed a can crusher that's fast, and fits over a big blue barrel. Had me crushing for hours and let me keep the recycling money, now if I can figure out how to patent and manufactor it lol
Take a drink every time he says Teflon tape
Just need some 3/8 fittings and air line and that thing will slam cans very fast.
You _assembled_ a can crusher. You will probably find there are brass fittings attached to the button that control the exhaust. If so, replace them with variable ones that allow you to control the speed in each direction.
It looks like it blows the cans down, if you're holding the button a little longer.
Milton "V" style fittings allow more cfm and might make that crusher better
I would wager its low psi, I would not adjust solenoid. The seals would blow then all ya got is another project. Change to hydraulic cylinder for more crushing power. Which would be another project, cause you can't just swap the pneumatic cylinder out.
Teflon tape should be applied clockwise if looking down the hole on the fitting, threads pointing at you.
How could you possibly misspell TEFLON??
@@danielcheatham3400 lol didn't even notice it haha fixed
@@danielcheatham3400 it's special tape that can withstand typhoons its not made to seal threads lol
Righty tighty lefty Loosey I think I learned that that 5 years old, but people are still struggling with it.
to get the cans to eject easier, i would tilt it
I considered that as well, but the most common problem he had was cans tilting to the right and not standing up straight. Tilting it would exacerbate this issue.
I’d like to try build one of these with a ball screw linear actuator instead of a pneumatic cylinder.
A can is about 130 mm tall, and the fastest BSLA with the power needed that I've been able to find only does 10mm/s under load. You could do something with a big ass hopper maybe and just let it run, but if you're going to go electric you'd be better off building something like this:
ua-cam.com/video/S1rUooUhZAo/v-deo.html
I can see why Tyler is an "ex" diesel mechanic.
Tyler: "You don't really need washers for anything"
Me, who works at a stamping plant that mainly stamps out washers: Am I joke to you?
for me, where I live pre crushing any soda or beer cans like this would mean I would not be able to get money when I return them. We have like, bottle return spots. Usually inside stores and you place the cans (or bottles) and it scans what it is and then it goes in and gets crushed there. cans give 15 cents and small bottles 20 cents. big bottles give 40 cents and glass bottles I am not sure but some where in the same range. Pre crushing the cans would make the bottle return machine not be able to scan the can and just spout it back out and say error etc XD
I always get a chuckle from the thought of instructions are written by men only for men to not read the instructions. I know I generalised that statement and some men do but I do the same as Tyler, look at the picture and that's all the instructions I use 🤣🤣🤣
New channel let’s gooooo
If you want to make it faster you just need to change the couplings with bigger ones, and bigger tubes
It would work right if you mounted on the wall level. The top of it needs moved to the right some. You can get smart and say that isn't what is wrong with it. Any body can see its not level.
Follow up to the can crusher video. See if it’ll crush soap cans and vegetables cans. Then try full cans.
I can answer your last suggestion about full cans and say definitively that this thing can't crush a full can. People have tested that on a hydraulic press, a full can needs over 800 lbs of force to fail. This thing is maybe doing 50lbs.
now let's make smashed potatoes or something like that with it 😆🤭
still faster then the one i use to use but then it was fully mechanical and could crush paint cans
Is Teflon tape the same as thread tape? And also, what is liquid death? It sounds very threatening
You need to modify that bad boy!
“Washers are just extra parts.”
“That’s probably right.”
“There’s a right way and a wrong way… I’m about to do it the wrong way.”
It's like a Rube Goldberg device to crush a can
Always use all parts, men have died for forgetting a washer,
cool little vid!
Seems to function great!I wish I had a can crusher that accessible :/
Hard to tell by video but it looks like it is mounted with the left side down and that's might be why the cans don't eject right
It needs an air dryer attached to the airline before reaching the piston cylinder.
Steve-O would be proud lol.
Needs an experimental hand to prove if it really would hurt.
I love all your videos you need to start doing videos every other day.
The two things I learned in this video are: 1. Tyler is bad at Teflon tape And 2. Tyler likes him some liquid death
I kinda want to see what would happen if you put multiple pre-crushed cans in there and crushed them all together.
I'm a can crusher. I have hands and a forehead. I also have a concussion. With my method the cans have to be empty. Sometime friends will give me a full can because they think it's funny. I and the paramedics disagree.
66edoug • 50 min ago
Are you also missing teeth from opening beer bottles?
@@-HighTide Used to, dentists hate it but I don't need one now.
No, the paramedics think it's funny too. They're just to polite to laugh in your face.
@@dotar9586 That's why they called me Bud Notwiser.
Watch this guy turn his channel into bootleg hydraulic press channel now
Waching the whole video hoping he would crush something else. Stil a cool vid
try like cans for beans or whatever to see if it will crush those cans