DIY Pneumatic Can Crusher
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- This is my pneumatic can crusher that will accommodate tall boy style cans or smaller and is very fun to use. It only takes a small amount of 3/4" plywood and the hopper can be made how ever you like. (Doesn't have to have lexan window)
The pneumatic parts are detailed in my free plans on my website if interested.
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Awesome build. Loved the "Hands in Pockets" rule for the special little helpers, very handy rule. although one hand was slightly pocket-free.
Yes i picked up on that. Very good that he gets his little helpers. Great way to learn stuff.
I'm 36 and need that rule. Until I get used to something, I'm far too fidgety
THANK YOU'RE THE BEST NOW WE HAVE REASON TO FOLLOW GUYS LIKE U'R SELF WITH DETAIL INFORMATION NO FAKES KEEP UP THAT GOOD SPIRIT FROM AFRICA CAPE TOWN !!! GOOD JOB WE THINK WE START WORKSHOP SOON .
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
"I want everyone's hands in their pockets"
-kids actually do it.
You've blown my dad mind.
Love the hands in pocket rule, great job. I wish my father had taught me stuff like this.
Nice. Most of the time we watch everybody welding one of these together. Watching a wooden one built is satisfying. BTW...Good looking special helpers. Be Blessed.
Love to see a counter. Less strain on the memory. Good job.
Time for some automation!
Super cool build man
Love the kids getting involved
My two special helpers are girls, and now all grown up. The older one works for NASA and the younger is a marine scientist. High quality components. I used two button valves so you can't have one hand in the way - less convenient but a lot safer. Oh yes, I'm a certificate bearing EPA Safety fascist. :-) i used birch hardwood instead of plywood. great job, dude.
I like how mad scientist these things are.
That's the best use possible for a air compressor! Loved it! 😂
Great work, dude!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Add a plate to the back of the plunger so when it's extended the cans don't fall in the gap and it works smoother
I had a manual one that used to do that or the can would turn sideways and not work.
Very nice build! Maybe some wax on the sides where the can ends catch would make it drop better. Huge kudos on the kid safety!
This is totally a Canadian thing to do! I love being Canadian!
The last video I just watched that was pretty awesome I like that one and if I had that one in my garage which I don't have because I live in the apartment life I still smash cans but I rinse them out and I use the tamper to smash my cam but if I had something like this it'll be easy to take care of my cans but right now I'm still smashing cans trying to save the world one day at a time but this is pretty cool can crusher
Don't think it's practical but it is awesome. I would totally build one too. Sometimes we just need to build things that make us feel good . I can emagine at the next drunkin I mean party lol.Great little helpers
Very nice to watch and funny project. I wish you continue posting that often. Thanks !
Nice. I love pneumatic cylinders!
Awesome build 👏 love it and you know you get a 👍from me when you do a project with your kids.
Nice overall. Really like your straightforward idea for the hopper. Need to search for a vid on how to make that pocket hole cutter.
Duke Nukem voice soo cool
Very cool! And you have a pair of awesome helpers! 👍
Love it I watched it many times nice project to make I have enjoyed
Aluminum puck melter next?
That's the best excuse for picking up a couple of six-packs I've ever seen :-)
Great build! Fun to use too! Can be adapted for lemonade, I guess:-)
Amazing
great video
You always talk about making pocket holes... but how do you fix them? I keep losing my keys because I have holes in my pockets
Man that's a lot of Sleeman's Cheers! Very interesting project and different from the usual That's why I enjoy this channel so much
Yes but its clear 2.0 so its low cals ;)
@@DIYBuilds Does this mean I'll qualify for your viewers comments video?
No you have to try harder next time lol
thats cool! very very cool. stay safe
Nice project.
Maybe Bluto from Animal House wouldn’t have gotten a 0.0 gpa if he had one of these instead of using his head to crush cans.
Hands in your pocket - how loving 😍😘🤩🥰
I'm glad to see you wearing your "safety socks"....no doubt, part of one of the many clauses contained in your homeowner's insurance (3) policy. We still need to work on that pronunciation of "out" and "about"...nice to see the family at work....best wishes and be well...eh!
Skillz 👌🏼
Goddamn you are awesome. I dont know how i am only now discovering you, not only are your builds on point but your vid production is top notch- nice quick cut editing is so nice compared to the slow rambling get on with it vids that are just uploads of one single take
Thanks tell your friends ;)
Cool project! :-)
I would take a bit off that support piece on top of the cylinder so that _if_ the end wall comes out it won't shear off the right hand air nipple on the cylinder, or at least give you some time to react and stop pushing the button. :-)
What an over complicated, but awesome solution!
This guy: "Oh no we wired it backwards, I wanted it to go the other way, dang it."
My dad: "God damn it, we wired the fuckin shit backwards, son of a bitch"
One question: do the "super special little helpers" also wear sandals in the shop? That's a very cool project. Nice work as always!
They looked like safety-sandals to me so they'll be fine. :-P
@@Dingbat217 CCOHS approved 🤣
Nice project.
How's your drinking problem going :-D
Great! It gives me the motivation to build random crap like this ;)
@@DIYBuilds was 2:47 "airlines coming from a kit/d" also a joke or unintended?
He's crushing it
@@wadeb.5509 touchdown
i would like to see the button press controlled by a microchip or something so you do not have to press or even hold the button . maybe a red button could be fitted for saftey
I would like to see that too
Waxing the plywood sides of the magazine shoud allow the cans to slide easier into the crush chamber.
now you just need a sensor in there that detects when a can is available to be crushed and it can fire off the piston!
My thought exactly! But otherwise a great design.
Hello! Love your videos. I need to know if the push button device is a 3-way. There's one for sale on ebay for cheaper than your supplier you list in the plans. Just want to make sure i get the right one. I've seen them in 3-way and 5-way and not sure what I need. Thanks, Mike S.
You're a wizard 'arry! Question though...had you left the cylinder plumbed backwards would you have been able to uncompact the cans back to their original size and shape? You may have something here.
Sounds like a good idea to me
All you have to do is drink more beer to keep it filled up! Win Win 👍🏽
Thanx ...Show us how it looks like after crushed. Please.
In a word... noice!!!
So.....what you gonna do with the cans? Or.....r u gonna melt em down? Nice build. I use a splitting stump and a wooden club. After I watch or read or watch and read the news, its time for cans. And, I really like my local Princess Auto 😊
Awesome
Awesome I think it just needs a follower mechanism. I wonder how you could make it to handle some larger cans as well?
those are tall boys to begin with
@@DIYBuilds Nice! I guess your big manly hands threw off my sense of scale.
Honest mistake lol
Just a word of caution, the hands in pockets rule is good but I could tell those rascals were thinking about unionizing!
That's really cool. Too bad I don't drink enough soda or other canned beverages to use one of these... do you think it would work for fireplace duty? Splitting small, pre seasoned logs? Because that would be pretty cool.
Possibly.
Depends on the species in regards to psi necessary to split the wood but the more pressure/capacity the better always.
Genius and fun gizmo. Are you drinking more since you made this?
Ohh god yes lol
Submit the build to their flyer so it can be highlighted in the next flyer.
Question about the build. I bought a cylinder off ebay to build one of these and it says 1/4" on the fitting plugs. The cylinder you show in the plans from Princess Auto also says 1/4" for the fittings but the airline delivery kit says 3/8ths" in your plans. Is the 3/8ths" kit you show the correct one because they are maybe referring to inside or outside dimensions in either case? Princess auto has a 48 piece 3/8ths kit now for $43. instead of the 49 piece you got on clearance 2 years ago.
PERFECT
Now all it needs is some way to automatically cycle so you're not having to hit the button all the time. Like a optocoupler or something. Push the button once, it cycles until the chute is empty, and shuts off.
If I wanted to automate it I'd get my hands on an old plc ;)
So Bob & Doug
Cheers yah Hoser
Take off eh ;)
Just wondering if there is a way to make this system automatic? I'd like to have this running while I'm loading another shute to replace the empty shute. This will keep everything running until shutdown.
Can crusher 9000.what 9000 stand for?
Nicely done! What happens with the mess created by the liquid left in the cans? Just curious.....
I drink everything before crushing
Nice!!!
I noticed that your table saw blade guard was missing.
Ya those things are so annoying.
Hi, may i know all the measurement for the cylinder body prt ?
Would love to have one but here in Sweden all cans here you get money when returned so cant crush them unless i want to waste the money. Dont you return cans and get money back ?
He probably takes them to the recycling center and gets a little money back.
@@jdbrady1977 we need the code intact. Recycling as aluminium doesnt give much in conparision here :)
Our beer stores here give full deposite back even when crushed
@@DIYBuilds quite disappointed when I moved from Toronto to Montreal and they wouldn't take my bag of crushed cans.
What type of air compressor did you used for this build and can u tell me its specifications?
The can crusher file is blank… the adobe file opens, but the second file which I guess is the parts list, doesn’t work
The pdf is the plans. The .dwg is an Autocad file.
Dear sir I wonder how you calculated the power of the cylinder to crash the can. Best regards
I guessed.
Cool Project. But our recycle Will not take cans crushed that way. you can crush them flat but not like hockey pucks.
The beer store in ontario takes them in any form and will give full deposite back.
@@DIYBuilds Nice. I am in Sask.
Awesome build! Do another video where you call people out on their bullshit comments. Keep up the great work.
How would you make it automatic. Senses can and crushes it. Maybe an induction Proximity Sensor?
I have a background in automation so given enough money i could make it do anything. The main reason for not being automatic however is that the air line is only connected when the hopper is full as it runs through the middle of my shop and if it were always connected it would be a nuisance
Nice. Does it do bottles too?
For sure
@@DIYBuilds Damn. Not stupid enough of me to make it to viewers comments... LOL
👍👍
is there a way to make it automated? Without pressing the button every cycle
Yes.
I have worked with Pneumatic rams before but they went much faster. I dont know a lot about them except the ones I worked with. Why is it so slow to actuate? Is there different speeds?
Only so much air flow through those size hoses / pushbutton at that psi.
Here in hippy BC i dont think that the bottle depot would take a crushed can. Is that how you return them in Onterrible?
Yup
@@DIYBuilds waiting for the soda pressing joke
Maybe I missed it but, How long did you cut the plywood round that you screwed onto the piston? I don't see a measurement in the plans either. Awesome build going to try one myself
Basically the size of the can or slightly smaller than the opening. It was a piece i had left over from my gear vise build.
@@DIYBuilds Do you mean the length of the Round block is the length of a can
@@wildman3506 length is about 1.5 inches and diameter is what i meant earlier
@@DIYBuilds Thank You
What about my tall boys?
How much to have one built and shipped
$75,991
Was getting real excited to make this, and then I seen the airline kit you have in the plans is $110. And now I'm big sad
hello
How did you figure out what Pneumatic ram you needed? shaft length and force? I would like to build something similar but that can accommodate taller cans.
Those are already tall boys.
@@DIYBuilds I drink 500ml euro beers and lately have a fondness for King cans as well. It'll be interesting to see if a larger size box will hinder the tall boy effectiveness.
@@fredpichler9857 you just need a pneumatic cylinder with a stroke as long as the can.
@@user-neo71665 understood, but if I make the box large enough for King cans I'm worried that tall boy cans may fly out. That's happening now with my manual crusher. I'm going to try angling the one I have now.lay flat like the video might be best.
Do you sell this?
i remember when you were considered a real strong guy if you could crush a can with one hand😎 that was when there was about 4 times the amount of aluminium than there is today
Thank god those times are gone eh :)
Press R to reload
can it crush food cans?
Probably
Too slow to crush cans buts its better than stumping on them!!
Aren’t you concerned about losing your friendly Canadian card by being mean to those cans?
I lost my canadian card as soon as i ate aunt jemimas syrup.
@@DIYBuilds I can see that, pure Vermont maple is the good stuff.
Why would you crush your cans? You don't recycle?
Bring them back to the beer store for deposite back. I crush so i dont have giant cans taking up space betweem returns.
Crushed cans are just as recyclable as uncrushed. Better yet, I take mine too the local scrap yard and get money for them when aluminum prices are good.
Well if they would have had there hands out of there pockets,,,,you might not have had that problem ,thought it was wash your hands ,now we see someones drinking a lot of beer lately ,,,,have you talked to her about it ....lol,last good one i seen rolled them flat
Hmpf. Amateur. My can crusher does the same automatically, but before that it buys the cans online, auto delivers them by drone, drinks the beer, wash the cans then puts them on the hopper for crushing. Then, it brushes my hair and says I'm pretty. Get your act together, man!
Sorry master lol
@@DIYBuilds It's 'Handsome Master' for you.
I was thinking... why would i crush a can that is worth 25Eurocent each? Then i realized, that germany is probably one of the few countrys with „bottle“deposit on cans.
So in this case... awsome machine!
I get 10 cents back for each can at the beer store regardless if crushed or not.
@@DIYBuilds wow ok. Here they have barcodes, that have to be scannable. I think your system is way more space saving
in the USA ( Virginia is my state ) we do not and most states do not have a can deposit . We can either throw them away ( 🤬) or take them in to sell for scrap metal . You can fit many more crushed cans in your car or truck so it makes sense to crush them . I would imagine same in Canada .
Fachspersonal Grüße von USA . Ich habe noch gute Freunde in Mädelhofen in der Nähe von Würzburg . Ich wohnte dort , als ich aufs Gymnasium ging . Mein Vater war beim Militär
Your table saw skills make me cringe...
Thank you.
Manly! and of course LGBTQI2A+ly!