My Shredder

[leverhead]

Well it's a work in progress, still allot of kinks but it gets me by. I make an even pile of my blend, about 150 grams and roll it up way too tight to draw about 1.5 inches in diameter. Put in the PVC tube, set the pusher and shave away. The cutter is like a skew cut plane, the front is an adjustable stop for cut width and it uses utility knife blades as a renewable edge. Like I said, it's REV A.

 

[Chicken]

it looks very impressive,,,,

i'll give you props for taking the initive,,,to try and build '' SOMETHING''...

a shredder, is actually something that isnt a '' market bought item''.

ive seen some nice home-made ones,,,,,

i may give the thought a whirl one day,,, of trying to make a redneck shredder,???

 

[indianjoe]

Leverhead,
thats a nice looking shredder. Looks like you could put it into production. How long does the blade last til it dulls or gums up?

 

[BarG]

It looks like that shredder will out last all of us. Nice job on all the machining.

 

[leverhead]

Thanks for the comments! It's way overbuilt, I needed something that I could add to, subtract from and outright change without starting from scratch. REV B will have a lever mounted cutter and stop, linear travel is too time consuming (expensive). I thought roller drawer slides would be a fun experiment, they're just more trouble than they're worth. Cheap and easy blade renewal was the first thing on my wish list, utility knife blades work like a champ. Each one will cut over a pound before the fines get excessive, I've sharpened the blade 3 times so far with a stone and strop (I was born a Yankee). Gumming, I think is going to be a fact of life. With the leaf moisture content at 15-20%, I clean the bottom of the cutter after every roll of tobacco (it's sticky stuff). There are ways to beat the problem but none would be cost effective.

I need to use it this weekend, I'll take better pictures of it then.

 

[BarG]

You can sharpen those disposable blades real fast and easy with 100 -120 grit sandpaper and a flat surface. I heated up a worn out file and ground the teeth of one side flat and ground a one sided bevel , then retempered and sharpened. Hasn't needed resharpening in close to a year.Just watch your fangers, you don't want to be smokin no nails. A section of file or tempered steel cut to fit your shredder would probably work like a champ. Be sure to post pics on any changes you make. I bet the gumming is due to the small amount of exposed cutter. A thicker blade with more bevel might solve that. Just some thoughts on a fine piece of work.

 

[Chicken]

barG

ive been looking at those gilitian, cutters, on e-bay,,,,

i belive you could make one as easy as you could buy one,,,

i got some crazy ideas, for a possible shredder creation,,, incorporating a little of what ive seen that works ,so far...

but definattly base it on the gilitian idea,,

 

[BarG]

Is that the one where you make a small compressed brick and feed in a square or rectangle hole, then press the blade down.

Leverhead ,what part of houston? I'll be making a trip there soon for a couple of deliverys. One a project I'm building and another a baby delivery.

 

[Chicken]

it's basically a OLD SCHOOL PAPER CUTTER,,,

 

[BarG]

The one I was describing was probably the grinder type, but I didn't like the reviews for that one.

 

[leverhead]

Here's some pictures of my cutter 95% Flue Cured 5% Turkish, sorry for the blur and the horrible color.



As cut



For those that live far enough north to know how to make a snowball, I wad it up and tease it out a couple of times to put a crinkle on it. The first time I did this I made several large balls, several times, with bare hands. It gave me quite a "kick", so now I use a plastic bag.

 

[johnlee1933]

For those that live far enough north to know how to make a snowball, I wad it up and tease it out a couple of times to put a crinkle on it. The first time I did this I made several large balls, several times, with bare hands. It gave me quite a "kick", so now I use a plastic bag.

wow ! A non smoking, non chewing high. Be careful, you'll have kids volunteering to do your shredding ;< ))

John

 

[Chicken]

i was at my friends milk dairy yesterday,,,,

this dairy has been around for 50+ years,,,,,theyve done baccy, still got 2 drying barns,,,,,,raised chickens, still got 2 chicken-houses,

right now they are strictlly a milk dairy, allthough thier is so much stuff in barns,,, in the weather e,t,c,

i seen a small electric motor,,,if it works ????

i told my friend i'd like to go junk searching thru this crap,,,,

and see what i think i could throw toghter, we have a welder, and plenty of flat steel plates,

at his house yesterday we attached a tilling attachment 6 foot long, to a tractor, and busted up him a spot,,, for all my leftover baccy and peppers,

im gonna take my camera today, and take pics, of items i think could be incorporated into a shredder,,,,

i may start a thread for ideas to be shared,,,,

 

[mr_grey]

Very nice job.

 

[BigBonner]

Leverhead

We need a video in action

 

[leverhead]

Very nice job.

Thank you! The next batch of changes to it should happen by the end of the year.

 

[leverhead]

Leverhead

We need a video in action

I had thought about that, but all that would be interesting would be my thumb and index finger pushing the cutter back and forth. The disk coming off the roll of tobacco rolls off the blade like a cold cut. I want to change the feed to a link belt top and bottom of a chute and get rid of that damn tube. If that works well, it'll be worthy of a motor and a video. Otherwise, I roll up my blend and it stays tangled up when I tease it out which I like, I've got the cut width set for 1/32 inch and the tobacco handles real easy. If it wasn't such a fight to use, I'd love to show it off.

 

[BarG]

I had thought about that, but all that would be interesting would be my thumb and index finger pushing the cutter back and forth. The disk coming off the roll of tobacco rolls off the blade like a cold cut. I want to change the feed to a link belt top and bottom of a chute and get rid of that damn tube. If that works well, it'll be worthy of a motor and a video. Otherwise, I roll up my blend and it stays tangled up when I tease it out which I like, I've got the cut width set for 1/32 inch and the tobacco handles real easy. If it wasn't such a fight to use, I'd love to show it off.

Iv'e seen it. Its a nice piece of work. Your like me Steve , your own worst critic.

Any new invention has room for improvement.

My cutting board is neanderthal compared to it , But I like it. It saves my brain cells for other shit.
Iv'e got to few to waste.

 

[BigBonner]

I like the shredd , thats why I wanted a video .It looks very interesting.

 

[leverhead]

I like the shredd , thats why I wanted a video .It looks very interesting.

I need to cut some more this weekend, let me see what I can do. I'll steal the wife's camera, it does a much better job than mine.