Hi All, Does anybody have experience with making a shredder or similar device? I have a cylinder made from 5 mm thick plate, which I wish to use as the basis for a shredder. I envisage having rotary blades chopping against fixed blades as the first stage, and, lower down, chain flails to smash up the chopped bits. This would be for shredding material upto cabbage stem size and toughness.
A young mechanical engineer has indicated his willingness to design and help build the shredder, and will thus take care of safety aspects, size of engine, etc. We don't want to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, and at the same time, wish to limit the amount of experimentation before getting it right. Therefore, I would appreciate it if anybody has ideas and plans for building an efficient shredder. Thanks for the help. Stephen Barrow
