>> Yeah, I've pretty much resigned meself to the fact that the forearms >> will continue to expand. Mebbe you can bring that can crusher by this >> weekend? ;-) >> >> Mark >> >> > Yabut, first I need to make it, my current one is all metal, nearly 20 > years old and has yet to meet its match, but I haven't tried to crush one > of those drawn steel cans yet either. It is one of those with the twin > steel jaws, one of which travels down a pair of 3/8" guide posts, drawn > together with a toggle linkage made out of 5/16" rod with an operating > handle about 18-19 inches long. I can just keep stacking coke cans into it > and make a 6 pack of 12oz cans be a ragged pile 3" in diameter and 3/4" > high. I think I could use it to resize my 30-06 Ackley improved brass for > reloading. But I have a 50 year old Herters O-Frame for that duty. ;-) I was thinking along the lines of a wood splitter converted to a can crusher. Hydraulics are already there. Limit switches so the can gets crushed to the oh so correct thickness, G code for soda cans, G code for soup cans, and you can even use it on those big gallon-sized institutional food cans! The possibilities are endless... ;-)
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