I built a pneumatic can crusher, but I wasn’t satisfied with with just crushing it, I wanted to flatten them. So I put it it on a lever, it has ~2.4 mechanical advantage. So it goes from ~160lbs from the cylinder to about 400lbs on the “squishy plate”.
Unfortunately, I was a little too hardcore, after a few tests, it managed to bend the entire base. Once I can get a some thicker metal I will put it back together.
Why do this? Because I have a tiny furnace and a mountain of cans that I melt down and cast into random shit.
Okay. Now build yourself a cold press adapter for this and enjoy juices, oils and other delicious treats. =]
We need to see it in action!
I should have recorded while I was testing it, once I replaced the base plate, I will absolutely record it!
Like a mini Hyudraulic Press Channel - let’s see what kind of stuff this bad boy can squish!
wirefeed needs a bit of attenuation
Up or down? I’m still learning and trying to figure out the feed.
Also, how did you know it’s the feed? What should I be looking for?
Feeder down or volts up. But I see your welder is Harbor Freight so that may be the best you can get although I have the HF Vulcan that has infinitely adjustable speed and volts. I assume you are using fluxcore wire? And the reason I say feed adjustment is too many bbs
