Area of a 3" cylinder is a little over 7 sq. in. 7 times 120 psi equals 840 lbs of force. Should be WAY more than enough to crush a Foster's can!!

Man, Its a good thing you and I don't live next door to each other. First of all, 81 pounds of cans would happen a lot quicker, and I'd talk you into a continuous magazine feed and high power launcher for the crushed cans. Imagine how much fun it would be showering your neighbor with 1600 crushed cans when his dogs starts barking. Stay well buddy. I liked this video.

Congrats on this build! I'm just now getting into DIY pneumatic can crusher builds & this one (by a huge margin) is the best one I've seen. Simple yet strongly made. Clean, compact design. Material was a little overkill especially with the soft end & return cylinder (could have used your original piece but now you have one your great great great grandkids will enjoy, bravo). The ONLY thing I would change is the actuator. I'd install a foot actuating pedal to keep both hands free. Sweet build, Ray! Having the RIGHT tools helps. Most DIY'ers won't have a Plasma or a TIG...let alone BOTH.

Nicely done Ray. I like this because it works like things used to before trial lawyers. Its a brute force work of art!

Ray, you have raised the bar on can crushing 👍💪

This has to be the best can crusher ever!!! You are amazing 😮sir!!! To bad you don’t sell these babies!!!😢

The best one by far! You need to mass produce these bad boys!

Nice Job Ray. Keep up the good work. Gary 77-Year-Old Home-Shop-Machinist In the Beautiful Ozark Mountains of North West Arkansas

The king of can crushers. Nice build Ray. Got to love power.

In the arena of domestic can crushing, once again the Real Ray's Garage raises the bar! :)

This is the best can crusher build on KZfaq period!

This is a work of art Ray like all of your projects. I don't drink beer or soda but if I did I would be building one of these. You always raise the bar on all your projects.

I have watched this a dozen times now, i absolutely love it. Best build by far. I have no need for a compressor but i really want a can crusher as awesome as that. So i might just convince myself that your never too old to get a compressor even if all you use it for is crushing cans and blowing up tyres.

Your the best thing on the Tube!!! Love your videos Ray❤️💙🇺🇸

2:54 I like the bimbos too. Blondes, redheads, raven hair,,, all of them

Incredible Craftsmanship! Wanting to build one this size to do aluminum bottles

Dang! I like it! Simple & works good! Put me on the list for one!

Finally a project that I can put to good use , very cool !

If I had a nano of your skills this would be my choice of can crusher. I would add a foot operated pedal though. Nice Job Ray. Kes in the UK

I love over engineering. Superb job.

Ok I am starting to think you have a vendetta against cans. lol

Fantastic toy!! 👍👍

Hell Yeah Ray is my kinda guy!!!

I like that can crusher it can Crush big tall cans and small cans

Nice job ..!!... suggest welding the nut to the end cap then you won't need the socket to tighten the nut on the cylinder.

Boy, this device makes no prisoners....love it

Well done Ray. Great project and execution. Mike

That is my favorite tool in your garage!

Cool! I love it Ray!

Nice build Ray!!

Nicely done...

Enjoyed...fun build

Hell yea ray love ur design of the can crusher need too get me one of these …and thanks for the exact way to make it keep these coming!!

Nice job, great video Ray!

NIcely done. Works great!

Nice job

Love it! Any good hopper ideas? Dump in 100 cans & they feed crusher?

Ray -- Excellent Video -- You da man

If safety is a concern, the controls for this can crusher could be modified to require both hands to actuate the ram. This is commonly done with industrial hydraulic presses. With the operator having to place a hand on each of two control buttons or levers, it ensures that his hands aren't anywhere near a crush zone.

Hi Ray, love that thing especially the soft start stop Someone should have a word with your plasma and tig, i distinctly saw smoke!😉

Hi Ray, thanks to sharing your project, i have b looking to some similar...."pretty beefy"...I like the words! I have a chance to meet a radio Holst from Toronto, Canada, he voice rocking the whole city. so I believe you can work for radio station "Congrats for your angel voice" I working in HVAC for almost 30 years in commercial & industrial, and now we living in a farm, i need to create few pneumatics projects system...

Very nice job as usual ray thanks for sharing

This is really awesome wow 👍👍👍

Very nice build Ray. I remember years ago there was a recycle place that would not take cans that were smashed flat. I guess they found that guys were putting sand in them before they would smash them. Takes all kinds. Enjoyed the video. Gary

Great job , i build one

Man Great Job really enjoyed your video. Now lets see how mine turns out.

Ray, Nice build... I don't have that many cans to make it worth building, but nevertheless an interesting video. Take care Paul,,

I didn't enjoy the build... I loved it!!

Great video . Thanks . You need a hopper .

Perfect! You just need $5000 worth of equipment to build it!

This is awesome. I definitely can’t make one this nice but I’ll try lol. Looking for a better way to store cans than my kitchen counter or bagged in garage

I have all the parts to build a can crusher like that, all the parts cone free from my job, just need a welder to build the frame for it. My cylinder is about twice as big around but 12 inch stroke and the valve is spring loaded

Trying to make a lemon Smasher

That's a good crush when you let it go through the full stroke. But anyone who had enough cans to justify this thing would probably die due to the cycle time. I think the soft stop is not suited for this task

Using 3/8 or 1/2 as a end cap would overcome your suspected weak end!

Pretty neat. Aluminum scrap buy prices are so low right now in my area it is not worth recycling.

I should build one of those for all the Cokes I drink. I'm probably throwing away hundreds of dollars worth of cans.

@Whoop!

Can it crush steel food cans or steel aerosol cans that have been punctured & drained? Curious if it's strong enough

Hypothetically if you were to go into production. How much could you charge for one of these babies? Hypothetically speaking!

I wish you had a list of the parts used. Maybe next time.

Nice Ray, u goin to The Bash man?

And with that I can build one... that is when the shop gets built... delays uggg!

Hi Ray awesome can crusher. I heard in your video you don’t make this for sale. But would you sell me one? Your build is very good quality!

Do you sell those also and if so how much I could use one

Hi there, where did you got those clamps?

I want to ask you, what is the ID Steel pipe u used? also I love to get your bench marker, its very hand my friend, Its awesome. thanks for your help buddy!

How did you adapt the air inlet quick-connect to the valve body? That part seems to be missing from the list of parts.

Round pipe center horizontal line tool....Hi Ray, sorry to bother again...I have been looking for the center line tool that you have used to mark on both side of the 3" pipe, but I could not find it any where. if don't mind buddy, can u send me the link to get one for my self, and Its very simple to use, right, I like it. I really appreciated sir, also I would like to wish you Merry Xmas and all the best for 2024...Cheers....Edi

Where did you get the marker vertical rule tool from.

Where did u get puck from

How big is your compressor? What cfm is needed?

Can u crush metal cans?

where are you at that you are getting $1.70/lb for cans.

A can dont stand a chance in your shop lol

i got as far as when you got about $1.70 a pound for crushed cans, then it was like WTF? no need to watch rest.

Where in the world did you go to get that kind of price for aluminum? Those are copper prices. The national average is only $0.33 per pound for aluminum cans. I still like your crusher though. Thanks stay safe, keep your fingers out of it.

where in the heck do you get over $1 per pound???? LOL

way to slow my electric bicycle pedal crusher got this beet by far and cost nothing to build !!!