I'm about 20yrs older than you and seeing this really makes my day. I've done some what we thought were amazing cutting edge builds. Young people can now collaborate together with social media, and shop online for any part imagineable without waiting "6-8 weeks for delivery" like we used to. It's just freakin awesome! There is hope! It's in my favorites now.

This is a pretty impressive piece of automation. Very well done.

Two to four feet of additional feed tube space after you replace the trash bag method with a finishing compactor . Great video . Thanks .

It is probably one of the coolest can crushers I have seen.

By far the best single can crusher out there !! Congratulations !! I'm more on the bulk size !!

COOL project!!! It's also gotta be one of the most AWESOME man-caves I've ever seen... Strong work!

Thanks! The tapered chute is a series of 24" to 12" to 4" to 3" ductwork reducers. The final 3" was key straighten the cans. I cut out an opening in the largest reducer to allow for the tossing of cans. There is a beveled disk inside the hopper which guides the cans and eliminates jamming. All of the exhausts from the actuators are routed to the hopper to agitate the cans so they don't jam.

still the most bad ass crusher on KZfaq. you should sell them. or draw up plans with specs and sell those. I would be interested. great job!

Congrats even if it's not the fastest it is hands down the coolest one

10 years and still the illest on KZfaq!! The bar is set to high!

could you design a 30+ can capacity hopper for it and still have it feed cans consistently? You wouldn't think a can crusher could have so much engineering behind it. This is truly impressive. I've seen a lot of can crushers on youtube and this is the only one I have seen that is fully automatic. Just dump the cans in the hopper and the machine starts/stops working by itself. bravo.

Sweet, You got the Know how and the materials and Great job. Love it.

I found your invention as a result of a search. WAY more advanced than what I had in mind. Personally..I was looking to invent this product to be available to the average consumer. You probably have a patent, if not...you should. Great idea. Lower the technology and make it available. I would buy it in a heartbeat. Here is something to think about. Make it as simple as putting a can in a slot...and drop in a recycle bin, I would spend about $150 for that product. Good job on the Keystone cans.

Why has no one made a commercial version like this yet?WTF is wrong with the world!

Works great. Crushes tall cans and small Redbulls. Only cans it has issues with are bent cans and pure black cans (but it still gets em most times).

I build my first in 1997 yours is the best I have seen! Unbelievable

Simply(but not simple!) amazing!!!

I like the combination of pneumatics and motors in your crushers. What is even more fascinating, you are using a simple microcontroller to do it all. Even better, still, you thought of ways to make the process efficient, and and use the waste/discharge outlet of one to do another job.

Ejector is an airline routed from the exhaust of the main actuator solenoid. The line comes in behind the panel and aligns with the slide cradle.

Great build! Enjoyed the video

Bad ass! U put alot of thought in that. Obviously your knowledged in pneumatic operations. Bravo! Pretty cleaver

GOOD LORD THIS IS AWESOME.

Great Build and even greater video, cheers mate!

Good automated and mechanical design for manually feeding cans by hand. Fill your hopper with normal dented and twisted cans and you will be surprised to know that no plc or mechanical feed will be able to compensate for different shape feed cans.

luls, you just put a "face" on "overengineering".. this is awsome .:D

The best one I have ever seen!! I have looked at over thousands of designs and videos and the is my all time favorite!! Super great job!!

I really like the design. Very high tech. You posted on mine a while ago about what optical sensor I used. It is actually a cheap proximity sensor that senses metal. With aluminum it almost has to be touching the sensor in order to be "seen." I can't remember where I got it, but a google search for proximity sensor was the start. Again, nice crusher!

No doubt you earned some bragging rights with that one.That thing is sick!

Thanks! My plan was to make it as easy as possible and still have the ability to crush any sized can out there. The only can it has trouble with are the smallest redbull cans or a badly dented can which will get stuck in the narrow part of the hopper. Material bill was just under 700 however those are all brand new unused parts. The priciest part of the build would be my time. I could likely re-create it in about 20hrs or so. Thanks again!

Great job done!

Excellent job!

Main items were 1 Arduino, 3 actuators (there is a tiny one imbedded on the side of the black loading chute to hold the cans), 2 limit switches, 2 - 2way 5 port solenoids and misc. tubing,wiring and electronics. Lots of free time was the main ingredient.

I like the vertical idea ... low horizontal footprint ...

Bad news first, Disappointed at the perhaps last third, it became a music jam video, which washed out conversation away. Good news, for the ingenuity triple score, apply for a design job, perhaps transportation, aircraft. You never know, if you make this into a public trash can size, how many bus stops and subway platforms could use it. A improvement could be a lift to make it ADA compliant, thus lifting the cans and reduction of litter. Next, work on them water bottles, saw off the ends, make one lengthwise cut and nest and bale them. The memories of seeing a video far out in the ocean, bottles floating everywhere!

awesomely done, an auto feeder for the hopper would be cool.

Awesome machine buddy well done .

Hopper jammed at the end. That's the problem with can hoppers. And don't plan on this thing "paying for itself", unless the parts are free. Lol I love it though.

Awesome, proper talented.

This is totally awesome!

awesome every man and woman needs one

Over complicated, way over engineered. TOTALLY AWESOME! This is the cans should be crushed. I am going to steal your funnel loader, simple and effective. Rub Goldberg would be proud. Stay calm, build on

Youre brilliant my friend

This is the best can crusher on youtube!

This seems like a completely reasonable solution to a vexing problem.

two thumbs up in my book.

Fantastic! Ton of time and money went into that one. Love the hopper! Would be nice to have a close up view of what you mean by the beveled disk inside the the hopper. Too many hoppers out there are too precise. I love the idea of toss it in and let the machine take care of the rest. Good Job.

Awesome! Do you have plans or a parts list?

This is really cool!

thats really cool man nice job

I use my head to crush my cans.... rock on

cool project! can I have the details of parts and costs?

very nice. Now all you need to do is drop the bailer level and increase it's capacity. Very nice design and looks very efficient. To get it to a consumer level machine you would have to include a compressor to make it turnkey/"plug and play" or switch to all electric actuators.

Nicely done! Ray

Probably the smartest man drinking Keystone.

so in final stage would you ditch the breadboard and etch your own board? I just see the continued vibration as a place for resistance and capacitance over time. Excellent execution, nice simple picker action and smooth

you should put a small chute on the exit so they make it into the trash more often. Or maybe turn the air pressure down. Other than that it is an amazing device.

Excellent idea! All you need is a baler. Good luck!

you're the man!

Verry Nice! Do you have a Documentation about this Can Rusher? Would Love to see what Parts you Actually used.

you need a barcode scanner to read the UPC code as it drops through to determine the brand of beer can being crushed. then add code to your program to keep track of it and also display that info on a screen. then you can see who is wining on the number of beers being consumed.

This would be great in a restaurant where space is tight. Consider adapting it to do large soup and veggie style cans. With a little work you could off load the steel cans and the aluminum cans in separate bins.

super Awesome Idea. I Would Buy One W. Lakers Print On It.!!!

Great machine and well put together video!

thats badass and freaking creative

The cans can be slightly bent but not totally warped or they will get stuck.

I like it!! Wish I had one!

I know this is late, but you could add a Pneumatic Ball Vibrator on the infeed. When it stops seeing cans, run the vibrator for 5 seconds, or add a button you can press to shake it/start up.

So legit! My shop NEEDS this

You should patent this machine and sell them as a mass product for the beer caves out there.

My new drinking buddy!

Nice, Kudos for Bloc Party.

Awesome, I was thinking "i could get most of this gear from Princess Auto"....Then immediately flashes up a princess auto box... ;) haha

No. The waste air exhausts into the hopper to agitate the cans.

That's why I have a H2O knock out pot at the compressor outlet. It is pretty dry where I live so no rusting so far.

Looks like a drinking challenge/game 🤔👍😁

maybe not the simplest but it does the jobb without a problem i would build or buy it

Not if you have to hand feed the cans. He needs to figure out a way to eliminate hand feeding. It doesn't say that he is "now selling them". I think you misunderstood what he said. He said he gets the parts from Princess Auto, Home Hardware, Emco, A&B Steel & Ebay, NOT that he is selling them there. He is still in the development stage. Its a cool machine hope it works out, but for personal use, I like the one that re-purposes an old bicycle: Lower tech, faster, no hand feed: watch?v=F3UVlN92I8c

If you haven't already, you need to patent your invention before someone makes a billion $ from your design. Fun to watch and effective!

i love it

I love this design! i wanted to make one that could crush in mid air, but i dont think i have small enough cylinders to go fast enough for that. I will most likely be making one similar to this in the near future!

Wow, I just noticed this is from 2012! I wonder if this could be redesigned with newer parts into a smaller unit. I challenge you to try (and video it of course)! :)

You should teach the machine about love and free will.

Here is a suggestion. What if you added another air cylinder (for crushing on the left side) and added another can holder on the end of the shuttle cylinder (moves left & right) so in every stroke it would load a can on one side and crush/drop a can on the other. Double the capacity and throughput. What do you think?

Amazing

NOTE: Due to what the cans are made out of, the bin of crushed cans you had could easily go for a fair amount of money selling them.

1:15 how fast this thing CAN work.

Aaah.. free time.. that's what I need most.

I am interested in getting one. Way cool.

if u put smaller coke cans, then they will stick and the moving arm won't move because 1 can will land and half of the second can will land on top of the first one.

Good job man!!!! :)

i guess you can also crush it sideways and lose one pneumatic cylinder and get them flat i guess less parts that way and you can get them really flat. Which also increased the speed

Wow - very cool = The Mercedes Benz of CAN CRUSHERS :-) I'm working on a water tank level sensor with phone app atm - this is inspiring (next project i guess!) i was thinking of going hydraulic - car jack style but AIR would probably be better....

Dope soundtrack

Very nice machine.

You will never break even on the cost of that machine.

Awsome !!!

what a good job i need one of these do you have a set of plans at all??

Thats a fun crusher... Unfortunately in Oregon you get a nickel for every uncrushed can. although you might be able to sell the stores this with a counter and a receipt printer.

SA-WEET! Set these up at any bar or outdoor consessions, watch the cans fly in. Humm, guess it would have to be supervised ( keep unwanted items out)

thats badass !!!