My guy! You are brilliant! I absolutely loved the simplicity yet genius of using one welded nut on each bearing carrier so that a bolt driven down would not only capture a bearing, but BOTH ANNND the single bolt also splayed the bearings outward making for a perfect hold… i want to adopt you

You have a special gift my friend of being able to take commonly found items and turn them into effective machines! Another Great video! Thank you!

Fantastic! You and my Father have that gift so many of us are envious of. Very Nicely Done

And that's the difference between ingenuity and laziness! Us Lazy people would of just clicked on Amazon and bought one! Well done my friend what a great piece of kit and a fantastic lesson to today's lazy society!

I love all your machines! Thanks for sharing mate.

love the spring loaded tension springs excellent idea all you need is a wiper motor and a half decent hopper great careful work

(I hardly ever comment directly, no one seems to withstand the pride that comes with being way better than others.) Nice.

Wow, amazing build. And it works so much better than I thought it would. Congratulations to you and a nice greetings from Texas USA.

BOG ! Moj otac je bijo poljoprivrednik u Pridvoju ( Slavoniji ) a welder-fitter u Kanadi .! Promislio sta napravit i material , i kako kazemo u Kanadi " The rest is history " !!!

This guy is a crazy inventor, he needs something ,,, poof,,,, he makes it! I bet if he a metal forge, he would have made the washers.

man.. i admire your works. it brings me more ideas. thank you for sharing this. greatly done.

I see some comments that are not as well but this D.I.Y shedder will last longer than that plastic!! Good job mate way to save!!!

I have an electric one but I want to build this one. I love it. Another winner

Very interesting. I never would have thought to use washers as a means of shredding paper. Kudos.

The result is perfect But the difficulty level of the work is high Well done!

This is very good, you have done well here. Best Wishes, Brendan.

You are really practical. I like it. Thank you for sharing.

Very impressive machine! Thank you for this video

Genial....gracias por compartir tus experiencias productivas...saludos desde casas viejas CHILE

On verbal delivery good as it gets, details with some pertinent facts- good as it gets, DI from scratch, again- one of the best. Nice, I will take these words back, but short videos like this (that is- yours), are what many do not achieve. I speak, of course, in the name of people have the right to life and/or die, the "movements," of the 21st. century, as well as the Face of The Higher Power be searched for. Again, THIS is worth watching.

I bet your mind runs a million km/h. Great ideas. keep it going.

Its nice to see inventive people, Nice craftsman ship !!!!! Thanks for sharing....

Very intelligent individual indeed. Love this concept. Thanks for sharing your videos. I truly enjoy watching them. About how many washers did you use all together to make this paper shredder?

You are really extremely creative. Compliment!

Greetings from the United States! I'm always very impressed by your creativity and ingenuity. How did you cut the notches in the washers you used to make your paper shredder? Did you file or grind them? Did you're-drill a hole for each slot? Thanks.

I enjoyed seeing your design. There is an enjoyable elegance to mechanical simplicity.

This is far the best diy shredder I have found on KZfaq. Also helped me clarify a better build. Didn't even think about cleaner. Thank you for sharing your build. Could it do cardboard?

WOW!!!! That is amazing. You should scale everything up so it can shred aluminium cans. Greetings from Arizona, USA. :-)

You are an inventor, your machines are so practical and have great capability in operation i love your work it really inspires me.

Hello, Mladen, I watch your videos, you are a true diy person. I also work with paper. with mulch paper in water. I even put onto a wall as insulator in thin layer, mixed with cement and lime. and I make some papercrete potery for my wife, potery wich has a nice texture. This is how I prepare mulch paper: any recyclable paper, tear apart with hand in pieces, often in large pieces, newspaper, flyers, old books, cardboard boxes ( the veak cardboard is the better) , left in water to soak 1, 2 or 3 days ( depending on spare time) but not more because start to have a nasty smell. then take 2 bucket add 1 or 2 bucket of water ( partialy reused from same procedure) and mix well with an paint mixer witch has atached a 11 cm diam., wood blade for angle grinder. Mix till no big chunks, then put to drain , then put to dry. then use after need, to pottery, or else. My questios is, the paper will soak better if is in small, or tiny pieces? because, I prepare with big chunks let to soak.. then mixed to make pulp, and is not an easy task.. I have an ideea to make a paper shreder similar with yours, but instead of washers, to use a single row of 10 angle grinder for wood, with reinforced theeths , powered with small old washing machine. will work? thank you, and wish you many practical ideeas.

GENIUS, GENIUS, GENIUS=Love it!!!

you sir give the good inventors a good name, ty for showing this video and other videos of things you have made.. you have given me some good ideas on my projects

I just noticed that you had already described how you made the notches in the washers. Did you make them one at a time or several at once?

Very interesting and ingenious. I may be able to use some of your techniques on a plastic (for 3D printer) shredder I'm making.

Mladen 365: ¡Congratulations and thank you very much for sharing your inventions !. Are you one of the many geniuses who are free in the world! :) A great greeting from South America!

Hello from Texas!!!!! Very nice!! Thank you for posting such a good video!

Great job!

Add a sharpened star washer on one side instead of a round one and it will shred and chop into little pieces also. Your machine and idea is brilliant. Good job.

Hi Mladen, I have found that the paper absorbs the water better and is easier to mulch if the paper is cross-cut. I currently use a office x-cut shredder for my paper briquettes. Is it possible to alter the profile of the washers to cross-cut the paper strips? Great video.

Good Job! Going by your technique can we cut 50 sheets of paper at a time, into strips,using thicker washers or do we require standard 2 or three blade cutters.

Thank you so much for interesting idea!

You are a very talented individual. ...a true inventor! 😆

Extremely beneficial, I have no doubt that you are a GENIUS. Keep it up. I recommend a NOBEL PRIZE for Technology on this wonderful innovation.

Loved your video, loved your accent, loved watching you work and love the shredder you made! Brilliant! Poo

Great machine! Saves on electric & much stronger than those small cheap hand crank shredders you see in the shops. Have you considered selling the design to a manufacturer? It would make a great ecological money saving device for homes offices & many other places

Nicely done! Good job.

Excellent design! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video and wonderfully constructed tool. Maybe could use a little sturdier platform base.

Very good Instructable. Very nice explained.

Great video! How did u made the small cuts on the washer?

Bravo Mladene

This is decent effort, but now you have fantastic electric carboard schredders on Amazon for $50, and they include crosscut.

my friend, this is super cool but I'm a bit lazy and would use a power drill with a socket instead of the handle 😀

nice one.. great idea.. you can cut a teeth to the blade in your upgraded version.. i think it would make for a great micro shredder..

Have you made anything using old automotive rotors or drums?

parabéns ficou muito bom felicidade vou fazer uma obrigado você é o cara

Brilliant!

Very good and practical thanks for sharing

Your a smart man. Maybe use a drill or a dc motor to turn it. You can charge the battery with a solar charger.

Great Job my friend! Great video.

Very nice. thanks for sharing.

Brilliant! You should sell them!!

Wow esta increíble esta cortadora. Eso necesito en mi vida

awesome . i will make one :) thanks for the video

Such a flexible and fecund mind you have!

The fine cut paper makes the best pulp for the press for fire bricks.

I have questions about this shredder, can you make shredder so it shreds to a smaller pieces like a sawdust, fro example to add a ,,small space cuts,, on washers so it wont end like macaroni,bit like small wooddust

Pretty cool! Lot of work though to build the thing.

done well mate good job you have inspired me to do same like your use of materials

I would buy this from you!! Good job

next version . you should grind finger pionts into them . why so you can shred beer cans as well.

Excelente vídeo señor

Very clever man

great idea, put a car windshield wiper motor on to power it good vid thanx

Hi! What did you do with the washers all the same?

does this work with thick cardboard?

Great

Very nicely done, good job!!

If you sell it i will definitely buy it bravo love it

Great job!!! Thanks

Its strange how one man or many men make a factory to make paper another man makes a machine to destroy paper. John

Brilliant, simple, easy to use ad clean. If any problems, a simple strip down and repair would solve the problems. Perhaps you could price the cost to prefabricate your simple log maker and this item as tools for "Making Natural Green Logs." Could be a great way to way extra money - and Europe could be your market? Cheers :- )

Great JOB! you could attach a drill to drive it

Very nice project. If you add a small motor and cover all moving parts. I guess you could sell it to offices.

I think you could build a V-shaped hopper that will allow you to load the paper more quickly. It seems to take a bit too long to do this for each sheet(s) of paper...

have you thought about selling these? How much are the materials? including welding supplies and cutting metal, etc. would it be worth to sell?

very cool machine

Will this work on corrugated cardboard? Cool design.

Really good idea

Well done, you should look forward for a patent or industrial design. I work with intelectual property in Brazil, look for an attorney in your country, this seems to be a handy tool for companies that works with recycling, printing and journals.

can you specify the washer and shaft dimensions?

you are realy smart man .i proud you .thankful make thise video

alguien de ahi puede hablar español.. nececito mas informacion sobre tu maquina . me interesa' saber cuanto de largo y de q' medida corta el papel ya picado.

what you built is awesome

how many sheets of paper does it shred at once?

Awesome piece of kit,

How did you make the slots in the washers ? Nice job by the way.

bravoooo, i really like your videos

excellent job

Hi maiden can you give the materials needed on this shredder because I don't know the size of washers did you use? thank you!