My new Industrial Shredder!

Here is a link to a manual shredder that he sells (.8 mm cut). I don't have a link to the industrial shredder head.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331550977069?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Anyway, the first thing I did was make a multi- purpose frame to mount it to. I made it 11 inches tall which would allow me to attach a handle(and not scrape my knuckles when shredding) to it if I ever wanted to manually crank it. The frame was made so that I could mount the head in the upper position for hand shredding or invert and mount it in the lower position for power shredding. I don't ever really envision shredding with it manually though.




The table I already had. It was my float tray system from this past spring. I simply inverted it.

Here is a shot of the table with a hole cut into it with the shredder mounted.



I used a series of pulleys and pillow block bearings. The 1/2 hp motor I used runs at 1725 rpm, way too fast for a shredder. Using a pulley rpm calculator I used various size pulleys to obtain a shredder head speed of 191 rpm, at least in theory. When I actually measured the rpm it was 180 rpm- close enough.

To add the proper tension to the belt coming from the shredder I used this little device I welded up. There is a bolt that goes through the square tube, as I screw it in it pushes the pillow blocks away from the shredder. When the belt it tight enough I crank down the nuts.


Here's a shot of the overall system



I started to take a video of the shredder in action but my camera stopped and said I had no storage space available. I am bringing some Silver River in to case so tomorrow or Monday I will post a video.

I've only shredded about 2 dozen leaves and so far I am very impressed. This is definitely top notch, extremely well machined piece of equipment. If you shred a lot of tobacco I highly recommend buying a head and building up a system. It will be the last shredder you will ever buy. At 180 rpm the leaf gets instantly shredded. It's pretty amazing to watch.

The guy's name I bought it from is Lucas. He is located in Poland and he speaks perfect English. You can email him direct at "lukimatys@wp.pl" or contact him through ebay (link above). I will invite him to join this forum. I think he has the best power shredder on the market. Very thick steel side plates, replaceable combs and replaceable bearings.

I plan to put this through it's paces in the near future and will post the results.

If anyone is interested I can go in to great detail of the construction. I consider this a prototype. I will build a bigger table maybe this winter and incorporated some improvements.

Back in February I bought a shredder head via Ebay-Poland. I have now just found the time to put the unit together.Here is a link to a manual shredder that he sells (.8 mm cut). I don't have a link to the industrial shredder head.Anyway, the first thing I did was make a multi- purpose frame to mount it to. I made it 11 inches tall which would allow me to attach a handle(and not scrape my knuckles when shredding) to it if I ever wanted to manually crank it. The frame was made so that I could mount the head in the upper position for hand shredding or invert and mount it in the lower position for power shredding. I don't ever really envision shredding with it manually though.The table I already had. It was my float tray system from this past spring. I simply inverted it.Here is a shot of the table with a hole cut into it with the shredder mounted.I used a series of pulleys and pillow block bearings. The 1/2 hp motor I used runs at 1725 rpm, way too fast for a shredder. Using a pulley rpm calculator I used various size pulleys to obtain a shredder head speed of 191 rpm, at least in theory. When I actually measured the rpm it was 180 rpm- close enough.To add the proper tension to the belt coming from the shredder I used this little device I welded up. There is a bolt that goes through the square tube, as I screw it in it pushes the pillow blocks away from the shredder. When the belt it tight enough I crank down the nuts.Here's a shot of the overall systemI started to take a video of the shredder in action but my camera stopped and said I had no storage space available. I am bringing some Silver River in to case so tomorrow or Monday I will post a video.I've only shredded about 2 dozen leaves and so far I am very impressed. This is definitely top notch, extremely well machined piece of equipment. If you shred a lot of tobacco I highly recommend buying a head and building up a system. It will be the last shredder you will ever buy. At 180 rpm the leaf gets instantly shredded. It's pretty amazing to watch.The guy's name I bought it from is Lucas. He is located in Poland and he speaks perfect English. You can email him direct at "lukimatys@wp.pl" or contact him through ebay (link above). I will invite him to join this forum. I think he has the best power shredder on the market. Very thick steel side plates, replaceable combs and replaceable bearings.I plan to put this through it's paces in the near future and will post the results.If anyone is interested I can go in to great detail of the construction. I consider this a prototype. I will build a bigger table maybe this winter and incorporated some improvements.