Hi all. Had a peculiar idea today on the subject of paper shredding. Perhaps some kind of cutting attachment to fit to power drill ?? eg place bills, statements etc into plastic bucket, feed attachment through hole in piece of plywood and fix shaft into drill chuck. Then,.... DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Probably not very efficient but an idea worth throwing on the table.
Arthur
A small tin bin in the yard/garden and burn...much better. :-)
Ah yes, excellent idea. High speed rotating knives on the end of a shaft with no safety guard and the ability to lock the motor "on".
Probably no more dangerous than a 38mm flat bit. But my description mentions the cutting process taking place in a bucket covered by plywood.
Might need more revs than a power drill..are routers faster?
Arthur
Surely it would work better on an angle grinder?
Darren
Err, Tesco sell a cross-cut shredder for £7.97 (or £15 for a better one). DIY is all very well but the value of your time has to enter the eqaution somewhere!
For shop bought paper shredders I think of a machine that has to be stored and retrieved from somewhere. I also think of feeding 4 or 5 pieces of paper into it every 3 minutes and then swearing at it when it overheats and requires
4 days for it to cool down.Arthur
Get a rottweiler. :-)
"Bob Mannix" wrote
Maybe the OP is considering a device to take on whole telephone directories in one! We have had 2 cross-cut shredders for household bills etc and both have sounded on-the-limit when shredding more than 2 sheets of paper.
For the ultimate security (and global benefit) we even compost the shreddings!
Phil
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) saying something like:
Oh, pretty much like a brushcutter in a dustbin then. Lots of fun, I would think.
Small bits of paper. High speed, Friction=heat. Faster - more heat.
If you try it could you lets us know where to avoid, and set a webcam up?
Buy a puppy.
If you want to avoid all that, you can get miniature ones far smaller than A4. Just rip the personal detail bit off the bill and put it through. Near zero storage space, no leccy motor.
Even smaller is a Japanese pair of scissors with a whole row of parallel blades. One snip gives you a dozen or so strips. A second strip and its crosscut.
NT
Gerbils. Lots of 'em.
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