paper shredder from washers 

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!

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

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 love all your machines! Thanks for sharing mate.

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 " !!!

(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.

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

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

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

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

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

Very impressive machine! Thank you for this video

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

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!!!

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

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

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

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.

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.

GENIUS, GENIUS, GENIUS=Love it!!!

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

You are really extremely creative. Compliment!

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Great job!

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.

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

Thank you so much for interesting idea!

Very good Instructable. Very nice explained.

Nicely done! Good job.

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..

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

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

Excellent design! Thanks for sharing.

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

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

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?

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 😀

Great Job my friend! Great video.

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.

Brilliant! You should sell them!!

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

Brilliant!

Very good and practical thanks for sharing

Excelente vídeo señor

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

Wow esta increíble esta cortadora. Eso necesito en mi vida

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

I would buy this from you!! Good job

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

Very nice. thanks for sharing.

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

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

Very nicely done, good job!!

Such a flexible and fecund mind you have!

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.

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

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

very cool machine

Great JOB! you could attach a drill to drive it

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...

what you built is awesome

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.

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

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

Супер!!!

bravoooo, i really like your videos

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.

Svaka cast na ideju! Samo kolko traju te sajbne u upotrebi, duvan je prilicno zilav

Great job!!! Thanks

Really good idea

Bravo Mladene

This is all very ingenious if you have all of those raw materials and a welder ( and on how to use one) to hand. For me, it's easier to buy one that is safer and comes with a warranty.

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

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

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?

Will this work on corrugated cardboard? Cool design.

You the man very nice 👍

Very good! I would like to talk to you about figuring out a machine to chop hay.

Awesome man very creative !

Have you made anything using old automotive rotors or drums?

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

Awesome piece of kit,

excellent job

Nice work. Simple, easy to understand and you removed all the complications from it. would love to get in touch with you. What is your name and email ID sir ?

Greetings from the US. It's official, you are my University of RU-vid Professor! I thought people like you were a legend. Can I borrow your talent for the weekend; I want to impress some people :-) How did you make the stand and the crank? Can you make a video on that or direct me to the video on making the stand and crank? Looks complicated so every detail matters. Thanks.

It would be nice if you automate it with a drill Apart from that very good machine and I will try to build

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