Why oh why oh why doesn't SOMEONE make a cardboard shredder for home use?! SO many people, including myself, spending hours looking around. Plenty for small businesses but costing thousands. Seems crazy nobody has made one already specifically for cardboard. They'd make millions I'm sure, including me! :)
@@maryt8184 I have a similar shredder to this (not the cross shredder one though) and it a does a great job providing the cardboard isn't *too* thick and you use the oil/sharpener packs after each full bin or two.
You can lubricate with canola oil from the grocery. Canola oil was exclusively used for industrial purposes until the junk science and canola growers & manufacturers decided to convince the public that vegetable oils were healthy. After decades of study, I do not eat or cook with vegetable oils. They are good for this application though. Just refill a small-hole squeeze bottle run a little across the input every so often. There's a manufacturer's periodicity recommendation of lubrication in your owner's manual.
I not sure if it matters in this context, but canola oil for cooking is not quite as heavily refined as those sold as lubricants. The only drawback is that the less refined oil solidifies over time. However, I have used canola oil from the grocery store in my chainsaw to lubricate the chain with good results. The only time there was a problem was when the chainsaw was left unused for a year. The chain was stuck so tightly in the sword that I had a challenge to get it free again. For that reason I now use ultra-refined canola oil instead. I think the same might be wise to think about with paper shredders. If you use it regularly, canola oil from the grocery store is fine. If, however, you use it very rarely, you might be wise to buy ultra-refined canola oil instead. I use the same canola oil in my paper shredder which I buy for my chainsaw. It is sold as "Bio chain oil". Be careful not to buy mineral chain oil. It should never be used in a shredder.
Many of these shredders need a cooling fan. I've used many of them and if you have a lot to shred it will either overheat and burn out or trip a safety overheat sensor and you are done shredding. I'm tempted to mod a computer fan into one if there is a 12v rail somewhere in the shredder or even a 120v fan and just hook it to the mains cord. One of my shredders has a main switch that cuts all power.
I hsve the 30 dollar model shredder with out the window I know mine won’t cut cardboard it has problems with the junk mail thin envelope great video …,
Your a star you found the solution I needed for cardboard I just bought myself a 18 sheet Amazon basics and it’s brill I just bought a second one because I need to mass produce this stuff for bedding for my animals I just need to find a way to dust extract it now !
Can it shred newspaper? For some reason, every shredder I buy says in the manual that newspaper will damage the blades. I don't understand why. Fellowes told me that none of their shredders would shred newspaper?! I need to shred scrap newspaper for mulch
Plastic shredder blades are available. They look more robust and are fed from a hopper. The buyer then provides a motor and geàrbox which is the opportunity to buy big robust one, used lawnmower motor maybe?
I need a cardboard shredder but cardboard cannot possibly be good for compost. It contains all sorts of bad chemicals that plants absorb and you eat them also...
Cardboard is fine unless you leave the tape and stickers on it. If you’re worried about microplastic then it’s already present in rain so there’s not much you can do about it
