• News
  • Projects
  • About
  • Community
    • Activity
    • Forums
    • Members
    • Help us
    • Army
  • News
  • Projects
  • About
activity
forums
army
help
join us

⌂ Steven Mosbrucker

Steven Mosbrucker

Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

@thegreenengineers

United States
active 4 weeks ago
Points: 718
  • Activity
  • Profile
  • Map Pins
  • Friends 12
  • Activity
  • Latest Uploads
  • All activity
  • Topics Started
  • Replies Created
  • Saved
  • Images
  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Acrylic Schredder (made from) in the forum Machine development 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    i will have to run calculations on the internal stresses involved with plastic blades and if they will survive the abuse. With let alone shredding plastic bottles.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic BICYCLE SHREDDER [costs] – work in progress in the forum Share your creations 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Yea the best weight would be to use a pipe of some kind. One of my side passions is cars. I have been thinking about making a inertia dyno where you detect the rpm of the rollers and the change of rpm and the duration. Knowing these nad the polar moment of inertia of the whole system will tell you the cars hp.

    Anyways at my local metal supplier…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic BICYCLE SHREDDER [costs] – work in progress in the forum Share your creations 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    woops read months and day backwards so it was less than 2 years ago.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic BICYCLE SHREDDER [costs] – work in progress in the forum Share your creations 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    o man i talk about this 2.5 years ago. i will look back at the calculations.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Sourcing geared motor? Will this work? in the forum Machine development 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    Check out my calculations for shredder section.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Acrylic Schredder (made from) in the forum Machine development 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    I made a acrylic shredder concept of my metal shredder. It was glued together. I could shred like 1 sheet of newspaper with 2 n shreds it would pop the glue off the sides.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Calculations Required for Shredder in the forum Machine development 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    naw thats fine ppboys i look at cad drawings all day at work. It is good enough to make a rough estimate but usually you need both “blades” in the case of this design it uses stationary blades. It would be nice to see where those blades are relative to the rotating blades in the assembly.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Calculations Required for Shredder in the forum Machine development 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    Well for the hell of it lets say you have a 28mm cross section circular bar of HDPE that fits exactly in that scoop of the blade. That fits in that hook of that blade. First determine that area .014m * .014m * 3.14 = .00061544 m^3. ok and again lets say we are shredding HDPE. Lets say the 3500 PSI for HDPE Shear Stress just like i said in first…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Calculations Required for Shredder in the forum Machine development 3 months ago

    ok i will perform calculations tomorrow morning. I go through forms once a week. so sorry about the wait.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Will this geared motor do ? Please help in the forum Machine development 3 months ago

    I have a couple ways of calculating the torque needed on my calculation post.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic I need help for making 3d printer filament in the forum General ideas and suggestions 3 months ago

    I am working on my V2 of my filament extruder dubbed the FilaFactory. But i need to go to market with my shredder in a couple weeks first before i can continue working on it

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Recycling old 3D printed parts in the forum [NEW] Create your own project 3 months ago

    2Hp at 30RPM should be more than enough to tear apart any 3d printed parts.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Me Speaking out loud: solar extruder in the forum [NEW] Create your own project 3 months, 1 week ago

    Hopefully you dont get to the point of taking a plastic to its melting point where heat of fusion comes into play. Basically what heat of fusion is is at this point the plastic does not change temperature but changes state from solid to liquid. You just want to find the temperature that with a specific extrusion speed will take the plastic right…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Calculations Required for Shredder in the forum Machine development 3 months, 1 week ago

    Ok so i had one question asked. How do you calculate the area for a bottle. i have a image that i made for that there is a average amount for calculation. basically you want to take this length that is in black which is where the blades pinch and the furthest down a water bottle can go (i suggest crushing bottles before putting them into…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Calculations Required for Shredder in the forum Machine development 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    https://youtu.be/LJ9OspwEA5A
    Above is the video i made about shear stress hopefully that helps.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Shredder Cutting Area Calculation in the forum Machine development 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    I replied inside my original post that you read the calculations required for shredder. I will make a video to explain but the blade thickness has nothing to do with the calculations. Check out my reply ask me any questions you have.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Calculations Required for Shredder in the forum Machine development 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    Hey guys I have been in and out of the forum. I am going to try to be around more often as I am trying to move into this space and away from my day job hopefully soon. So in shear mode of failure the thickness of blades makes no difference in the determination of the cut area. The thickness of the blades determines if the blades will survive the…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic The first 3D Printer using PET Water bottle in the forum General ideas and suggestions 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    Badass project guys.

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic How much cross section area can cut this shredder? in the forum Machine development 6 months, 1 week ago

    So basicly these cross section are regardless of blade thickness. The cross section is with respect to the parrallel contact of the blade the cross section goes top to bottom not along material. Where blade thickness comes into play is the resistance to torsion at the hex/square shaft input.
    My perticualr and precious plastics design has only 1…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Steven Mosbrucker

    Steven Mosbrucker replied to the topic Official statement about extrusion to filament in the forum Machine development 6 months, 2 weeks ago


    This is the correct link.
    As long as you get it small enough it is not that much different. I will probubly have a different hopper as shavings dont really roll as well into barrel compared to the virgin resins. as the current hopper design is for pellets.

  • Load More
  • Extra

    • Join the community 💪
    • Support us with a donation! 💰
    • Support us monthly on Patreon!🙏
    • Search the forums 🔍
    • Dedication 🎖
    • Heroes 🔥
  • Folks that were just here

    Profile picture of Ellie
    Profile picture of Aidan
    Profile picture of sonam tshering
    Profile picture of Oscar
    Profile picture of henry
    Profile picture of Curtis
    Profile picture of Thomas Rebuffel
    Profile picture of Jason Knight
    Profile picture of Camille
    Profile picture of Ilan
    Profile picture of Olivier
    Profile picture of Elizabeth
    Profile picture of Craig S. Tokarik
    Profile picture of Karen Danenhauer
    Profile picture of Carl
    Profile picture of dave perry
    Profile picture of Paul-Augustin Wasner
    Profile picture of william kennedy
  • Recent Replies

    •  henry on Shredder converted to Imperial system (Inches)
    •  Olivier on Hello from New Jersery!
    •  Craig S. Tokarik on Hello from New Jersery!
    •  Laura Valderrama B on melt plastic to make bricks and yard decor
    •  Laura Valderrama B on BRICKS FOR CONSTRUCTION
  • Support our projects on Patreon so we can keep developing 💪