RicardoJM
Hard Core 4+
Timely topic as I will soon have 30 or 40 lbs of cans needing to be emptied. I have employed a multi-step process approach. To keep this thread somewhat on topic - where does one take aluminum if you live here in the city?
While this is not the General Tech forum - I just can't help myself from including an overview of my multi-step process.
Step 1 - Put it in the initial stage crusher, unless it is a Coors Light can in which case step 1 is twist the can to make 1/5" shorter so it fits in the initial stage crusher. The Modelo Especial cans do not need pre-treatement.
Step 2 is adding them to batch hopper, where they wait until batch hopper is full or my nephew stops by and is bored enough to move them on to step 4.
Step 3 is to make them smaller using the press
Here are the before and after profiles of step 3
Finally, this is where they have been accumulating since November of 2017. I do expect that if it is a warm summer, the holding container will be full and I will need to find someplace to take them.
While this is not the General Tech forum - I just can't help myself from including an overview of my multi-step process.
Step 1 - Put it in the initial stage crusher, unless it is a Coors Light can in which case step 1 is twist the can to make 1/5" shorter so it fits in the initial stage crusher. The Modelo Especial cans do not need pre-treatement.
Step 2 is adding them to batch hopper, where they wait until batch hopper is full or my nephew stops by and is bored enough to move them on to step 4.
Step 3 is to make them smaller using the press
Here are the before and after profiles of step 3
Finally, this is where they have been accumulating since November of 2017. I do expect that if it is a warm summer, the holding container will be full and I will need to find someplace to take them.