My eco-friendly green paper shredder was converted from a normal everyday paper shredder you buy at Target. I fed too much paper into it and stripped the gears. My son Paul repaired it by connecting a handle to the shredding mechanism from parts lying around in the garage.
Now I can save the planet by not having to use any electricity when I shred my private papers. I do have to remember to turn the crank counter-clockwise when I shred. It would be more intuitive to crank clockwise but that is not the way it works.
A small price to pay to go green.
Hey Rickety — love that you didn’t give up when the motor on that thing gave up! Way to recycle! You get mega gold stars for reinventing your broken shredder – and then telling the world about it — we need more resourceful people like you!
I saw an article about a lady who lost her job and then started a craft or art shop or whatever online re-using old clothes (scroll way to the bottom if you are going to read about it for the link – her name is Mary)
anyway good on you!!
It works really well. I’m not really a green person, I usually look first at the economics of a situation.
That’s a great way to go green with your paper shredder. I’ve been searching for ways to be greener and I applaud you for that. Good job!
Its too amazing to see the paper shredder work without electricity. It saves extra energy and can be used anytime when required.
Paul your a freeking genius
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Ingenious! I thought that I was the only one who would attempt to repair a jammed paper shredder.
Love It!! Those smaller motors usually burn out trying to shred too much at one time. Now its just as strong as you are.