Paper Shredder (home).

bsod

they don't look as good after the first burn, they turn into a rarely used rusty old tin can that blows around in the wind.

shredders should work for a long time if they aren't over fed, or loaded with polythene or sticky stuff. Overfeeding, feeding at an angle, letting the bucket overfill, using reverse, or not waiting for the overrun to clear the mechanism causes clogging.

The teeth on the underside need to be declogged as soon as it starts, otherwise it becomes an issue, leading to broken plastic cogs or motor. Giving it a shake whilst it's running helps, assuming the bucket isn't full to the brim.

rmg1

I bought a couple of gerbils and anything that needs shredding goes to them (good luck putting anything back together after they've had it for 10 minutes).

They also make good pets for my daughter.

cookie365

rmg1 wrote: »

I bought a couple of gerbils and anything that needs shredding goes to them (good luck putting anything back together after they've had it for 10 minutes).

They also make good pets for my daughter.

When I saw the phrase 'I bought a couple of gerbils' I was a bit worried that this thread about shredders was heading towards a much darker place :shocked:

Nilrem

cookie365 wrote: »

When I saw the phrase 'I bought a couple of gerbils' I was a bit worried that this thread about shredders was heading towards a much darker place :shocked:

I'm glad i'm not the only one that had that thought! :rotfl::eek:
I suspect I've seen too many horror films.


I just replaced our old shredder with a Fellows 60Cs that I got from Tesco using the clubcard boost, I've got a mass of old bank statements and the like to shred and my old Aldi special simply doesn't do the job (it only really handles about 3-4 sheets at a time and has a bin that seems to need emptying every 30-40 pages).

So far I've done about 500 pages in the shredder and it's been fine, they reckon it'll run for 6 minutes before needing to cool down but it seems to just not need a cool down, I suspect because I'm not feeding the sheets constantly but with short breaks as I get the next lot ready and I'm not stuffing it (it's faster at shredding so even if I only do 5-6 at a time it's still running through them a lot faster).

andygb

I would go for burning - particularly as one of our not so near neighbours has had four days of incinerating this week, and it is time for payback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCnebZnysmI

rmg1

cookie365 wrote: »

When I saw the phrase 'I bought a couple of gerbils' I was a bit worried that this thread about shredders was heading towards a much darker place :shocked:

I have often thought about ......

Nah, far too much mess and they wouldn't go through the little slot at the top

Infidel

So I did indeed purchase one of those "bin incinerators".....

Now I've got a bin full of ashes. I wonder if that's useful in the garden at all (it's ash from paper, wood and branches/leaves) or whether I should just bag it up and bin it?

new_leaf_3

Infidel wrote: »

So I did indeed purchase one of those "bin incinerators".....

Now I've got a bin full of ashes. I wonder if that's useful in the garden at all (it's ash from paper, wood and branches/leaves) or whether I should just bag it up and bin it?

Definitely useful in the garden. Depending how much is there you could even add it too your compost heap. But be careful as you don't want to put too much in one go. You could also either just spread it on the soil or dig it in too. Don't throw it away.

new_leaf

Infidel

new_leaf wrote: »

Definitely useful in the garden. Depending how much is there you could even add it too your compost heap. But be careful as you don't want to put too much in one go. You could also either just spread it on the soil or dig it in too. Don't throw it away.

new_leaf

There is a spot in the garden that seems to be retaining a lot of water (as in it's quite damp under foot). I did wonder if ash might help to dry it out a little bit or am I barking up the wrong tree?

new_leaf_3

Infidel wrote: »

There is a spot in the garden that seems to be retaining a lot of water (as in it's quite damp under foot). I did wonder if ash might help to dry it out a little bit or am I barking up the wrong tree?

It is a form of organic matter so it wouldn't be making it wetter but depending on the quantities I would say that it would necessarily help to make it drier. After all the nutrients have been washed out there isn't that much matter remaining in ash. If you added well rotted manure, compost, or sand and grit then this would help. If the situation is really bad you may have to create a drainage channel.

new_leaf