Well the cylinder has a stroke length of ~8 inches (it’s a little less) it is 17 inches from the pivot point, the other arm is 6 inches from the pivot.
When the cylinder is fully extended, the crushing plate will move down about 3 inches which is greater than the width of most cans. (At least greater than all of the cans I have.)
It flattened cans sideways because I wanted to be able to put them through a shredder. It was very close to accomplishing that, if the base plate didn’t bend to shit, I’m sure it would have worked.
Yes! But the crushinator is a big girl, mine couldn’t hold a candle to that, so she squishes instead of crushes!
Up or down? I’m still learning and trying to figure out the feed.
Also, how did you know it’s the feed? What should I be looking for?