On 2010-07-15, Randy wrote:
Anyone here use or know of a good paper shredder? I'm looking to
replace my Executive machines model that died, (it was a long slow
death). I checked it out and the plastic spacers that keep the knives
apart are broken/gone, the knives now bind up and overload the
machine. I did consider machining some aluminum spacers and
rebuilding the whole thing but I don't think it's worth it.

I want cross cut, at least 8 sheet capacity, and BIG!! By that I
mean a good sized basket underneath. Every shredder I look at now
has the basket built in and safety locked. But the baskets are small!
I shred EVERYTHING, not just the important stuff, gives thiefs about
900% more to look through and peice back together. I would love a
machine that is about 30-36 inches tall VS the 18-20" that i'm
seeing. Hell 40-48" would be OK, I can still reach it from my desk
chair.

Well ... we had several "Intimus 007" shredders at work back
about fifteen years ago (one per building). Probably around 40" high or
so, with an interlock on the Plexiglass safety cover. Cut about 1/32"
wide by about 3/16" long (most likely actually metric dimensions, as I
seem to remember it being made in Germany. Three phase power, a big wire
basket in the bottom with a very big plastic bag lining it.

It shredded a lot of material rather quickly -- at least until
someone put a binder clip on the shelf and it vibrated into the shred
area and it stopped with a bang which was heard all around the building.
When I got there, I found one very embarrassed secretary. :-)

I opened it up, and discovered that not only did it break the
double roller chain which went from motor to cutter bars, but also broke
the base on which the parts were mounted. (And of course several cutter
discs were beyond help.)

However -- they were quite expensive. It took quite a while to
get a replacement budgeted, so lots of trips to other buildings to shred
documents.

I did find tall models like this but they were over $1000.00

A later model of this appears he

http://www.jtfbus.com/jtf/item.cfm?id=5912

It appears to have the shredding head separate from the enclosure, runs
from 120 VAC single phase (with a 240 VAC version available), and sells
for $6375.00 at this places's sale price.

Apparently some of the console types are available on eBay, some
currently showing for well under $1000.00.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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