Bob Warner
New Member
Hello all,
I am building a can crusher for smashing soda cans for recycling. The building of the mechanism/machine is no problem. The problem for me is total ignorance of electronics.
I want to make a circuit that can detect the presence of the can, turn itself on and cycle through the crushing process and then turn back off.
The crusher will basically be a piston that is attached to a wheel, when the can is present the motor starts and the wheel makes one revolution (smashing the can) and stops.
Here is a link to a youtube video of a can crusher that operates like I want mine to. My design will be different but the operation-starting-stopping are exactly what I need. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NG2GwwfvB2g
I have already contacted the maker of the can crusher in the video and he will not share the wiring.
If anyone has a schematic of something similar that I can try to adapt (I will need help adapting it) I would appreciate it.
Hopefully this is a simple thing to do and I am just ignorant on the topic.
Thanks for your help,
Bob
I am building a can crusher for smashing soda cans for recycling. The building of the mechanism/machine is no problem. The problem for me is total ignorance of electronics.
I want to make a circuit that can detect the presence of the can, turn itself on and cycle through the crushing process and then turn back off.
The crusher will basically be a piston that is attached to a wheel, when the can is present the motor starts and the wheel makes one revolution (smashing the can) and stops.
Here is a link to a youtube video of a can crusher that operates like I want mine to. My design will be different but the operation-starting-stopping are exactly what I need. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NG2GwwfvB2g
I have already contacted the maker of the can crusher in the video and he will not share the wiring.
If anyone has a schematic of something similar that I can try to adapt (I will need help adapting it) I would appreciate it.
Hopefully this is a simple thing to do and I am just ignorant on the topic.
Thanks for your help,
Bob