Monday, June 05, 2006

Cheap Shredders

Today's Science Project
This is billed as ''The poor man's shredder.''  I don't know what it costs, but when you can buy a rich man's shredder for $14.99 from Office Max - WTF?

Got me thinking though.  I bet my Kitchen Aid food processor can handle this job! Let's see.
  That didn't work worth a crap ... maybe if I tear the envelope into four pieces?
Nope.  But wait ... what about that cabbage shredder deal? 
This shredded my Direct TV bill into pulp, but towards the end it jammed and the motor began to smell .. not a good sign.  So, our conclusion is ... Kitchen Aid Shredders stink. Don't buy one. Next: Global Cooling.
6/05/2006 10:57:00 AM 9 Comments

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Anonymous said...

Slow news day Rodger? ;>)
As my German friends are fond of saying "It's Fwench - not enough powah."
Lt. Gen. Tailgunner dick

6/5/06, 11:06 AM
Anonymous said...

You should've bought Kitchen Aid if you wanted to get the job done. But, aside from that, this is just one more reason I love this blog. Who else's mind would journey the places you go? You are the funny man! Juice

6/5/06, 11:17 AM
Anonymous said...

Shredding paper? My little pooch does an excellent job too!

6/5/06, 12:51 PM
Anonymous said...

Thanks for the tip Rodge..I'm tired of those damn scissors so I ordered the little schredder (and oil) that you mentioned.Best regards.

6/5/06, 1:26 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

LOL, It is a Kitchen Aid! I call all food processors Cuisinarts.

6/5/06, 1:30 PM
B....... said...

I've got a cheap Office Depot cross-cut shredder that works great. But when it comes to a big stack of papers (like end of year credit card statements - my wife saves everything!) I throw them in a big plastic garbage can, add tide and Clorox, water, and mush them up every week for several months. I'm thinking of making fire logs, or maybe hand crafted stationary from the resulting mush.

6/5/06, 3:20 PM
Anonymous said...

I'm glad you made the effort to find this out, Roger, so that I don't have to. And the media says that bloggers just sit around in their underwear!
GrinfilledCelt

6/5/06, 3:27 PM
Anonymous said...

What if you wet the bill first? Would the regular blade work better?


Science wants to know!
TFV

6/5/06, 10:47 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

Use of fire, water, and acid are pretty much the things a shredder is supposed to replace .... wouldn't you agree? :)) But, yes. Boiling my mail and then shredding it made it pretty difficult to resurrect.

6/5/06, 11:51 PM

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