hi all...
I've got an idea which will benefit us all,
I want to get a small group of people together in Sydney (and later expand into other areas), who are willing to instead of putting their plastic bottles in the recycling bin , put them in a seperate bin where once a month they can be brought to a single place,
from there they could be ground up or shredded washed separated and via injection moulding and extrusion be made into other more usefull items, e.g. pipe, sheet, seedling trays, various plastic parts, or simply stored for future use
the same general idea could be done with steel and aluminium,
I personally have and cnc milling machine and a lathe (plus a soon to be power hacksaw) and can pretty much make just about anything and i'm willing to do so
my current to do list is
1,serial port based CD changer (for David.Z so CDs/DVDs can be burnt quicker and easier and in a more automated fashion
2,plastic shredder/grinder for turning plastic bottles... etc into flakes,
3.vibration separator to separate flakes/parts of various density
4,washer/separator - self explanatory
5,melter/granulation machine
6,injection moulding machine
7,vacume table
8,plastic extrusion machine
the purposes behind the idea is to get some kind of a manufacturing base for the movment where if any member wants anything extruded moulded or machined, it can be done provided they are contributing to the cache of raw materials which otherwise would have gone into the council bins,
ideally down the track if it turns out somewhat successful i'll look at a setup for melbourne and brisbane
before anyone asks the inevitable question regarding cost, when i look at the cost of aluminium and steel ,i'm quite willing to put in the money and build the machinery , once its built we've got it forever, the question i have is how many people would be interested in participating,
