I finally got the teck 1 tweaked to my satisfaction and some tobacco just right for a real trial run. I shredded up about a pound of burley/virginia mix this evening. It does a wonderful job! Nice shaggy cut perfect for cigarettes.
It works well with tobacco stacked 5 or 6 layers deep so it is fairly fast, but no match for the speed of the paper shredder. Meybe 1.5# / hour.
I tried it powered with a cordless drill next and found out it is not a good Idea. Tobacco flew everywhere FAST! Nice shred, just messy that way. 120 rpm would work the best. the drill had no problem cutting leaves though. gotta slow that one down
Bob
It works well with tobacco stacked 5 or 6 layers deep so it is fairly fast, but no match for the speed of the paper shredder. Meybe 1.5# / hour.
I tried it powered with a cordless drill next and found out it is not a good Idea. Tobacco flew everywhere FAST! Nice shred, just messy that way. 120 rpm would work the best. the drill had no problem cutting leaves though. gotta slow that one down
Bob