Hugh Jampton wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:17:56 +0100, Broadback wrote:

Following recommendations here I have purchased the above shredder. A
question or 2 please from users. It shreds easily and quickly, however
when shredding hedge cuttings through the large hopper I get quite a lot
of very fine shreddings (almost dust)blowing out of the chipper throat.
Is this normal, have I a problem, or is there a way to stop it? TIA

I've had an Allen for many years. It does sometimes do what you say but
only when the bag is getting too full or (as Shazzbat says) when it's
getting blocked. The Allen took a little getting used to but since I did,
it's been great :-)

HTH.
Thanks Folk, that was the problem. Now the problem is that it keeps
blocking, I even had to completely strip down to the blades at one
point. I am shredding hedge cuttings, feeding them into the hopper. It
eats them up no trouble, but starts to get blocked before the bag is 1/2
full, this at least necessitates taking off the discharge cover in order
to remove the screen and clean. Now as everyone says how good they are I
accept that I am doing something wrong, any ideas please? At the moment
it is taking me almost as long as with my electric shredder, as that
rarely blocks, if it does it take very little time to clear.