In message , Dan Smithers writes
Paul Luton wrote:
Dan Smithers wrote:
Hi,

Can anyone make suggestions about getting a replacement garden shredder?

I seem to be generating a lot of woody material and I want to shred up
to 1.5" diameter cuttings. Anything larger I use for log fires.

My current shredder is an Atika that has blades in it. These seem to get
blunt pretty rapidly, and are difficult to resharpen - they do have two
sides and can be turned around.

When it's working, the shredder is fine, but seems to clog with tedious
regularity.

And there seems to be no source of replacement blades!

I did get a replacement set of blades, but they weren't as good as the
original ones. I seem to remember they came in about £17 + postage.
Seems quite a lot for a couple of pieces of carbon steel.

In a Which survey The Bosch ATX Rapid 2200 came out on top (available
larger Homebase ). I marked it down to buy when my Atika gets too annoying.


For lots of woody stuff the Bosch ATX Quiet 2200 might be a better
option.

This uses a cog/plate arrangement to shred. Not as small shreds as the
blade type but supposed to deal with woody stuff better/faster.

One of the more expensive electric ones though about GBP250, Aminster
are doing it with a couple of freebies and free delivery


http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-B...Garden-Shredde
r-20277.htm

Note the model down the range the Quiet 2000 uses a spiral screw type
mechanism.

The Rapid models use a spinning blade.

This might be a useful page:

http://www.fredshed.co.uk/boschshredders.htm

As you might guess i'm pondering shreddrs at the moment as well.
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Chris French