Thread: Bosch Quiet Shredders OK for Mixed Waste?
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Old 16-07-2008, 07:58 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Bosch Quiet Shredders OK for Mixed Waste?

In article , writes:
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| How well does this Bosch or the 2200 model deal with thin twiggy
| stuff? For some time I have been using an Atika propeller blade type
| shredder which deals with this kind of stuff very well but it has
| failed and the replacement switch mechanism is expensive. I have
| acquired a new 'quiet' machine manufactured by the Belgium firm Varo.
| It has a screw type cutting mechanism and handles thick branches very
| well but thin twiggy stuff goes through more of less unscathed.
| Looking inside the machine there is a gap between the screw type blade
| mechanism and the wall of its enclosure which the thin twiggy stuff
| just passes straight through.

The 2200 doesn't have a gap, and has an adjustment know to ensure that
one doesn't develop. Some things don't get cut through completely,
but that doesn't matter for composting.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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