I Built a Machine That Literally Devours Wood

Fed up with struggling to break branches by hand, I decided to solve it once and for all — by building my own chipper. I already had a compact electric gear motor (1.5 kW, 260 RPM), so I engineered a mechanism with a roller under the cutting blades. Thanks to that roller, the load on the motor is slashed: the gear motor effortlessly shreds branches up to 4.5 cm thick, with no stalling, no fuss. It’s simple, effective, and—most importantly—works like a beast