Am I The Only One

[lowell holmes]

that puts too many sheets through his paper shredder and then has to get needle nose pliers out to clean up the mess.

Just wondering?

[Bruce Page]

Yep!
Seriously, I haven't had that problem but thanks for the heads up!

[Frank Pratt]

I do that all the time, but I just push the reverse button to clean it out.

[lowell holmes]

I had a plug today that reverse would not work. Oh Well

[Jim Koepke]

I had a plug today that reverse would not work. Oh Well

How many sheets were you trying to feed at once?

Mine starts to choke on two or three. Most of the time one at a time is my rule.

jtk

[lowell holmes]

It was an envelope with a letter in it that jammed it. I hate to say, it's not the first time.

[Jerome Stanek]

I used to have one that would work hard on 2 sheets now I have one that takes 6 sheets no problem and it is a micro cut unit that I got on sale for $32

[Charlie Velasquez]

that puts too many sheets through his paper shredder and then has to get needle nose pliers out to clean up the mess.

Just wondering?

I use a dental pick.

[John K Jordan]

I use a dental pick.

I use a burn barrel by the shop. Hasn't clogged yet regardless of how many sheets I put in.

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JKJ

[Jim Koepke]

I use a burn barrel by the shop. Hasn't clogged yet regardless of how many sheets I put in.

JKJ

Other than preferring to recycle, burn barrels are not allowed in my neck of the woods.

jtk

[Bruce Page]

Other than preferring to recycle, burn barrels are not allowed in my neck of the woods.

jtk

Ditto here too.
My shredder will take 4-5 sheets at a time. I can hear it strain if I overload it but it's never clogged.

[Kev Williams]

The wife picked up a nice cross-cut shredder a few years ago, from Costco I think-- it claims to eat up to 13 'basic' sheets at once. It does Eats credit cards and CD's too, no problem. And the cross cut pieces take up way less space than strips do.

[Jerome Stanek]

We are not allowed to burn here either only tree trimmings.

[Jim Koepke]

One thing to help a paper shredder do its thing is to every once in a while feed it a piece of paper that has been sprayed with cooking oil. If no cooking spray is available, smear some mineral oil or cooking oil on a sheet of paper.

It might be good to do this after the bin is emptied so the 'contaminated' sheet can be kept separate from paper to recycle.

jtk

[Roger Feeley]

+1 on the lubrication. I have some sort of oil from Fellows that's made for shredders. I put a sheet soaked in it through whenever I think of it.