Open Source Plastic Bottle Peeler

Basics

• An alternatice to the Precious Plastic Shredder that works with bottles, or hollow containers, and shears/scissors
• The user:
  • Places the container on the verticle rod of the Peeling Module , lining the bottom edge with the v slit before the angled blade
  • They then either use a Rotator Module , or just manually do it (most likely option), and spin it
  • This produces a ~0.5-1cm plastic "peel"
  • This can be used as is, or be cut into small squares/flakes, resulting in a similar product to that of the shredder
• If the manual version is chosen, this can all be done with no power, and little setup cost
• The peel can also be made into a rope (not sure on quality) which should be easier to work with than natural fiber rope if none other is available (melt frayed ends, instead of havving to cut/manually splice them ( User:Eric does small boat sailing, plastic rope is a modern miracle...), also may be easier to mass produce small scale (only need plastic bottles, not long natural/semi-synthetic fibers)

Existing Open Source Designs

• This Youtube Design by the Youtube Channel "Advoko MAKES" seems to be a good benchtop/mounted unit
• Thiss Youtube Design by the Youtube Channel "romanursuhack"
• A Very Simple/Cheap Box Opener Blade Based Design
• None on Thingiverse ? User:Eric did a quick search

Precious Plastic Work

• A Forum Post on Their Work

Industry Standards

• Cheap, Adjustable Peel Width, Handheld Unit -off the shelf