Can it shred unopened junk mail?
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This shredder was purchased for office setting - with over sixty employees this shredder handles plenty whether it be business junk, personal junk, unopened, opened -- credit cards, diskettes. As of yet, we've not had any problems or complaints. Simply follow the lubricant suggestions for maintenance, empty regularly and it should be a good buy.
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I always shred my unopened junk mail in this wonderful shredder! But, I would look at the thickness of the envelope prior to putting it in. Sometimes, junk mail is really much too thick and I would open and separate it before shredding.
2265657
I wouldn't anyway. Metal blade rotator. It is the easiest shredder to clean I've seen. Takes 30 secs.
1635761
most of the time yes, make sure the envelope isnt too fat... it is designed to shred 11 pages at a time so stick to the user manual and you'll be fine. Sometime you'll have to open the envelopes... like those from BoysTown and charities with tons of folded paper, i simply unfold and shred the whole thing :D
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It shreds in stips. It is an easy way to get rid of junk mail or store receipts fast if you don't have a "real" shredder handy but I would recommend blacking out any personal info with a marker if you are concerned about your information getting out there.
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Nope, and I wouldn't do it. These are great herb scissors, there have got to be other ways to shred your junk mail. These scissors are not designed to cut paper, it surely would would dull them and I don't think it would be satisfactory.
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I bought a package of oiled sheets of paper. I haven't used the shredder enough to use one yet. It's very simple though, just feed the sheet through the shredder and that's it.
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After all, it is a machine and can do just so much. It does shred unopened envelopes to a degree; as for papers at an angle, as long as there aren't too many at a time, it should be OK. It will stop if whatever you feed is too much for it to handle - so you just have to reverse, pull out and half what you put in. I still think it's an amazing machine!
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No, it does not shred credit cards. With new batteries it will shred maximum of 5-6 thicknesses of paper but typical max load is about 4 thicknesses. The feed slot is about 4" so 1 piece of paper folded in half would be 2 thicknesses....
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I don't think so. I use it to keep my mailing envelopes completely stiff so I would not ruin my paper cutter blade with it.
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The instruction booklet recommends that you do not shred envelopes with plastic windows in them or transparencies. These items might melt and present a greater chance of jamming in the blades
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I have not tried shredding paper, but I don't think it would be a good idea. Paper is going to be a lot harder to break into tiny bits than leaves or wood. I could see the shredding chamber clogging up with pieces of paper too large to go through the screen holes at the bottom.
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I say it depends on how often you use your shredder to begin with. Heavy use would require once a month at least. If you shred receipts, mail, and documents here and there as I do, I have done it when I thought it necessary. When it seemed that it becsme more difficult for the paper to shred. So far since buying them, I've used 1 or 2. And when I do the shredder works as intended again.
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Certainly, provided that you use the CHIPPER. The shredder cannot handle that task. Also, be sure that the maximum diameter is 3".
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Have not used it for shredding papers as I have a shredder and use the paper from the shredder for composting.
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Sorry I haven't tried this - sounds like you have an interesting recipe. I think the shred blade would come pretty close.
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That would depend on the size of the checkbook. I wouldn't hesitate to shred the check registers that I use, but the "checkbook" you are referring to may be different from a check register.
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No, but I have been looking for years. McCulloch has similar shredder and I wrote asking if they could make one. Response was make your own wet scrapper from large hp used garbage disposal in wood case. Search online and you can find diy instructions. Even a hand crank heavy duty meat grinder would be nice, but they can't be found.