Building a leaf shredder: who should I ask for help?

[czachcross]

I'd like to build a leaf shredder like this:
http://dbco-op.org/dry-shredder/

I'm not a mechanical engineer and my first question is who would I ask to either make one for me or help me figure it out? Is this a tool a mechanical engineer would build?

 

[Mech_Engineer]

I recommend contacting the co-op at the link you gave and see if you can get some plans for building your own.

 

[czachcross]

sending out an email to them. is this a project a mechanical engineer would be involved in? If it were wood I'd call a carpenter, stone I'd call a mason but for something like this I'm not sure who to contact. The person who made the one in the video called himself a "practical mechanician." Not sure if that is a common trade name or his personal title. He doesn't live near me either.

 

[Mech_Engineer]

If you were wanting to have something designed and analyzed you would use a licensed mechanical engineer. To have something like this built, you need a welding/fabrication shop, hopefully one that specializes in custom equipment (maybe farm equipment?)

 

[czachcross]

ok great. thank you for the information!