DISQUS

shinyplastic · 1 year ago

The 10 seconds vs. 60 an hour does make sense: it takes 10 seconds to crush a drive but you need the other 50 seconds to load and unload the machine giving you 60 crushes per hour.

http://www.shinyplastic.com/archives/05-01-2008...
ap3x · 1 year ago

My old .22 rifle destroys hard drives just fine, and it's cheaper and probably more fun...
reflection · 1 year ago

I have an old form of this - it's called a hammer. :)
Alexander Muse · 1 year ago

So, I agree with reflection. Save the $11K and buy a $11 hammer. Works just fine for me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexmuse/307226463/
flink · 1 year ago

This is nothing more than a hydraulic ram. You could DIY one of these for about $200.
Mike · 1 year ago

You could buy a log splitter for much less, and it would do double duty.
shamil · 1 year ago

I use a cinderblock. They're free.
Alexander Muse · 1 year ago

Shamil - cinderblocks tend to break and they are not, as you suggest, free...
G · 1 year ago

They are if you steal them from building sites ^_^
ReallyEvilCanine · 1 year ago

Physically bending the platters without demagnetising them will leave some data recoverable. Thermite is faster, cheaper and more effective, though a tad more dangerous. There are also slow rotational crushers which can turn at least 60 drives per minute into tiny chips of scrap.metal and plastic.