can opener tool

[darryl]

Not much, but an interesting way to cut open beer cans. I used my can opener, which worked part of the time, but the lip on the beer can is too high, and it doesn't cut through reliably. So- I took a piece of steel tubing and cut away part of one end, then hammered the remaining half circle until the curvature matched the top of the beer can. I sawed away until I was left with something close to a point, then put a sharpening on that. Mounted it in the drill press and used the downfeed to punch the tool into the can. Then it was a matter of punch, rotate, punch, rotate etc until the full circle was punched and the lid falls into the can.

Voila- a beer can with the rim intact but the lid gone. I did 17 cans like this (I needed 16) and then mixed up some sakcrete and filled them up. All they are is weights that will help me with assembly of my secret project. I'm going to keep one or two of these in the fridge so I can offer a friend a beer-

[A.K. Boomer]

Did they legalize pot in Canada yet? just curious...

[Willy]

Did they legalize pot in Canada yet? just curious...

Yes, about 5 years ago, but only when inhaled while in possession of whiskey.
It is verboten when consumed in the presence of beer apparently, or within 500 meters of a school.
Lots of strange laws and or customs up here.
I think a lot of this all started when we went metric.

[darryl]

I burn it, but I don't inhale-

[darryl]

Many times I've needed some weights to hold something down, or take out a curvature, whatever. Today I woke up thinking about what I could use for weights, and I went on a tangent to see what material would be most effective. Lead would be good in terms of actual weight, with steel being a good material to use also. Water, ok, not so much really, but it would fill in the gaps in a volume of sand, and make the cup of sand heavier. So I ended up opting for a sand mixture which would solidify the water so it wouldn't leak. One bag of concrete mix for less than ten bucks became the answer.

[A.K. Boomer]

Yes, about 5 years ago, but only when inhaled while in possession of whiskey.
It is verboten when consumed in the presence of beer apparently, or within 500 meters of a school.
Lots of strange laws and or customs up here.
I think a lot of this all started when we went metric.

Dunno, I grew up about 30 miles from the border and it seems the Canadians were always a bad influence in the ways your describing, but they sure knew how to relax, lol

[Noitoen]

A touch of the top of the can on the belt sander will remove the lid clean with no sharp edges.

[I make chips]

I burn it, but I don't inhale-

Same response as Bill Clinton when drilled about it.

[lynnl]

Do you have rocks in Canada? They tend to be a bit heavy.

[sarge41]

Years ago, when I was a boy, I was working for a neighbor mowing his yard. I had to move some glass gazing globes. They each, were weighted with a beer can filled with concrete with a wire in the center of the can. They were very rusty, having been there a long time. Sometimes. I think nothing is new.

Sarge41

[Mark Rand]

Doesn't the beer tend to spill when you open the cans in this way? (Expiring minds want to know)

My hinged loft hatch does benefit from a counter weight made from a soup can filled with molten lead, cast onto the end of a bit of surplus copper heating pipe...

[boslab]

There was a spate of old fashioned flat irons at the local flea market ( the county council closed the thing, no suprise) I found these old irons are brilliant gravity batteries, the other thing I collected was table weights from the drawing office in work, like a 123 block of lead with the felt they use on the base of ornaments .
inspired with this I stuck felt on the flat irons,
rubber kettle bells are good too.
mark

[darryl]

Sometimes on my hikes I'l run into a mess of rail and the plates that are used to secure them to the ties. The plates would probably make decent weights. Once in a lifetime or two I've come home with a piece of rail- sure weighs down the backpack

On the beer cans- I've found that drinking the contents before popping the lids off leaves room for the concrete filler. Have quite a hangover today-

[darryl]

So 1 can of beer weighs roughly .8 pounds. These cans now weigh 1 lb 14 oz, nearly 2 pounds. A bit under a kilogram. Very Stout, very very Stout

[kev74]

I'm not going to tell anyone you built a cannon.

Your secrete is safe with me!