Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.



--Winston

On Mar 25, 11:17*am, Winston wrote:
Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.



--Winston

You don't eat tuna?

Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Mar 25, 11:17 am, wrote:
Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.



--Winston

You don't eat tuna?

*Too much* tuna, if there is such a thing.

I wanted a can ~ 2.6" diameter.
I'm already using 'tuna' and 'water chestnut' cans
for other stuff but, at ~3.3" dia. they were too big
for this particular application.

--Winston

Winston wrote:

Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.

I just use a kitchen shears and am done in one pass. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:51:14 -0700, Rich Grise
wrote:

Winston wrote:

Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.

I just use a kitchen shears and am done in one pass. ;-)

I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. ;-)

--
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
-- Epictetus

On Mar 26, 9:23*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
...
I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. *;-)

Slicing cans of whipped cream in midair might make an interesting
video. Perhaps 'Funny or Die' could interest Jessica Biel, Emily
Browning or Summer Glau to lend a fierce expression and stunt
training.

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:41:12 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

On Mar 26, 9:23Â*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
...
I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. Â*;-)

Slicing cans of whipped cream in midair might make an interesting
video. Perhaps 'Funny or Die' could interest Jessica Biel, Emily
Browning or Summer Glau to lend a fierce expression and stunt
training.

And lend absolutely babelicious facets to the show.
(I just saved "Sucker Punch" to my Netflix list.)

--
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
-- Epictetus

On Mar 26, 12:36*pm, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:41:12 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins

wrote:
On Mar 26, 9:23*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
...
I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. *;-)

Slicing cans of whipped cream in midair might make an interesting
video. Perhaps 'Funny or Die' could interest Jessica Biel, Emily
Browning or Summer Glau to lend a fierce expression and stunt
training.

And lend absolutely babelicious facets to the show.
(I just saved "Sucker Punch" to my Netflix list.)

They would have to be covered head to toe (black leather?) to protect
against the sharp edges of a cut can.

If they could afford her this is an absolutely ferocious warrior
woman:
http://www.sophiacrawford.com/sophia...ord-resume.htm

jsw

Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Mar 26, 9:23 am, Larry
wrote:
...
I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. ;-)

Slicing cans of whipped cream in midair might make an interesting
video. Perhaps 'Funny or Die' could interest Jessica Biel, Emily
Browning or Summer Glau to lend a fierce expression and stunt
training.

I call *Cleanup Volunteer!*

--Winston

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:11:17 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Mar 26, 9:23 am, Larry
wrote:
...
I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. ;-)

Slicing cans of whipped cream in midair might make an interesting
video. Perhaps 'Funny or Die' could interest Jessica Biel, Emily
Browning or Summer Glau to lend a fierce expression and stunt
training.

I call *Cleanup Volunteer!*

I'd give any one of those gals a tongue lashing they'd never forget.
Perhaps it's a bonus that I like whipped cream, too.

--
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
-- Epictetus

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:51:14 -0700, Rich Grise
wrote:

Winston wrote:

Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.

I just use a kitchen shears and am done in one pass. ;-)

I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. ;-)

You think you are *good* huh?

"But look the fly still is buzzing around the room!"

"Yes, but he can no longer *reproduce*"

--Winston

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:05:39 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:51:14 -0700, Rich Grise
wrote:

Winston wrote:

Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.

I just use a kitchen shears and am done in one pass. ;-)

I just whack it in half with my katana in mid air.
I'm done in a tenth the time you are. ;-)

You think you are *good* huh?

"But look the fly still is buzzing around the room!"

"Yes, but he can no longer *reproduce*"

"Yes he can. I merely circumcised him."

--
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
-- Epictetus

On Mar 25, 8:17*am, Winston wrote:
Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.



--Winston

OK now what you should do is to rig a fixture so you can put a nice
double rolled edge on the top of the can. As an alternative to that
plan you could make an edge band and with the help of some of the
electrical wizards around here find some military surplus capacitors
and rig a spot welding attachment to your arc welder so you can affix
the edge band to the top of the can.

It's the RCM way...

Roger Shoaf

RS at work wrote:
On Mar 25, 8:17 am, wrote:
Just now I wanted to shorten a soup can to make
a ~1.2" tall 'drip cup'.

I rotated the open end of the can 90 and used
a can opener to remove the top seam.

Successive passes shortened the can to the
right height in about no time.

Filed the sharp edges and I have my part for
No Money.



--Winston

OK now what you should do is to rig a fixture so you can put a nice
double rolled edge on the top of the can. As an alternative to that
plan you could make an edge band and with the help of some of the
electrical wizards around here find some military surplus capacitors
and rig a spot welding attachment to your arc welder so you can affix
the edge band to the top of the can.

It's the RCM way...

Buying a TIG welder and a ring roller to do the same
thing would not be within the RCM zeitgeist?

That is what a friend did.

That's right it was a *friend* that did it.

I ended up trimming two cans the same way
and inverting one. I shrunk the OD of the
top can and snapped them together using the
corrugations to make the axial alignment.

It worked a treat!

--Winston