Empty WD-40 can
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Bighead38
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Cut the front off and make a “poster” cut the bottom and make a funnel. Just keep it in a shelf as an “old can”.
rsanter
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I saw someone make a camp stove
rsanter
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How about one of those hiding in plain sight safes
malibu101
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four.cycle
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small barbecue grille.
Miss the Pontiacs
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It has the potential to be a Collector can if you have the time!
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Shiftless
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It has the potential to be a Collector can if you have the time!
If any of you guys wants to see an old W.D.40 can, check mine.
I wonder how long ago this one was made...with the wire bail handle and the non childproof cap.
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Miss the Pontiacs
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BDT/NWMN
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I would be tempted to work thru the cap opening with an extension, and drive a sheet metal screw thru the bottom of the can, into a work bench top. Enjoy watching people try and move it.
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driz
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It’s funny . You’ll print that in some new format and most of us could still tell the era it cam from more or less. It’s the wording on the advertising.
I especially like the DO YOU HAVE TIGHT [emoji1645] part. Today some SJ would be up there screaming that it’s somehow offensive to women mechanics of those of with [emoji1782] loose nuts. It’s amazing how the world has gone to [emoji90] with social media......
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I was wondering about something like that. I was thinking about looking on Youtube for anything.
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It has the potential to be a Collector can if you have the time!
That thought had crossed my mind also and just sticking it up on the shelf.
It'd be me trying to move it.
Unless of course, I screw it down to the deck of my open trailer and see if anybody tries to steal it.
oh oh maybe a random wood corner fence post along a field.
captain14
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Look at these videos that document **** Proeennke “Alone In The Wilderness” life.
He repurposed several fuel cans into items that were useful to him.
You may get an idea.
bad_idea
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Throw it away. As soon as the truck dumps the can you will have the perfect plan for it.
Captain beat me to it, I've been saving rectangular cans ever since I saw Proenneke's videos. Unfortunately my wife refuses to use a loaf pan made out of a kerosene tin so I haven't done anything with my stash yet.
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joe49
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A few ideas.
Shiftless
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Anybody who wants mine is referred to the GJ Classified.
I’ll sell it or trade it for ?????
I put it on eBay just to see if anybody bites.
I’ll sell it or trade it for ?????
I put it on eBay just to see if anybody bites.
danielbuck
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I usually toss empty containers, but I keep a few saved in case I need a catch-can for draining something.
I like the idea of cutting out the front and hanging it on the wall as a "tin sign", I might do that with my next one. The idea of keeping lots of empty cans around bugs me, my space is limited as it is, haha!
I like the idea of cutting out the front and hanging it on the wall as a "tin sign", I might do that with my next one. The idea of keeping lots of empty cans around bugs me, my space is limited as it is, haha!
alwaysFlOoReD
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Quite a while back I was renting a garage. Someone made a parts bin using 1x6 and old oil cans. The round style can where you puncture the top to get the oil out. They cut the round tops off and folded the rest into a square box that had a integrated pull handle. All sharp edges were hemmed. If you had enough square cans you could make something similar.
Shiftless
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You mean like this guy with the oil can collection?
(Personally I have trouble finding space for my FULL containers of stuff I actually use once in a while.)
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Keep the ideas coming guys.
I did find a section of exhaust tubing (J-bend) that I could use for a short chimney if I were to make a small stove.
I did find a section of exhaust tubing (J-bend) that I could use for a short chimney if I were to make a small stove.
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Ole Slewfoot
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How do you guys get them empty? The only way it happens for me is if i poke an unsightly hole in the can.
Shiftless
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I don’t collect old oil cans. I think they look very cool and I enjoy seeing collections but I lack the room and prefer to put old vises on the shelves rather than cans.
With that being said, if I was to gather up a few cans or a few hundred cans, I would drain them by punching 2 small holes in the bottom, let them drain out over time and then put a dab of clear silicone over the holes to prevent damage from the few drops of oil that would eventually drain out.
Rinsing them with solvent seems to be unnecessary but I bet some guys do it.
With that being said, if I was to gather up a few cans or a few hundred cans, I would drain them by punching 2 small holes in the bottom, let them drain out over time and then put a dab of clear silicone over the holes to prevent damage from the few drops of oil that would eventually drain out.
Rinsing them with solvent seems to be unnecessary but I bet some guys do it.
driftpin
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That thought had crossed my mind also and just sticking it up on the shelf.
It'd be me trying to move it.
Unless of course, I screw it down to the deck of my open trailer and see if anybody tries to steal it.
oh oh maybe a random wood corner fence post along a field.
Be sure to use a game camera to catch the scavenger/thief in the act.
Captain beat me to it, I've been saving rectangular cans ever since I saw Proenneke's videos. Unfortunately my wife refuses to use a loaf pan made out of a kerosene tin so I haven't done anything with my stash yet.
You want-to use the kerosene can as a bread loaf tin for baking?
That reminds me of a story, one of my friends on the job (fire-rescue) was going to a game at the Miami FL Orange Bowl, back when it was down by the Miami River, and not the new location at (current name) Hard Rock Stadium.
One of the "fun activities" of attending an Orange Bowl game was the search for parking in the Miami neighborhood where the stadium was. The stadium parking was expensive and totally-inadequate for the 75,000 attendees it normally-held for the Miami Dolphins and University of Miami football games. The property owners in the blocks adjoining the stadium would be in-front of their properties, hawking their parking fees, waving-in cars as you cruised the neighborhood.
As you walked-along the street after parking, and headed towards the stadium, you would pass all-sorts of street vendors hawking everything from beers, to barbeque and the variety was wonderful. Pollo, puerco, vaca, pescado, you name it.
My friend stopped-at one of the barbeque stands and got a siskebob and as he ate it on the way into the stadium, he remarked on how it had that certain distinct barbeque flavor. He raved about how good it was.
After the game, on the way-back to the car, we passed the same barbeque stand. As we watched, the cook took a siskebob he'd just assembled and as we watched he prepared to set it on the grille. He turned-to a corn tray sized for a single ear of corn, and reaching down, he picked-up a can, and squirted some clear liquid into the corn tray, and quickly inserted the kebob, giving it a 360-degree twirl in the liquid. He threw the dripping kebob onto the grille, there was a flare of fire, and the kebob was merrily-cooking-away.
No-wonder the kebob tasted "cook-out authentic," he immersed it into a tray of fire-starting fluid!
dutchgray
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I knew someone who had parts storage in his shed with some home built shelves and about 40 of those cans with one of the large sides cut out. I think only because it met the requirement of being as cheap as possible, with wood that was probably found somewhere and cans off the scrap heap. Which is what I would do with them, though I may keep a couple about to drain used solvents into.
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Scrap....unless you want to hang onto to it until you're 90. And it may or may not be a collectors item by then.
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jhn9840
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How did you cut the side of the can off like that. Looks to be a pretty smooth finish.
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EvilEye
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cut a small slit with a knife to start, then used good aviation snips. bent a 1/8" to 1/4" flange and used a pliers with a 2" flat nose to make the bend. The metal is real easy to bend and work with.
Daddy B
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Make a lamp out of it?
HalfTonTom
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Remember the show "Justified?" There was a lamp made from a small gas can in the back office of Boyd Crowder's bar. Cool as hell!
Jazz1
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Transfer a flammable that's in a plastic container(Varsol) into the metal container and hang a label on tin for reference. I had a plastic jug of Varsol get a pinhole and weeped half a gallon into my paint cabinet,,,the fumes leached into the bag of herb stored in cabinet as well
Nice!Wish I'd kept some of mine. I bought maple syrup in them, olive oil as well as WD40 etc. Tin gallon cans are getting rare.
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So I brought this back up because I never did anything with the can. It sat, collected dust for 4 years till today.
Since then, I bought a horizontal band saw but have lacked the time to use it or much garage time in the last year and a half. Today, I started cutting some stel and thought I needed a catch can.
Ding ding ding.
Dusted off the can and marked some lines.
Roughly cut along the lines. Airsaw cut the thin can way faster than I thought it would.
Boom, drip can in place. Added some newsprint to absorb any lubricant.
Since then, I bought a horizontal band saw but have lacked the time to use it or much garage time in the last year and a half. Today, I started cutting some stel and thought I needed a catch can.
Ding ding ding.
Dusted off the can and marked some lines.
Roughly cut along the lines. Airsaw cut the thin can way faster than I thought it would.
Boom, drip can in place. Added some newsprint to absorb any lubricant.