Beer can check question????

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Cutting a Popcan:
I use a older small scissors with a sharp point,
I make a vertical cut up the side...I use the seam.
then I cut the top off,
then I cut the bottom off.
it's quite easy, takes about 5 seconds.
Jon

[helice]

No wonder it's taking so long.
I'm doing it backwards. I was trying to cut the top and bottom off first. Will try your method. It's got to be quicker than what I'm doing now.
Now I've got to take another walk. Ran out of cans.
Swheeler -- If you were closer I'd take that empty reject.

P.S. I have discovered that Snail Slime is approx. .0006". For what it's worth. Do you figure it's worth and empty beer can?

[beagle]

I cut the tops and bottoms off with a cutoff wheel in a dremel. Wear eye protection./beagle

30-30Guy
I agree that pop/beer cans are a pain. They are however abundantly abundant thanks to the messyness of some of my neighbors children. Once the can is disected I use a paper cutter to chop 3/4" to 7/8" strips. I can get about 110 to 120 .44 cal checks from a Magnum beer can once I've washed all the dead snails from the inside surface.
Does anyone have a quick and easy way to get the top and bottom off a can?

30-30 Guy - I tentatively agree that thinner is better. It's hard for me to see that the rifling in my rifles will cut clear through the thinnest of beer can check and I'm not convinced that a thicker aluminum check would hold that rifling any stronger than the thin one. I will say that this is untested ignorance speaking. Correct me Please!!! Save me a couple steps in testing process.
Keep writing Guys--I'm learning. Helice

P.S. What the heck does this thing mean?

[2wheelDuke]

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[Sonnypie]

No wonder it's taking so long.
I'm doing it backwards. I was trying to cut the top and bottom off first. Will try your method. It's got to be quicker than what I'm doing now.
Now I've got to take another walk. Ran out of cans.
Swheeler -- If you were closer I'd take that empty reject.

P.S. I have discovered that Snail Slime is approx. .0006". For what it's worth. Do you figure it's worth and empty beer can?

Know why there is dead snails in the cans?
Snails are attracted to beer. But it is a fatal attraction.
Beer kills them.
Grandpa use to use a saucer with a little beer in it in that garden when snails would appear. Killed them left and right.
Much better than poisons.

[HammerMTB]

Know why there is dead snails in the cans?
Snails are attracted to beer. But it is a fatal attraction.
Beer kills them.
Grandpa use to use a saucer with a little beer in it in that garden when snails would appear. Killed them left and right.
Much better than poisons.

'cept my dadgum dog is wandering the yard drunk now.....

[badbob454]

not poisionous , it drowns the slimy drunk critters

[Sonnypie]

Grandpa was a Seventh Day Adventist, so to him beer was poison.
If he had a snail problem he would go to the store and buy 1 can of the cheapest beer he could find.
I found it quite comical myself. But dead snails don't lie.
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HammerMTB
'cept my dadgum dog is wandering the yard drunk now.....

Sorry about that.
Give him a "Baby Asprin" and call me in the morning.
My number is unlisted...

[1Shirt]

Got one of Pat Marlins 30 cal check makers, and it works like a champ. The .012 does take a bit of leverage, but makes a good check that shoots well in everything so far. Had it jerri rigged on an old CH C-press and it worked, but not as powerful as I wanted so I ebay'ed myself an RCBS, which is straight up and down and is powerful. Need to save up now for one in 35.
1Shirt!

[helice]

Snails aren't the only things beer kills. I had a couple friends pull tours in Viet Nam only to die on American Highways