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Chris,Sorry to hear about the attack on your finger by that notorious shop elf named Metal Fatigue. Sorry I couldn't help myself. Try the drink pint I'm sure that'll help.Art
Yeah, popping the tops on those 1.6oz cans has got to be a pain with that finger. (1:12 scale pint dontchaknow.) But then you've probably got a custom machined 1:12 scale church key dontcha? Any pictures of that church key, maybe with one of the cans?Don
Back 1000 years ago (it seems like it) at my Dad and Grandfather's service station we used a heavy duty large funnel with a built in can opener for fast oil changes. All oil for cars came in metal 1 quart cans at the time. You put the funnel in the engine's valve cover oil hole, jam the first oil can in, check the belts, jam second oil can in, check battery electrolyte levels (or the blue eye, later) and coolant, jam third oil can in, check air filter and heater hoses, jam fourth oil can in, clean windshield. Check oil level. All done in 8 min or less. (assuming you remembered to put the drain plug back in before adding the new oil) Through the power of Goog L I found a pic of one of these now-antique funnels, showing the opener inside it, the pic is attached.Anyway, the thought - if you made a miniature version of that funnel, you could hold it in your mouth and jam the tiny beer cans into it to open them! (hope the shop elves aren't reading this)
For these parts, which are steel and bronze, I did not want to use the Sparex 2 pickle that I use for brass since the steel will contaminate it, and the solution will transfer some of the brass color onto the steel. So, I put some white vinegar (common grocery store stuff) into an old cup (which is used only for this) and put the parts in to soak.
Quote from: crueby on November 25, 2020, 05:42:37 PMFor these parts, which are steel and bronze, I did not want to use the Sparex 2 pickle that I use for brass since the steel will contaminate it, and the solution will transfer some of the brass color onto the steel. So, I put some white vinegar (common grocery store stuff) into an old cup (which is used only for this) and put the parts in to soak.Interesting... I also use Sparex and find that my steel parts come out with a copper/brass color coating on them. It's very thin and easy to buff off, but I never really thought about where it came from. So is that just from the Sparex? Or from the brass parts that have been in the pickle before them?Kim