[AT] Gas can rant

[Charlie V]

I thought I would save some time so I held the S&W .357 Magnum to the top
of the can and pulled the trigger.  Made the perfect hole to thread a 3/8
bolt into.  When I filled the can with gas I discovered a matching exit
hole in the bottom of the can.  Darn!! Didn't think about that.  Didn't
have another 3/8 bolt so had to throw the can away.  Wonder if I filled the
can with water first and loaded with a .38 next time would it stop the
bullet before  it got to the bottom..  Hummm.

Maybe I will just use a drill bit.

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O.K.  Only kidding.  Do not try this at home.
No animals were harmed during the telling of this lie.---

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

> No, I use an 18v battery powered drill. Seems to work fine--the 1/2 bit
> can get through the plastic OK. !
>         Dave
>
> On Jul 21, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>
> > You guys are using a non-electric hand drill to drill these cans with
> > aren't you...  :-)
> > I find that if I use the tap drill size for either a 3/8" or 1/2" bolt to
> > drill a vent hole then I can force a short cap-screw of that size into
> the
> > hole and it fits snug enough to not loosen up but when unscrewed from the
> > hole vents fine.
> > I looked at a new can at Wally World yesterday and I believe that they
> have
> > given the designation "POS" a whole new level of crappy product. I'll
> check
> > Rural King.
> > I still have a couple of 2.5 gallon cans here that I need to toss in the
> > trash. My mother had bought them long ago and while they were a decent
> > quality can they are quite round on the bottom. How smart is that for
> > something to haul around full of explosive fuel?  :-) They are shaped
> about
> > like a little LP tank but with only a small flat bottom area.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Francis Robinson
> > aka "farmer"
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson46176 at gmail.com
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