Hey Keith
Tommy Thompson, the owner of the Original Goldenrod streamliner that we used
to race, said that the real trick was to find the right thickness of
aluminum sheet to punch into the can shape. He was on the team at Coors
brewery in Golden Colorado that invented the aluminum can. They already had
the technology to crimp the top on the can, which is a trick in itself.
Ironically he built the first Godenrod out of steel which he crashed on a
road course, then built the aluminum car we raced. He formed most of the
car by hammering sheet on a sandbag.
Dave the Hayseed
>I was just looking at one of my Diet Coke cans... I'm tempted to take it
>down
> to the shop and do some measuring... Just never really considered the
> work it
> took to make one of these. Realize that a soda can is made from a single
> sheet of aluminum and then capped after it's filled?
>
> Someone out there has the answer to how this was done...
>
> Keith ( see it's easy to boggle a feeble mind )
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