[Shop-talk] cutting top out of barrel

[john niolon]

I'm liking Paul's idea with the grinder...saw a couple of videos on YouTube  
showing that as an easy remedy... and no dangerous edges if you dress it 
right...

unibit holes in bottom and sides for draft... and bam !!  fire in the hole..

thanks guys

john





----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky at gmail.com>
To: john niolon <jniolon at att.net>
Sent: 10/11/2021 2:48:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] cutting top out of barrel



I've done this a bunch of times to make burn barrels. What I do is use an angle grinder and grind the top "crimp" until you can see you've 
split it all the way around and then give it a couple good whacks with a 
hammer. You _probably_ 
won't ignite hydraulic fluid doing that, but keep something handy to cover the bung in case it does start burning in there.


-Paul


On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 3:45 PM john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:

got a 55 gallon barrel that held hyd fluid... need to cut the top out...don't 
want to use fire (torch) and last choice is hammer and chiselk

any other suggestions ???

john

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