Beer Can Welding!!

Dang, that is impressive.

Modern pop (or beer) cans are on average .0106 thick...sometimes it seems the ink and liner are thicker than the can itself!

 

The Henrob guy from http://www.cut-like-plasma.com/ does it at car shows all the time, caught my eye a few years back.

 

I'm all for doin the work yourself but man, if you had to repair your can it would have been a lot easier to buy another one. Probably cheaper too.

 

I brazed the tab closed for a refrigeration class.

Can was maybe 1/4 full of water, after you brazed the tab closed, instructor turned it over and if any leaked you failed. Extra credit deal.

David

 

I've got tears and I spilled my beer roflmao.....

 

Piece of cake with a Henrod set-up.

 

someone is pretty good with photoshop if ya ask me

 

No i usually just buy a 22 oz. can.

 

I have never seen the gum wrappers welded together but I have heard of people doing it. Any one have any pics?

 

Wouldn't it make the gum go all gooey?

 

when i was in high school. a guy came to see my band at a show. i broke a bass string, and he told me to give it to him, and he'd take it home and weld it up for me. he told the same thing to my drummer when he cracked on of his cymbals.
we laughed it off, but he was serious. it just goes to show ya. . . .

 

You realize you're not gonna get your nickels back.

 

dude you're just sick......... on my way to the garage to hang myself with my tig cables..........

 

It's not nice to talk about my welds that way.

 

No cans, but I used to tig thermo-couple wires together at one shop I used to work at that did tranny dyno work for the big 3. they would have me strip a 1/2" of insulation, on the wires that were 010-020 in dia. and made of dis-simmilar alloys , one always melted at a lower temp...ususally just after the hi -frq. estabished an arc with the machne on its lowest setting the low temp alloy was balling up and the other wasnt near hot enough yet.. re strip the wires and start with the one that needed more heat...after 10-20 it was a piece of cake...

 

Cool thread, but traditional cans were tin!!!

 

You guys are killin me! Any of you hot shots wanna weld a crack in my 15x3-1/2 alum wheel? I'll pay but you better not ruin it! Lippy

 

its sparking its sparking im welding welding woohooo!!!!!!

 

I'm sure Mr James would be able to pull something like this off. Then take it one step further, just because he can.

 

Now THAT'S funny

 

Great link... now I wanna find the stuff and mess around with it... especially on pot metal...

 

i tried it ,keep burning thru, so after drinking a twelve pack and burning thru , i didnt give a shit no more

 

Way to much free time on your hands!! Show off!!

 

i go to career center for auto body and we just started messin around with welders and WOW. I know that aluminum cans have to take skill. im not too bad. but i need alot of practice before im ever in my life that good haha