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 Post subject: Turbine oil can openers
PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:07 pm 
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We've known for quite a while that opening the tin (turbine oil) with a metal juice can opener or churchkey, or leatherman or screwdriver is a big no no but this is the first product to address this problem.

How many of you are useing this lil beauty?

www.thecankey.com


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Looks like a good plan.

I usually use my Crescent wrench though...


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Heliian
PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:18 pm 
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Maybe i'll get one of those fancy things at some trade show in the future. What i've always used though are my tried and true sidecutters. They are not coated with anything to chip off and using just one jaw, it's pretty easy to put nice little triangular holes right at the edge of the can. When using these lever type openers, the holes end up being a good cm from the edge which spills all over when you're trying to pour just a little bit in a small filler unless you open it up fully and it creates a hole one inch squared which allows more debris in if you're going to use just a little bit of the can at one time. In the future, we won't need metal cans, but until then, sidecutters.

My 2 cents, sorry no change.


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iflyforpie
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Heliian wrote:
In the future, we won't need metal cans, but until then, sidecutters.


That begs the question, why haven't turbine oil manufacturers entered the twentieth century and gone to plastic twist-off bottles?

I am also curious about how many engines have been actually damaged by metal from the oil can or the tool making it past the oil screens or filters. To me seems a bit far fetched.


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dashx
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http://www.skygeek.com/turbine-oil-can-opener.html

I too fail to see how the small amount of metal removed from the end of a stainless steel leatherman or a hardened screwdriver could harm an engine but hey anything is possible.

But it certainly (in theory anyway) appears to be a great idea.

It does however beg the question as to how much metal we might have consumed over the years when opening cans of food.....

And why haven't the oil companies gone to using a tab (you know pop cans)? Guinness..........

Does AC synthetic oil break down plastic so fast that it makes plastic unsuitable for long term storage?

And could Starfrit have an alternative to this?

http://www.starfrit.com/Products/kitche ... sc_lang=en

But all joking aside anything that promotes safety should not be ignored.


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ahramin
PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:16 pm 
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I'd sure like to see some proof that opening a can with a leatherman or punch type can opener can leave enough metal behind to damage an engine.


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Heliian
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Highly unlikely to damage a turbine as a dry sump system has many devices to keep junk out. The biggest issue I have is that it may show up on the chip detector creating panic for nothing. I can easily tell if the piece came from a can or opener now as i've seen it on more than one occasion.


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Pat Richard
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I'd sure like to see some proof that opening a can with a leatherman or punch type can opener can leave enough metal behind to damage an engine.


+1, and Im not nerdy enough to "have to have" the latest gizmo some company says important. This reminds me of the whole wave lockwire plier thing.


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Heliian
PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:34 pm 
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They make pliers for lockwiring?


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DBA
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Heliian wrote:
They make pliers for lockwiring?


Surely this is sarcasm?


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Saabquatch
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What the hell is lockwire?


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benmech1981
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I've used the cankey and have always gone back to my trusty metal one as they blunt up quite quickly and make it difficult to open cans, However they dont set off metal detectors at airports so you dont get molested by security everytime you go through! :smt040


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Hornblower
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couple o' pokes with a # 1 phillips


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Hornblower
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