PVC Cutter with Built In Can Top Opener

[rgsparber]

If you use a PVC Cutter, I bet you also use PVC primer and solvent. How do you unscrew the can tops? I use a slip lock pliers but it is never nearby. Problem now solved by modifying the PVC Cutter so it can also open the tops.

If you are interested, please see

http://rick.sparber.org/PCWSC.pdf

Please note: if this URL doesn't work for you, verify that all dots are in place. Some mail handlers eat one or two. It should include Rick DOT Sparber DOT org.

Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.


Thanks,

Rick

[Frank S]

I like it. I work with PVC so infrequently that I don't even own a PVC cutter I use a hacksaw but I do like your idea

[Jon]

I just got curious and looked through our database to see all the tools you've made using PVC.

With this tool, and the Horizontal Soil Drill you just posted, that makes 15 homemade tools of yours that include "PVC" in the title or description. Admittedly, these are not your most complex tools, but the sum total ingenuity in the medium of PVC is staggering.

Here are your 13 previous ones:

iPod Touch Holder by Rick Sparber

tags: holder, photography

Hex Bit Bars by Rick Sparber

tags: magnet, tool storage

Collet Holder by Rick Sparber

tags: holder, collet

Drip Irrigation Stake by Rick Sparber

tags: farm tools

PVC Marking Method by Rick Sparber

tags: PVC, marking

PVC Pipe Marker by Rick Sparber

tags: marking

Tubing To PVC Pipe Coupler by Rick Sparber

tags: farm tools

PVC Pipe Forming Method by Rick Sparber

tags: PVC, heater

PVC Clamp by Rick Sparber

tags: PVC, clamp

PVC Stop Cutter by Rick Sparber

tags: PVC, cutter

PVC Pipe Coupler by Rick Sparber

tags: PVC, repair

Pool Filter Modification by Rick Sparber

tags: filter, modification

PVC Pipe Patching Method by Rick Sparber

tags: PVC, repair

[rgsparber]

I like it. I work with PVC so infrequently that I don't even own a PVC cutter I use a hacksaw but I do like your idea

Once in a while I find the PVC too old and brittle to use with this cutter. Using a hacksaw causes me a great deal of grief because some of the shavings get into the pipe. Then end up blocking the tiny orifices on emitters. It won't hurt pop up sprayers which have a basket to catch such stuff.

Rick

[oldcaptainrusty]

Simple but effective. I, like you can never find my channel locks handy when I need to open the pvc glue etc. cans. Thanks for posting.

[pfredX1]

Just don't try it with glass jars. After my grandfather died I was opening a bunch of jars he had lying around with God knows what in them then broke the top off one. That was a nasty cut!

[Toolmaker51]

Rick's opener is far more effective than a slip joint or channel lock. The hacksaw teeth 'bite' is nearly 100% in the direction needed, and don't engage the diameter which is so easily crushed. Easily made, simple to replace, always at hand...and who hasn't a scrap blade about?
My plumbing box includes a small rubber belted strap wrench, which is not 100% dependable for the same task.

[rgsparber]

Just don't try it with glass jars. After my grandfather died I was opening a bunch of jars he had lying around with God knows what in them then broke the top off one. That was a nasty cut!

Frightening failure mode! A lot can happen in an instant.

[Paul Jones]

Rick, great suggestion. I use the PVC primer so infrequently that end up throwing away my half use cans of primer because I can't get then open without totally crushing the caps. Thanks, Paul

[mklotz]

Rick's opener is far more effective than a slip joint or channel lock. The hacksaw teeth 'bite' is nearly 100% in the direction needed, and don't engage the diameter which is so easily crushed. Easily made, simple to replace, always at hand...and who hasn't a scrap blade about?
My plumbing box includes a small rubber belted strap wrench, which is not 100% dependable for the same task.

Unless you have very large channel lock pliers, it's hard to get a grip on the lids of larger kitchen jars. Even if you can, the plier handles are seldom at a comfortable separation to get a good grip on the lid.

My wife inherited an older version of this design...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G7IGZOI...509980136&sr=1

and it works wonderfully. It opens wide enough for the largest jars and can always be adjusted for the optimum placement of the handle to get a good grip. Unlike the channel locks, it adjusts quickly and fits in the kitchen cabinet drawer. It's all metal construction so it's not going to break.

I liked it so much I bought a newer version for the tool box (and also as insurance in case they start making them out of plastic or cease making them at all).