PVC Cutter with Built In Can Top Opener

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

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


Thanks,

Rick

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

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:

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href="/tag/pvc">PVC</a>, <a href="/tag/marking">marking</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://rick.sparber.org/PPP.pdf"><img src="/uploads/206471/homemade-pvc-pipe-marker.png" alt="PVC Pipe Marker"></a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://rick.sparber.org/PPP.pdf">PVC Pipe Marker</a> <span> by <a href="/builder/Rick+Sparber">Rick Sparber</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href="/tag/marking">marking</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://rick.sparber.org/DLPP.pdf"><img src="/uploads/161805/homemade-tubing-to-pvc-pipe-coupler.jpeg" alt="Tubing To PVC Pipe Coupler"></a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div 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Originally Posted by 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

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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

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.

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!

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.

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Originally Posted by 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!

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

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

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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).

Marv we have the same thing, wouldn't take for it No idea how old it is
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Frank and Marv,
I too have the serval of the same jar cap openers for small paint jars and had not tried these on the PVC solvents and primers. Will have to use these the next time. Thanks, Paul

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Originally Posted by Paul Jones

Frank and Marv,
I too have the serval of the same jar cap openers for small paint jars and had not tried these on the PVC solvents and primers. Will have to use these the next time. Thanks, Paul

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I didn't mean to suggest that what I showed is better than your solution, which has the distinct virtue of being right there on the tool you use to cut the PVC.

I always try to keep future readers of a thread in mind by suggesting things associated with the thread subject that a reader interested in the general idea might find interesting.

Thanks Rick! We've added your PVC Cutter Modification to our Miscellaneous category, as well as to your builder page: Rick's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Originally Posted by mklotz

I always try to keep future readers of a thread in mind by suggesting things associated with the thread subject that a reader interested in the general idea might find interesting.

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Many of us do this to some degree; now some call this high-jack or thread hack, not I.
I enjoy how perspective, resources and need ignite results. My favorite feature of HMT.net may be that very thing.
Frequently cross posts I hadn't seen, or a search pulls up seemingly unrelated thread content. Going through them point in various directions for solutions; much like individual thought process or a conversation with others. Like Rick's signature, collectively we are immeasurably more creative than as separate parties.