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1. a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:24:14 -0600
I was just looking at one of my Diet Coke cans... I'm tempted to take it down to the shop and do some measuring... Just never really considered the work it took to make one of these. Realize that a s
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00346.html (7,352 bytes)

2. Re: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: "Pork Pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>
Date: 20 Feb 2005 14:29 GMT
the patent on this was registered for a company named Lubeka - based in my hometown Heilbronn. About 25-30 years ago they went into financial trouble and the patent was worldwide sold to pay the peo
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00347.html (8,600 bytes)

3. Fw: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: <dthomssen@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:32:41 -0600
Hey Keith Tommy Thompson, the owner of the Original Goldenrod streamliner that we used to race, said that the real trick was to find the right thickness of aluminum sheet to punch into the can shape.
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00348.html (8,308 bytes)

4. Re: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: "R. Denton" <foxriverkid@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:39:16 -0800 (PST)
and then remember that it has to be coated on the inside to keep the acid in the cola from eating its way out and then printed on the outside in numerous overlayed colors. And it's done for around a
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00349.html (8,312 bytes)

5. Fw: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: BWANA343@aol.com
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:42:41 EST
OK, so far we got Coors, Lubeka, and maybe Reynolds. Can Russia, inventor of everything, and Al Gore be far behind? Keith, get out in the shop and do something! Are you bringing a car to the ECTA ope
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00350.html (7,573 bytes)

6. Re: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: Nigel Shaw <lft@clear.net.nz>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:04:31 +1300
I work for a company that used to produce these. It's interesting to watch... A can starts off as a slug of aluminium about the size of a dollar coin but twice as thick... Several punching and drawin
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00352.html (8,476 bytes)

7. A coke can? (score: 1)
Author: desotoman@att.net
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:52:24 +0000
Over the years I have worked at the Budweiser Plant in Van Nuys, California. The last time I worked there was in 1998 moving 18 palletizers. I asked the chief engineer on the project what the most ex
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00353.html (7,606 bytes)

8. Fw: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: <dthomssen@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:36:21 -0600
There are probably very few new ideas in the world, and many ideas come to several people at the same time. The Coors aluminum can was developed about 1951. Many good ideas are never patented. Dave t
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00358.html (7,961 bytes)

9. RE: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:50:44 -0600
I dimly remember reading an article in "Machine Design" a long time ago on how those aluminum cans were made. The main part is formed by "impact extrusion". Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Keith, the paten
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00372.html (9,399 bytes)

10. Re: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: Want1937hd@aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:00:13 EST
Keith; I dimly remember reading an article in "Machine Design" a long time ago on how those aluminum cans were made. The main part is formed by "impact extrusion". Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ I think th
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00373.html (7,786 bytes)

11. RE: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:09:52 -0600
Could be. Those aluminum lamp bases are not my favorites; they tend to seize but brass doesn't. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Keith; I dimly remember reading an article in "Machine Design" a long time ag
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00374.html (8,288 bytes)

12. Re: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: "Joe & Lynne Lance" <jolylance@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:32:03 -0500
I always smear some "GB OX-GARD" on my lamp bases, brass or aluminum, indoor and especially outdoor use--helps a lot. Lance
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00384.html (8,024 bytes)

13. RE: a coke can? (score: 1)
Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:44:58 -0600
I haven't tried that one but I'll bet it does help. The ones I find seized up are ones that some other gorilla screwed in as tight as possible. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ I always smear some "GB OX-GA
/html/land-speed/2005-02/msg00393.html (8,396 bytes)


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