>From: Michael Blair






>> Screwdriver or chisel to open a paint can. It depends.

>Heh!  I picked up a screwdriver that somebody modified to make it
>a proper tool for opening paint cans.  Bent the end of the tip til
>it was just like a commercial paint can opener.  Harder to lose, I
>'spect, easier to find in the shop, better handle to grasp.

>Mike in Sacto



Mike now has a specific tool used to open paint cans. 
An entirely different kettle of fish. 
And I might add an excellent excuse/reason for creating a rack for different
sizes of paint can openers. Perhaps we can turn a series of wooden handles for
our various and sundry paint can openers. Then we can proceed to discuss the
proper angle of the end of the paint can opener. Which of course will proceed to
what grit should the tip be honed to. Then we can discuss hardness and alloys of
a proper paint can opener. Followed by whether a corrugated paint can opener
improves the action of the original design. The choice of socketed or tanged
paint can openers will segue into the various shapes and sizes of ferrules for
tanged handles. Soon descending into what material is best for the ferrule.
Should it be brass, steel, copper, or unobtainium. Quickly shifting focus the
discussion changes to finish. Is shellac the truly best finish or should it be
one of the newer polywhatsits.
Retirement is awesome. On any other Friday, at this time, I would have been
sitting in another boring meeting discussing absolutely useless ideas and
creating meaningless reams of documents.
This is much better.