Handy People: How do I cut through a tin can?

[NeedMoreLike84]

I am making a hobo stove cause my son and I are gonna do a rustic camping deal. What tool do i use to cut a square out of the middle of the can?

[Biff Mayhem]

Bong IMO

[NeedMoreLike84]

Ha. I am still too terrified that my parents will find out to even try it...

[Corky]

Dremel

[VegasTiger]

Ginsu

[zimm]

9mm

[pfife]

karate chop

[Deleterious]

Draw the square on the can. Drill a hole in the top right corner and bottom left corner, big enough to get tin snips in. You just need the hole big enough to get the tips in. From each corner cut to the corner that doesn't have a hole drilled.

[shauntacular]

corky has the correct answer, the others are trolls (ginsu was funny though) -- every home should have a dremel.

Also if you're gonna use that for a bong you might want to think again as smoking through metal is a suspected contributor to developing Alzheimer's disease (or so Chad at my local head shop tells me anyway.) Get a good piece of glass instead. Your lungs will thank you as well!

[shabba4detroit]

I find the dremel to be overrated. Deleterious has the practical best idea. After, of course, the Ginsu suggestion.

[Ingefanclub]

What is 4 + 6
What is 2 +8
What is 10 + 0

People answer "Ten!"

Then you ask them "What is an aluminum can made out of ?"
And they shout "Tin!"
You say "No an aluminum can is made out of aluminum"

I just cut a piece of aluminum and it was very difficult until I got the tin snips out.
Tin snips are pretty cheap I believe they cost around $5.
They have righty and lefty versions coded by color but it doesn't really matter for a can.
Or buy a set of 3 for around $10 so you have straight, left and right tin snips.

If you own a pair already good on you.

[Corky]

I find the dremel to be overrated. Deleterious has the practical best idea. After, of course, the Ginsu suggestion.

Not if you want precision! Here is a recent Dremel project I did.