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Insulated Canteen From No-Refill Propane Bottle

Insulated Canteen From No-Refill Propane Bottle

Cool Instructable from user hpstoutharrow. Of course these propane bottles are not meant to be opened, so you have to be careful to follow a sensible procedure, but it seems to me like hpstoutharrow has done a good job in providing that. Commenters there seem to agree.

Once any residual flammable gas is safely vented, both valves are removed by drilling, and the bottom of the bottle is cut out to insert a 20 oz plastic beverage bottle, which has been shrunk slightly by exposure to boiling water. The neck of the soda bottle protrudes where the tankโ€™s center valve was, and is secured there with an o-ring. Spray-in foam insulation holds the liner in place and insulates its contents from the metal bottle, and the bottom of the tank is reattached for appearanceโ€™s sake. [via Hack a Day]

Ski Tow for Sleds

Josh Smith of Pennsylvania built this tow rope with a friend. This project started as an innocent โ€œoh, I have an engineโ€ comment and has turned into a really awesome project. I first blogged about it here but decided it needed a permanent home. The winch is now fully operational and worked well during our […]