Tin Cans :12 Survival Hacks/ Uses

[@indianmoonpiehead8476]

When I was a kid we topped all the pine fence posts with can lids (my job). Prevented rain from rotting the posts.

[@det3ctiveconan904]

genius!

[@jeffmauldin2841]

Yup, have been doing that for 50 years, grandfather taught me that at an early age.

[@reneelosie2644]

My dad would punch 2 holes in the cans we put rope in them and use them as little stilts.

[@Xzander.v2]

I was wondering why my neighbor had Folgers cans on all his post

[@ServantStatusMinistries]

I saw that on a fence one day while I was riding in a car and always wondered why people did that and this may have helped me understand a childhood mystery.

[@kan-zee]

💥 *Video Time Stamp* 💥 1:27 Metal Scoop 2:23 Signal Mirror 3:30 Pot with a bail wire 4:49 Perimeter Alarm 6:14 Tea light lantern 8:14 Arrow Head 9:17 Scraper 9:45 Fishing lure 10:12 Organization of small items 10:48 Hanger 11:47 cutting tool / scraper 12:35 Hobo Stove Cans make good objects for shooting practice.

[@kan-zee]

ahaha..good one Thystaff

[@SandcastleDreams]

It's also sheet metal and if you have a good vice, and know how to form metal, you can make a lot of things out of it, just by opening up the can and flattening it.

[@kimonk]

You can make a fish hook with the pull tab. Thanks for all the tips! 👍🏻

[@coolcattle5221]

Thanks my bro

[@1happygal2bhere50]

Hahaha

[@ratroddiesels1981]

it was a common practice of pioneers and homesteaders to burn down their old shack when they moved on , just to retrieve the nails so they could reuse them to build a newer house . this was done because nails were a rare commodity back in the day , their were very few blacksmiths who had the talent to make hand wrought nails . also the knowhow to make the ores needed ,where to find it and use the right chemistry was known only to the few . i learned this info at the saugus iron works when i visited there.

[@danielthompson6207]

ratrod diesels Also, nails are pain in the rear (no pun intended) when you have to make a hundred or so of them, especially hob nails! Ugh I really don't enjoy making them, and there have been many times that I've claimed that I don't know how just to get out of having to do it. Lazy? Yes, but anyone who works iron can tell you how tedious and awful it is to make a useful amount of nails.

[@waynes4612]

Nails become softer when you heat them up with fire.

[@sargintrock2538]

Thanks! Great intell!!

[@mojavedesert2610]

🍻

[@josiahtheblacksmith467]

@@waynes4612 modern nails are usually made from a low to medium carbon steel so they do get softer with heat but hand forged nails from back in the day were made from wrought iron not steel so would not have been hardened like today's nails. Wrought iron doesn't harden like steel.

[@markcharleswashington2073]

The side of the coat hanger you tossed away was the best part to use, it had a handle/ hook.

[@calamityjane5479]

I love can's. I use the small one's for lard candles for my terracotta pot heater's. They worked so well during last year's ice storm and 9 day power outage in my greenhouse.

[@wmluna381]

What do you use as a wick for your lard candles? I have some lard that I am pretty sure is past its prime.

[@calamityjane5479]

@@wmluna381 I have used kite string doubled and a small paperclip 📎 to hold it flat in the can. I have also used wooden matchsticks next to the string. Getting the string to stay upright while waiting for it to cool. I made the string long and wrapped it around sticks that laid across the can until it hardened.

[@wmluna381]

@@calamityjane5479 Great and thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I have some things on hand that I can work with then. I've never burned lard (just made tortillas with it), so I want to see if I can tolerate the smell. If not it will be relegated for outdoor heating as in your use-case.

[@pinetree9343]

My grandfather used tin cans to plant peach seeds in, instead of pots. He also used them for siding on the tool shed. When we had chickens, we turned them into feeders and caterers.

[@gjhoward]

I've only recently started watching your videos, Sootch00, but now I'm obsessed with them. You have inspired me to get back into camping/emergency preparedness, something I used to do a lot in my youth. Thank you for the inspiration. Cheers!

[@xw7239]

Never get too comfortable with a society in peace. Always keep your skills strong.

[@NewHampshireJack]

To make can-stoves for my youngsters, I did the following: 1. Leftover bolts and nuts were used in the bottom to raise the stove above the ground. 2. I drilled many holes and deburred them for safety.. 3. holes were drilled in the very bottom of the can, one inch wide aroung the side up from the bottom and a wide band of holes around the top. Less damage to the can, it is stronger and no sharp edges. No need for power tools if you own an old fashion hand drill for back-up.

[@JohnNNJ]

Made and used a few of those hobo stoves out of coffee cans, when the power went out for a week after after the storm in 2012, and they worked awesome with the charcoal someone left behind in the shed. They were essential for boiling water and hot meals.

[@reginaromsey]

JohnNNJ you have Coffee Cans! I really miss them. I was looking for one to use in a make do toy day with my grandchildren. Had to use a bulk tomato can instead.

[@questionasker1749]

@@reginaromsey I miss big cans AND glass! Everything (almost comes in plastic! 🙄🙄💕💓💕

[@larrytischler570]

@@questionasker1749 even paint comes in 1 gallon plastic cans.

[@questionasker1749]

@@larrytischler570 yeah. I haven t seen any yet but I heard. The big paint containers are plastic. I need to visit a construction site for several things. Looking for a couple old windows for solar oven.😊💯💙👣

[@Tsiri09]

this is information we can't afford to lose these days! God bless you and keep the lifesaving info coming!

[@shaylajay190]

Thanks. I just saved 9 vegetable cans today while dehydrating the contents for survival soup. I THOUGHT well, not throwing these away because they have to have survival uses. As soon as I went to you tube..there☮️💜☀️😇 you were with this video. Love all of your advice and suggestions. Good job!

[@bestbargainfashion5575]

Plus during food scarcity you mustn't throw away cans or food pkg because ppl will see it in your garbage and know you have food.

[@Tom-qx5nl]

Use you multi tool to roll and crimp the edges on the scoop. A nasty cut from a can is NOT what you need in hard times when its so preventable. I made a scoop like that and screwed it to a maple branch to make a small ash shovel for my stove. Good stuff!!

[@bitteroldman3151]

I always select the son I like least to test all these dangerous sharp edged gadgets on, if he cuts himself and dies of infection, at least you know your favourite sons survived. (yes, it is just a joke you SJWs)

[@hedkace]

@Yance Taylor 😂👍

[@mariusneumayer4419]

Multi tool on my belt at any given time. Work, party, wedding, funerals, Christmas, you call it, it's on my belt.

[@jodellaoverman7492]

If you have the newer canopner that cuts top lid so you dont get sharp edges it cuts from inside. Saves your hands from cuts very smooth. Great to dyi can product to make ahead of time if SHTF

[@MarvinMcKenziePreacher]

I appreciate your sensible approach to survival.

[@snookumsjack]

AT LAST, A SURVIVAL ITEM I CAN AFFORD. THANKS FOR POSTING. ALSO, IF CAUGHT AWAY FROM HOME A TIN CAN YOU CAN EASILY FIND.

[@homevalueglass3809]

I turned my empty dog food can into a 2.5" biscuit/donut stamper. That's about as adventurous as I've gotten. This video was great, lots of good ideas. Empty unused paint cans sold at the hardware store worked great for a rocket stove but for a quick water boiler that can stove was pretty cool.

[@MsNailgun]

I used one of the #2 cans, cut it down, sanded it and made hamburger molds.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Mini hobo stove, you can use bamboo or wooden cutlery, wooden drink stirers, twigs, and pencil shavings.

[@lunawidener1210]

Don, You never cease to amaze me with your prepper/survival knowledge and PUZZLE SOLVING SKILLS. YOU SEE THINGS IN EVERY DAY SITUATIONS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM...

[@nmr6988]

WHY have I never thought to use the gazillions of empty soup cans for nails, washers, screws, hose connectors, and the hundreds of I-don't-know-what-this-is-but-it's-metal-and-heavy things that are just lying around on every surface in the garage? Thanks, Sootch00!

[@jannahill7693]

Nancy M-R another great way to store odds and ends is with baby food jars. And, nail or screw the lids to the underside of a shelf and then you can just unscrew the jar and take what you need.

[@shibui99]

Thanks SP for showing us how to improvise by creating several workable tools from cans!! As usual, your videos help us all prepare!!

[@AmyH-M]

Great job! I think the lid you bent could be used as a fish de-scalier maybe.

[@Tsiri09]

I took a pull top, painted it white with nail polish and bent it at the small part to make a stand. I then glued that "flat part" to the top of an indoor thermometer I had which now hangs neatly on a 3M hook inside my fifth wheel. I can use these as hangers on just about anything- next project, use them at either end of a power strip and hang that on the wall. I get my nail polish on clearance sales. Makes great markers for storage boxes, etc.

[@guillermomelendez7950]

Hey SensibleP just a little tip or hack to take paper labels from cans or glass jars is to use a petrolium jelly product or any kind of cooking oil just use it on the adhesive part and let absorbe for a while or put it in the sun and that will soften most adhesives for an easy peel. Great video by the way.

[@johnpoole8321]

i think a pair of gloves would be very " handy" when making these can tools

[@unitedheartsamerica5924]

Lol yeah! Dude! You aint doing OSHA SAFETY here!! Lololol

[@aspitofmud6257]

You would save on your med supplies for sure.

[@dwaynerobertson383]

Yes. One accidental slice across either hand could be the death of you out in the bush, and most certainly a major set back for loading gear, lugging gear, water, wood...GLOVES ARE A REQUIREMENT. I carry a few pair in my rucksack and daypack/buttpack for risky business like this. One superficial cut, one nasty burn could be all it takes to turn your dream camping vacation into a living nightmare. Gloves are injury prevention - carry them. If you have the strength to carry metal tools you have the strength to carry gloves too - pack them and use them.

[@ipetmermaid8039]

ABSOLUTELY! Those can edges are sharp as fuhhh!

[@kenb7724]

For the helmet wearers for sure

[@KathySarich]

Used to use one of the old coffee tins with holes poked in the sides, over a handmade candle in a tuna can, to make grilled cheese sandwiches as a kid. Lol! 🙂

[@18632ewa8]

I never thought about making a arrow or knife out of a tin can but yeah. I use the pop tops as a stop for my sink

[@debbiekerr3989]

My uncle Al used baby food jars to sort out his nails,and screws. He nailed the lids to a board, and then mounted it above his workbench.

[@longdogt6724]

My PopPop did the same!

[@TexasScout]

One thing about cooking and tin cans, most cans are lined with a plastic lining, you must burn that out and clean the can first before you cook with it. That’s all song why you should never cook food directly in the can after you open it.

[@redfaux74]

Yes. Those chemicals are very toxic. Cooking in those cans is dangerous!

[@johnndavis7647]

No, they cook the food in the can when they can it.

[@100mmtubeofjustice7]

I've made a few tin can lanterns, one version I made by drilling holes all around the can and then placed a dried beef jar (clean and emptied) with a candle in it.

[@leemandy2548]

You should post it we all need to learn

[@bevp7838]

Could you use the bottle opener end of the can opener to bend back the sharp points? Just curious if it would work. Remember when coffee came in real cans? They were sturdier and made great camp stoves. (Now that I started down memory lane, I should teach my grandboy how to make a “buddy burner” to go with the stove!! Strips of corrugated cardboard spiral rolled into a tuna can and impregnated with paraffin. We cooked burgers on them at Girl Scout camp. And nobody died!

[@ednalucky9072]

It will sure keep you from getting cut and I ' m all for not hurting myself or having anyone gettiñg hurt GOD BLESS YALL

[@aspitofmud6257]

I used to make inexpensive fireplace tools using rebar and cans. Your scoop was almost a fireplace shovel I used to make. I would make rivets from small triangles of can rolled up and then put through holes in rebar and can and mash the rivets. Cut nail heads work very well as rivets also.

[@desertreaper2769]

being creative and improvising can help you most in a day to day situation more than anything....and it sharpens your mind for that emergency situation...great video brother. Long live the republic!

[@matthewbrown6163]

I was working at a Dance party at an old farm & stationed as the Manager of the event car park. It was chilly & within a flash my mate had a stove going in an old tin he found. It kept us warm & we even cooked breakfast on it in the dark. It kept us warm & we managed to boil water for a brew then later he comes up with bread & eggs from catering so we had a bit of breakfast too.

[@Enes-wj5xq]

The can stove trick is so useful We always do a picnic in spring season and in some occasions we forget to bring ordinary small stove for this purpose, this is very handy work and always sir, your reviews are the best. So the sootch00 and sensible prepper KZbin channel, thumps way up..

[@donnaleveron5711]

Your box of screws, etc is known as a "might box", you might find what you're looking for and you might not. Lol, my Dad passed that down to me.

[@KaylynnStrain]

can't forget the good ol'can phone from way back when

[@tomcatt1824]

Local calls only

[@douggodfrey6521]

How can you be so cavalier in these trying times ?

[@SwampDweller67]

@doug I see your post was 4 months ago. I hope you found a safe space to cry in.

[@AngelGonzalez-tu4pz]

hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to learn about survival camp try Franaar Spies Control Formula (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work buddy got excellent results with it.

[@warlockcommandcenter]

My wife had some wicked chaffing dishes burners from a party I cut the upper half of a tall coffee can as a wind screen and that other half was the pot it boiled water in about 12 min. And yes no coffee is a SHTF where I have to bug out to a coffee shop for a cup of joe? Just to be able to focus to make a pot of coffee. And if you ever had to do a sleep study for your doctor the caffeine headache sucks

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

Great video and gets people to thinking . The tin can top knife is different from mine which is folded farther back for a handle . Good fish scraper - decent for small and even large game in a pinch after hammer stoning flat and sharpened . Thanks for your videos Sensible Prepper and ATB .

[@wjf213]

Good video. I always wondered if you could take a small can and fill it with water and then place a larger can over it and tipped to one side, and then boil the water and let the steam condensate on the larger can and run down the side that it's leaning towards and catch that water in another can for drinking?? I was just thinking of a way to desalinate water in an emergency. Keep up the great work.

[@davidbenner2289]

Back about 1965 my Boy Scout Troop had "survival" camping where we made most of what we needed from tin cans. Sooooo, would a tin snip be good to have in a group kit? You can carry everything you need. A group kit or to keep a set of tin snips helps. Don't forget that there is a right and left snip as well.

[@DavidSmith-wd2rp]

The can pill off tab also can be used to make fish hooks..

[@FishizzleBoy]

I like your CAN do attitude! :D :D :D ......I'll show myself out.

[@sootch00]

Beautiful! Lol!

[@SuperDeut4]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SoundSpeed99]

Punderful

[@plug1461]

FishizzleBoy haha love it you have a great sense of humor

[@aspitofmud6257]

REALLY CORNY! (But it had to be said!)

[@toml.8210]

I like larger cans, like you get from beans, pineapple, or V-8 tomato juice for the hobo stove.

[@ratherbecamping9735]

Loved your channel for some time now. Always great content and I love the fact that you share your bloopers at the end. It is always good for a laugh and shows others that you are not perfect and that things don't always work out or go as smoothly as we plan.

[@BonnieBlue2A]

Ha! I’ll never buy another fishing lure. Brilliant. Thank you Sooch00

[@davidmaxey656]

BonnieBlue2A I'm sure it would work considering it would be a lure that the fish haven't seen a million times. I'm going to try it

[@coolstamper]

For the hobo stove…use a large tomato sauce can for a more stable stove. 💕🌸💕

[@fafhrdkreig4739]

A pair of mechanics gloves are a great thing for you kit. They protect your hands but still give you dexterity.

[@baron8107]

Kevlar or Aramid gloves are a better idea. Cut and fire-resistant.

[@judithstorck5195]

I am saving soda cans: Put some rocks in them and string them on a wire as a warning signal that someone is coming. As for the flip top lids: Tie them about 8" apart and put around your garden or fruit trees to discourage birds & maybe some ground squirrels. As for taller cans they can be used to start seedlings if I run out of pots. Judi

[@scottiecombs9162]

SHALOM... HELLO FROM KY... SO GOOD TO SEE YALL'S CHANNEL. THIS IS THE BEST ENTERTAINMENTING SHOW ON KZbin. GOD BLESS U. GOD BLESS AMERICA. GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 🛡🇺🇸🙏📜🙏🇺🇸🛡

[@mikerilling3594]

Always have some of the large ( 46 ounce ?) ravioli cans on hand in a grid down situation..... the ravioli itself with its thick tomato sauce is great comfort food Cut a couple of exhaust ports along the top rim and some air Inlet holes in the first corrugation up from the bottom for air Inlet to support the fire..... these make great twig stoves for any pot or pan and as an added benefit the Walmart camping cup or GSI cup fit perfectly inside so you can easily boil 2 cups of water or cook a meal for a large group on the same cheap Tin Can stove ....never put the inlet holes at the very bottom of a tin can stove because in extreme cold situations trying to get a fire to light you can add a few drops of flammable liquid in the bottom to assist in beginning the ignition

[@colleeninglish4752]

Mike Rilling a

[@lorilange8654]

Very good simple yet effective in a SHTF situation 👍

[@wes326]

As kids, we used to use coffee cans to dig deep holes and tunnels. Kind of like a shovel for tight places.

[@pamelaflirtyskunk7698]

I bet wrapping the cans with a piece of paper bag would help camouflage the cans well for a trip wire as well so they blend it better with the dead leaves

[@michaelkaer]

I improved on your stove by making the feet all at once. Pierce from the side and follow through the bottom. Your feet will be double. The tabs up top I bent flat and that is what I put my cup on. I cut 2 holes to cross feed sticks.

[@abrazilianoutdoorsman]

I literally LOVED the intro music! You got my respect bro, thumbs up! Also the video was very informative. Greetings from southeast Brazil.

[@michaelmclaughlin6]

When camping set table legs in vegetable cans and fill with water. Your food won't get ants in it.

[@longdogt6724]

Good idea!

[@jamescherry2082]

We used to make those alarms out of rations tins put them on the old hexamine stove to blacken them up, close up the open end, leave the trip line slack draped on tall grass/ferns ect it's more likely to snag on an approaching enemy, and if they are checking for trip lines it's also less likely to be discovered.

[@donnabrown1518]

You can also use the can for cooking in and using as something to drink from

[@bread-casserole]

Thank you that was exactly what I was hoping to find! I like how you show different ways to cut the cans too.

[@PebbleBeachLife]

I can only imagine the future peeps finding our 'primitive tools' and display it in a museum trying to guess what we used it for. 😂

[@redfaux74]

You assume people in the future will be smarter. These next generations can't even boil water. Complete idiots!

[@sylviastreet6785]

Using the mallet to pound holes in the can etc. is great!

[@richardtallent8175]

The uses for tin cans reminds me of the movie, "the great escape ". The prisoners using tin cans in the movie. Thanks, regular subscriber.

[@williamramsay346]

Biggest thing I've learned is the importance of SHTF tin snips

[@unitedheartsamerica5924]

I am a new prepper- the tin snips and punch tool jus went on my purchase list. Quantity 2! I love the creativity stuff- I am the female Mcguyver type. Great vid! 😊

[@nancysalerno7036]

Most Hobos had a pair of tin snips with them for survival and to help them fashion things to sell and to do jobs along the way.

[@chappy444]

You are very smart and most of your videos involve stuff everyone already has around their house. Thank you for the education and ideas. You the man!

[@janetbransdon3742]

Such great tips and cost effective. Thank you.

[@stevemelton4128]

Awesome videos sir keep up the good work. You can use a tin can and coffee filters and make a water filter. Coffee filter in can and over top and hole in bottom of can let water go into filter and out bottom of can and into your container.

[@mariafierros7150]

Also the multi tool you made with the lid can be used to scrape fruits and vegetables.

[@nickv7824]

Where can you find wire coat hangers? Also finish nails are great for punching holes. I seek out coffee in all metal cans, it keeps longer, and the cans make good stoves. Sharp can lids make an effective small knife. Side cutting can openers are a blessing, no sharp edges anywhere. 👍👍 thanks, 🙏

[@zulmabontiffe487]

Great tips, I have dogs so the cans from their food are a jem for this. Punched the holes in and I have plenty for myself and others. With or without the holes, they can still be used for cooking or heating. They also make great candle holders with candles from the dollar store or make your own. We can't afford not to learn these things in order to be prepared and know what and how to do this. We are living in serious days.. so be ready. Thank all those that post these videos to help us that may not be as knowledgeable on how to survive when we are left in the dark. Ignorance IS NOT BLESS..🤔😴THANK YOU .

[@00coyote80]

A pot for boiling. A pan for cooking or baking. A container for carrying stuff. Berries for example. A cup for drinking. A cookie cutter. A way to make your car sound more aggressive than it is to impress your friends or potential mates. Filled with concrete or rocks and used as a weapon against people trying to take your newly found mate. An alcohol container for when your mate points out your bad life choices. An amplifier to listen through the walls while your mate talks to her best friend. A way to end your life. A symbolic representation of why life is beautiful and finding the greater meeting of our existence. A stove after our mate takes our house and you end up living in the woods cold and alone. A knife to hold up a convenience store. Flattened into a shiv to teach your annoying room mate about respect. A self defense weapon to prevent... penetration. a container to hold fruit.

[@thomassmestead6424]

Make tin can camp cup using soup can and wire clothes hanger and a little artful bending of the coat hanger around the cup.

[@ExpatGringo]

How could you forget the best use - a tin foil hat? You know - in case you're in a public place that has CNN on the TV!

[@lordfairfaxpreparedness]

I made a "hobo" stove from a metal coffee can. Works wonderfully when I tested it out at my house. Can't wait to use it the field!

[@johncarmelo555]

Gloves man! I ALWAYS wear gloves during most every project I do....Safety 1st😎

[@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason]

Love it Brother. Some great ideas. Creativity is the backbone of the survivalist and the tin can is one of the most useful 'throwaway' items going. i can't believe that people here in the UK give all of their 'rubbish' to the councils to dispose of. and they pay the council for the privilege. Even as scrap this stuff will get an income instead of becoming an expense. My loft is packed with 'rubbish' like cans, glass, paper and card. Thank you. With my warmest regards, Richard from Taunton, UK.

[@sonniepronounceds-au-ni9287]

Just don't take it to hoarding levels like the people on TLC's Hoarders: Buried Alive.

[@rebeccawoosley8241]

I remember tye old ton can where a manual can opener would take off tye both sends. Then we would hammer them flat & put in the can box. Then my dad could use them to patch holes at the house, barn, chicken house. The wrappers we would throw in the paper box to help start fires in the heating stove.

[@ljbbushcraft6640]

Awesome ideas man, thanks for sharing 👍🔥👍

[@janetbransdon3742]

With the tealight candle I wonder if after putting the lid on grease it and cook an egg on it or small amount of food eg tomato etc. worth a try

[@twiz8789]

Amen on that instant coffee...rather take an a$$ whoopin twice on Sunday as to drink instant tar...but stuck in a SHTF situation, instant will do just fine. Ensures those around us are not in danger for the first hour after waking up haha

[@lastniceguy1]

The longer you go without coffee, the better instant gets. ;o)

[@texedwards3039]

I do alot with cans

[@renasmith4123]

Love these creations .thank you .

[@alangrossheim2582]

I really appreciate the way you end each video.

[@davidrivero7943]

Smoke granade mechanism , you provide the trip string & 209 primers, for the heavy sleepers.😉👍

[@anuvabastidanakist2437]

You can black out the cans for the intruder alarm by burning them in a fire no need for paint them great ideas. Also the sharp edges can be bent over with a pair of pliers so they don't cut you

[@thomasbayer2832]

Excellent advice and information 🔨

[@Susan-dh6dd]

thanks for sharing ur knowledge..we all gonna need it soon..gb

[@Mr_Right]

Instant Coffee tastes a little less instant if you give it a minute to calm down in the water before slurping. So a salesperson once told me. I keep vacuumpacked real coffee deep frozen, instead. It loses some flavor, but taste better than instant coffee if SHTF.

[@damnhandy]

As my father used to say there are two kinds of coffee lovers. One type loves coffee so much that as long as it isn't so strong that a mouse can walk across it without getting his tail wet, and the coffee was brewed within living memory they are fine with drinking it, and the other type of coffee lover wouldn't dream of sipping instant coffee, and needs vacuum-packed, deep frozen real coffee to face the zombie hordes in the approaching Appocolypes.

[@m.s.6621]

Thanks and greetz from Germany :)

[@ChattieCathy71]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just love love love your bloopers. Got to have that coffee ☕️ Sootch. I can understand that. I love your videos. They are enjoyable every time. 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@CamperGirl03]

Great ideas! Love the outtakes!!!

[@billyprendergast6631]

Brilliant ideas Chevy.That guy could survive with an envelope.

[@jardinero9112]

North Florida here I come. Sootch your a beast. Love your Intel.

[@johnndavis7647]

I just set the open can in a small pot of boiling water to heat and eat. Sometimes I eat Right out of the can. Sometimes I pour it over rice or doritoes. I save the cans for various projects. Several together can make a chimney for a tent stove. I save the pull tab lids for targets. Hang them on a nail by the pull tab I am thinking that a Vienna sausage can might be just right to make a tealight candle lantern

[@dwendy508]

Your videos are very educational thanks for the great content.

[@sootch00]

Thansk D!

[@justmona9647]

I don't mean to be negative but you have more tools then I carry. I found when you're making a tin can fire you use a decent-sized rock to put inside to help it keep its shape and eliminate cut fingers. By setting the small can after it's done a larger coffee can wear you have ChurchKey the bottom you still get the draft plus a more stable base for your pot. I've never used fire starter except a cotton ball with dry pine straw then adding small branches. I do carry a screwdriver no punch. I use the same Rock method when securing a hole. I wouldn't waste my nails on an alarm. Also I rarely use twine but carry an extra amount of 20 gauge fishing line or dental floss since the metal isn't able to cut through the metal opening. Maybe things are different because I started when I was 6 & my Dad was a Navy Survival Instinct instructor. I'm 64 now and have been doing the same thing all my life. I wasn't taught these lessons because of SHTF, but more for the devastating weather conditions we lived in as we moved across country and out of country. He had been in China, Korea and Vietnam, starting off his Naval career at as a UDT.

[@willames363]

Love this series Sootch, please keep it going. Thank you sir.

[@carryon5163]

I love your videos, keep them coming.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I've been making tealight lanterns from empty cans with a can piercer punch. Quick and easy to do. I made an alcohol stove too. I ordered a can opener punch style like you use for Hobo Stoves from amazon. It never arrive. Why do amazon think it's ok to take my money and make me wait 20 days for nothing? I'll try to buy one from a cook shop.

[@stationvictormike3415]

One roomate in a boarding house in Santa fe who was one of the cowboys in movie Tombstone did excellen work with those cans and tin in making candle holders and covers for indoor lamps.

[@fantasakela4494]

This is an awesome; to the point; moving along.;Interesting video. time is valuable and I sooo appreciate that you feel the same.. Extremely helpful for any situation if you choose to maximize use of tin cans. Live under my means .; and enjoy repurposing anything I can.. Not only is it prepping. ;; bugging out Useful etc..; is fun in everyday use and I get to practice.! You and your daughter are amazing. Enjoy all of your prepping ideas and survival ; etc; i informative info. Thankuuu sooo very much.!! Especially recommended and tried and proven;; surviaval equipment and weaponry you share. Our community continues to gleen and greay benefit from your commitment to be helpful to everyone who chooses to receive good ideas and technique!!

[@henryottis295]

I think if you went to your local pizzeria, they could supply you with as many large cans from tomatoe sauce as you could possibly want !

[@richardelliott9511]

My wife hates you. lol. That's one more item I'll be bringing into the house from my scavenging adventures. It's amazing the treasures you can find during your daily walk on trash day.

[@henryottis295]

@@richardelliott9511 Maybe someday soon your wife will be praising you for your ingenuity and foresight when you are able to provide a source to cook food and heat water....... 😉

[@richardelliott9511]

@@henryottis295 I have been holding out for that possibility for 36 years now to little effect, but thanks for the encouragement. 😂

[@nickv7824]

$ store pliers will help you bend over 1/4 inch of sharp metal. It strengthens the can and prevents cuts and scratches ( a cut unattended can kill ..always disinfect and cover ). I sure miss those larger coffee cans. 👍👍