coffee tins

[willie]

hey i was just wondering if ray uses the big coffee tins u can get?? as they look pritty good as billys and cheap lol


:biggthump

 

[Celtic Dragon]

Bit thin not to mention rust easily, but they make excellent Charcloth retortes!! :biggthump

 

[Jaymay]

Aye me son a question thats plagued mankind for centurys

 

[willie]

ahh klkl least u answerd it lol

 

[Jaymay]

Has anyone got any idea's for a cheap alternative to billy's?? :shock:

 

[tomtom]

tkmax stainless tea/sugar/coffee tins.. :wave:

 

[jakunen]

Try TK Max. They do stoarge tins for a few quid that with a bit of coat hanger for a handle make great billies

 

[arctic hobo]

ahh klkl least u answerd it lol

klkl = kill! kill! eh? :?:

 

[Toddy]

Try ebay.
e.g. 7133155658, set of 3 with lids for 99p

Toddy

 

[maddave]

Here ya go willie... 1 day left for bidding £4

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11703&item=4355931121&rd=1 :biggthump

 

[mojofilter]

I find that a large bean or soup tin does just fine!

 

[zambezi]

I am not sure of the construction of the cans mentioned in this thread, but I was once warned from using seamed tins that had been sealed with a solder type substance.

The seal is completely stable and inert whilst it holds the bake beans, coffee or whatever, but has a relatively low melting point. Atop a camp fire your food can become suffused with flux and perhaps the solder too.

 

[george]

Willie - you could always get hold of a stainless steel paint kettle. They've got the bail handle already attached and hold about 2 litres. Only a fiver or so. only problem is no lid and you need to burn off the laquer coating if they've got one before you use them.

george

 

[den]

I find that a large bean or soup tin does just fine!

I agree a big bean soup can with a snare wire handle has doe me fine for ages.
No side effects as yet. :winkmsn:

 

[R-Bowskill]

The biggest danger with using old food tins as billy cans is not the lead but the corrugations on the sides. Make sure you clean them thouroughly as any food hiding there will give the stuff that causes food poisoning a perfect breeding ground.

Lead poisoning is a slow, cumulative problem and you'll absorb far more breathing the air near a road than you will cooking in an old soup tin out in the woods. So like all risks it's relative. :Crazy_071