How you should safely cut the top off a 55 gallon steel drum (with Uline Barrel Opener)

How to cut open a 55 gallon drum with a Uline barrel opener. Don't be stupid, guys. If there's a build up of gases in the barrel you can get maimed or killed. This is the safe, easy way to open the steel barrel.
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[@workingclasswoodsman]

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[@jshepard152]

Thanks for posting the warning at the beginning. Before you go cutting into an old drum, be damn sure the old contents were not flammable. Even a drum that seems empty can have enough vapors to explode. A guy in Iowa killed himself welding over an old barrel that he thought was empty, and there are a lot of other stories out there. Filling the drum with water can displace vapors if done correctly.

[@sarcasmo57]

This is what I use to open my Costco baked beans.

[@RME1911]

Paul Bunyan can opener! We needed those yesterday. Beats crossing your fingers and using the chopsaw

[@mfavia620]

Slick as snot. LOL thanks Ed for sharing that tip. Cool gadget by uline. ATB Mike

[@schuelfish]

These work great but they leave a lot of sharp edges that you will need to grind down if it is used as a chip barrel that has many different hands on them.

[@northeastslingshot1664]

Awesome. Great tool. Thanks bub!!

[@jcims]

Burn barrels work a lot better if you cut off both ends.

[@quietstorm8230]

Thanks bro! You just doubled my profit when selling these!

[@matthill3223]

Hey quiet storm. I sell them as well

[@likit1992]

@@matthill3223 T want to buy it

[@kreynolds1123]

Have you tried to use a lever locking lid on a steel barrel after removing the old lid? Does it work?

[@BigGeorgiaBoi]

Thank you sir

[@joesneon]

Thanks Ed!!!

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

Cool! I've got one of those!

[@300pzl]

Its basically a big can opener.

[@campfire52]

I think that gadget is money well spent. It cuts it nice and trim and doesn't cause explosion or fires.

[@lttruck2942]

This tool will NOT cut all metal drums. Some, if not all drums have a taller bead on both ends now a days. The blade will NOT make contact with the metal on these drums. I have this tool and has worked on less than half of the drums I have cut. Air chisel , saws-all. If you use a saw you have to have a bead of oil so the blade won't bind.

[@Indefatigable222]

Wish I had seen your comment before I dropped $80 on this thing. Doesn't work on my barrels.

[@garethbaus5471]

Since I only plan on doing something like this once a decade or do i will probably just use cold chisel, but that looks like a good tool.

[@leonardhall7203]

For $60.00 this is the way to go.

[@garethbaus5471]

@@leonardhall7203 I already have a cold chisel.

[@terryraffini4543]

Where to buy that tool?

[@JLH0714]

If its just residual liquid and not full of compressed vapors, you will be fine. Just be sure its empty and has a vent hole.

[@briargoatkilla]

Heck yeah, man.

[@robertmccully2792]

Grind the top off the lid like a door skin off a car.

[@googull271]

Thanks.

[@MegaDavyk]

I got one of those in my kitchen draw.

[@fasthead]

I have an electric 1 on my kitchen top a little smaller.

[@christophercolumbus8944]

ULINE raised their price to $100 in 4 years ?

[@WilliamLopez-ys2gs]

Air hammer works even better

[@rogeliovmartinez]

you got a video?

[@richgurley610]

Would u feel safe using that tool on a barrel that contained brake cleaner ?

[@garytvrdy2496]

Yes

[@faapalagi]

Can it be cut on its side instead of the top?

[@AztecWarrior69]

I'm sure it can't. I need that upper lip to keep it in place. Plus I'm very sure that it would deform the can just like it did to the "lid".

[@rosew.1728]

That looks like it took a lot of muscle power. Do you think a female might have enough strength to use it?

[@dailydoseofshorts535]

I use a grinder

[@whitetiger5181]

Got one of those at my work i can open like 5 drums in 5 mins with one

[@danishakmal941]

what is that thing is called?

[@jasonhunt3495]

For a tool I'd never use again, no thanks

[@petemccorkle9696]

We’re do u get a ugliness??

[@workingclasswoodsman]

I have a Uline barrel cutter, but you could get this Wesco barrel deheader: amzn.to/2KWbhRj (The Uline is not on Amazon, but this is basically the same tool.)

[@WOMPITUS]

Hell naw

[@13612]

black barrels matter