Drink Can Tinwork

[iMetBox]

Good work, excellent!

Sunemall can help you!

[Destoffeldv]

METUL BAWXES IT CANNOT BI

[Kavaji1979]

Very unique. Love this idea.

[true2me713]

this is really cool

[TerTheBearWilliams]

This is such a lovely and unique way to use old aluminium drink cans! Thank you for sharing!

[xloseremo]

love it i will try it and i hope it will be like that thx 4 sharing

[littlethriftygypsy]

This is so wonderful! Thank you for the tutorial!!

[boardluva108]

Just finished the top and I'm onto the bottom after dinner :D Thanks for this tutorial!! I really appreciate it!!!

[XCinderellaX20]

oh thats a cool dea to recycle!!! Love it!

[youvinicio]

Hello I'm from Italy and appreciate your work...very nice!!

[fairsunshine]

This is brilliant! Excellent job! I've used aluminum cans for art, but nothing so beautiful as this! Thank you!!!

[sanzytube]

very nice! I learned a lot! thanks for sharing your art.

[CreatorCade]

That's great now I'm going to try this as soon as Christmas is over.

[KonnyKrafter]

Great job! THANX for sharing this project idea =-)

[Htaimuri]

sooo cooooool!!!!

[jazzettescreations]

Awesome!!! Great job!!

[zoeylife2]

i love this and I learned a lot. Great for upcycling. Can you send us the layout in a pdf or something we can copy?

[AtomicShrimp]

@zoeylife2 There are some downloadable layouts for this on the Atomic Shrimp website

[orcamum]

Excellent!Thanks a lot!

[TheJascal]

And YOU CAN KEEP YOUR WEED IN THERE too!

[hicsumfabulalepus]

Brilliant!!!!

[lizzyanthus1]

Beats the heck out of tossing it in the trash can or recycle bin! Thanks for a great vid!! And I like AnnieGirlCarrots idea of a backsplash! Hmmm....

[AnneGirlCarrots]

This gives me a GREAT idea to make a backsplash tin tile for my kitchen apartment above the stove! Thanks!

[beckarkottke]

thats awesome. ive done lots of paper box crafts similar to this but ive never seen it done on tin! it looks great :)

[XxKitsuneHeartxX]

Sweeeet!!! XD So cool.

[LMRitwock]

MIND=BLOWN!!!!! I will definitely be trying this out, thanks so much for this tutorial.

[akyte128]

totally makin one and using it as a stash box.

[KevinLounsberry]

METAL BOXES

[eastendcrafter19]

Very nice. Looking forward to trying it. Thanks!

[rmadllo]

This is just freaking awesome! I would probably skip the sanding and cover the can logo with something -- scrapbook paper or some such.

Again, this just blows my mind how you took a regular can and made something beautiful out of it.

[chutam58]

Love it!!

[TheBigshagg]

How wastful. Just use the inside of that can and use a recycled can , dont dump out a good drink.

[AtomicShrimp]

@TheBigshagg

Who said anything about wasting the drink? I poured it in a glass and drank it while I was making the box. (You can see the glass in the video!)

[pcw1pcw]

So one box 2" and the seconf box 3.5"?

[lenoralb]

So interesting and seemingly frustrating to do unless you have an inordinate amount of patience. Tutorial was very entertaining though.  ;)

[imthedomz]

cool.

[pinkattickitty]

for such a clear and concise video, there seem to be soooooo many other experts! great tutorial! i know how to keep myself perfectly safe though, it's called a thought process!!! lol! You do a great tutorial! keep it up!

[shoshiplatypus]

A beautiful little box made from free materials! That I like. Good video tut, too!

[howtobeabadartist]

This is a great idea. thanks for sharing. I suggest you sand the metal when it's flat? Very clear video. Diane

[topcatskk]

Just a Great video

Simple Nice Clear Detailed Instructions.......! Just shows the way a video clip should be made ! PLEASE MAKE MORE

Tom - Ireland.

[rriverstone1]

please start a facebook page, so I can "like" it and stay up with all your projects! Lovely

[Flippables]

Thanks, great!

I wonder if you sand the rectangular piece when it is already taped into place.

[noelsoong777]

OUR ENEMIES HIDE IN MEHTAL BAWKSES!

[hatschepsutist]

harika !

[mainyari]

fantastic!

[jamarabee]

I love this! I wanted to try this technique and make a "moresque" decoration in my bedroom. This will help me very much! Thank you!

[koro1992]

Can we embossed it on paper?

[hateWinVista]

genius!

[tonyschitte]

I've had reasonable success with empty cans just by saving the sandpaper/steelwool step until after I've already cut the can and taped it down. Just in case people had the same problem I did, and couldn't wait to drink their sweet nectar.

[AtomicShrimp]

@tonyschitte

It is possible to skip the sanding altogether - it's just that it makes it a bit harder to see what you're doing, as the printing on the can confounds the eye. Obviously you end up with the inside of the box showing the painted pattern that way.

[kutasek44]

a co sie stalo z piwem?? czy to kojena tajemnica lasu...

[c2ktheotherartist]

this project is so simple and brilliant!

i've only done animals(well bugs mostly) in the past

(search my videos for "can crab")

will definitely give this one a shot

thanks for sharing

[truerobotech]

nice project and vid well done

[fr3d420]

AL U MINI UM

[AtomicShrimp]

@fr3d420 Yep, that's what we call it in the UK

[l3reak]

@AtomicShrimp

Aluminium sounds cooler anyway, whatever country you're from.

Great recycling project!

[yummibear]

This is fantastic. I can't wait to try this. Thank you so much for sharing. :D

[Anorchous]

im going to try this :D i'll post a comment later to tell you how it went!

[theclashrock09]

I watched this on Gizmodo!!!

[LTF85199]

very interesting stuff, thank you!

[ALEXNITROMEGAMER]

Is good, but your eyes is in danger an your fingers.

[AtomicShrimp]

@ALEXNITROMEGAMER

I think the risk to eyes is minimal unless you do something foolish. Yes, there is a risk of cutting or snagging your fingers on the edges of the metal (it says this in the video, and in the description)

[Magnulus]

Awwww... I tried this today, and got some nice patterns once I got used to it, but the sheet just started breaking apart once I began folding it into a box. I don't really want to put myself through more half-hour sessions only to end up with half my boxes broken.

If you have a bit more control over your hands than I do, though, I'm sure this would make a great christmas present when filled with something sweet or sentimental. ^_^

[AtomicShrimp]

@Magnulus

That's a shame, but I've had similar problems myself. The metal doesn't stand much folding before it snaps. You may be scoring the fold lines too heavily, or it could be that the can you're using is just an unusually brittle example.

Annealing the aluminium sheet will make it very soft, easy to work and resistant to cracking when folded - this can be done by heating it in a hot oven, then taking it out and allowing to cool naturally.

[slakinator]

@AtomicShrimp

This is why I'm studying materials and metallurgy fuck yeah.

[leloodallasmultipass]

@Magnulus you might try scoring the lines with a very large sized ball point pen so that the creasing occurs over a larger surface area, thereby distributing the stresses.

[luscinde]

oh, that is nice°

[DeadlyDad]

What a brilliant idea!

[whorlus]

This is a sweet idea! Going to try this soon, what a lovely wee gift. Making a tiny cushion for the inside would make it useful as a pincushion :)

[ImpishDIY]

Oh wow, that looks beautiful. I'm so tempted to try this!

[PeridotEyes]

Delightful! I'm absolutely charmed by how wonderful this is.  Good show, Atomic Shrimp.

[mahmoud98100]

nice video

and cool idea

[DokuJunkie]

good instructional video...

the box looks nice, too

[pcbheaven]

Nice technique! I will try it!

This video will be featured in pcbheaven[.]com today

[SusanShriverHowell]

Great idea!

[simeon64]

Excellent! Clear , quick and concise. Thanks!

[spinafire]

Amazing.