Rick recently found me a beer keg to use as a slack tub. Lovely stainless steel and just the right size. However, how do you take the top off without damaging the handles or the tank? The handles are openings in a raised edge with the top of the keg recessed about 3 or 4 inches below (for teetotalers who aren't familiar with beer kegs). The raised edge and the top appear to be tigged together, but perhaps the top was the only separate part and tigged to the tank from the outside. Should I saw off the raised edge and the top together, cut out the top, and then tig the edge back on? Or should I use the plasma cutter, or some other method? I don't want to damage the keg.

I know somebody has done this because I've seen beer kegs used in shops before, so give me some hints.

I'm also nagging Rick to check with the Tabernacle's beer suppliers to see if they can find some more beer kegs they don't need to return. If he does, I'll put them in Iron in the Hat.

I'm working on letters to my clients about my retirement and finished my last report, so I should be free to actually use my shop very soon. It will be great to actually beat some metal.

Linda

(stupid website keeps changing the t to r when I'm describing a method for joining metal. I guess I should have just said welded)