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The cap of a 55-gallon drum. The drum wrench or bung wrench is a tool which is commonly used to open drum bungs and openings. When unopened, a large drum's contents may be under enormous pressure. If a drum is opened without the proper tools and precautions, the pressure may escape suddenly and violently, causing injury. [1]
A key used to remove bottle caps or to pierce can lids. [9] household paint can key: paint can opener: A key used to open the lids of paint cans. Its upturned edge helps to apply a levering motion to the crimped lip of the can lid. household sillcock key: sillcock key, loose key, tap key: A key used to open or close sillcock valves.
A 200-litre drum (known as a 55-gallon drum in the United States and a 44-gallon drum in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world) is a cylindrical container with a nominal capacity of 200 litres (55 US or 44 imp gal). The exact capacity varies by manufacturer, purpose, or other factors.
Blue 55-US gallon (44 imp gal, 200 L) barrel (drum) Wooden casks of various sizes were used to store whale oil on ships in the age of sail. Its viscous nature made sperm whale oil a particularly difficult substance to contain in staved containers. Oil coopers were probably the most skilled coopers in pre-industrial cooperage.
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These smokers have been built using many different sizes of steel drums, such as 30 US gallons (110 L; 25 imp gal), 55 US gallons (210 L; 46 imp gal), and 85 US gallons (320 L; 71 imp gal), but the most popular size is the common 55-gallon drum.
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So either way- 55 gallon drum or 200 liter drum is the way to go, but I think that 55 gallon drum is most correct. Phasmatisnox ( talk ) 03:27, 13 July 2008 (UTC) [ reply ] In addition, I am the one who added the merge tags.