Pop Power

  
  fizzy pop - not dad  
 
 
 
We've come up with a dastardly scheme to harness the immense power of the... tin can. Wahaha - using a new fangled technology called steam. Let the dastardly plan begin. Mwahahaha....
 

Ingredients
Tin can (unopened)
holding stuff
pin
water
methylated spirits
other stuff we can't remember
And stuff we really can't be bothered to list
 

Get one ordinary everyday common or garden tin can (with pop in it).

Very carefully twizzle the ring pull round so it's facing the wrong way. don't twizzle the can round because the can is always facing the right way.

 

push a pin in to the side of the can. Then bend the pin 90 degrees so the hole pushes the metal out and is sort of facing in a clockwise sort of direction

push the pin into the can 90 degrees from the hole you just made.
let the pop come out of the can. shake it a bit as it comes out faster and makes more mess.  
  get two cup's and let the pop "flow" into the cup
have a good old drink cos this is thirsty man's work.  
 

blow on the other hole so the water comes out quicker

(you might get dizzy if you puff to much)

 

when the first cup's full, put the other cup under the pop comeing out

(the cup in the picture looks the same because it is!!! my silly dad forgot to take a picture of the other cup)

  
 

get some methylated spirits (purple stuff) and put it in a small jar with a wick

 
   

fill the can full of water then hang the can on somethng sheltered from the wind

 

look at the wonderful craftmenship of the beautifully mumcrafted Adirondack chairs.
 

light a mach

if it goes out...
... light another match  
  my one went out again (see why it's inportant to put your experiment in a sheltered spot)
light the wick, don't burn yourself too much.  
  pic of wick burning. We thought using Geoffrey Chaucer as the base of the heater might make it burn better.
still burning  
 

We thought TH White might make a better base. But, it's gone out.
Obviously "the Once and Future King" is no good as a support for this experiment.
GRRRRRR
it wasn't working so we decided to take a new approach in the more sheltered and warmer greenhouse.
 
The first thing Dad said we should use to get the experiment working properly was fork handles. He didn't explain what they should be used for.
When I got down to the greenhouse Dad had already lit the fork handles (Joke ™The 2 Ronnies c.1970)
light the wick (again)light and put four normal candles around the one with the weird purple stuff in it  

watch it spin (stay back, the water is at boiling point so if it squirts out of the holes and hits you.trust me it squirted on me and it was painful). Dad you promised not to add that I blubbed like a baby.

Action shots here

dad's plants (I don't know why he's taken pictures of them)

(Dad's note - so everyone can admire my green fingered skills)
   This is our little baby in full flow: