How To Use Can Opener Tool
In this video i show you how to use a can opener.
How to use can opener tool. To use a manual can opener open the arms of the can opener and place the metal tooth on the lip of the can. The hook on the blade is your fulcrum or the center of your seesaw. Unfold the opener blade and puncture the lip of the can with the tip of the blade. Slant down the blade into the lid so as to puncture the top part of the rim. This will align the wheel of the opener where it needs to be to cut into the lid.
Now you have to angle the blade towards the edge. Well with a little multi tool lever you can open a can. Once you see the hole then you are half done. Carefully but forcefully puncture the lid with the blade deep enough for guard to rest on the rim of the can. Angle the blade slightly so the pointed edge is on the inside of the top lip of the can.
Place the curved knife point of the opener on the right side of the can at the edge of the lid near the rim. This action will rotate the wheel which cuts into the can. Place it under the outside lip of the can. Hold the can opener by the handle with the blade pointing down and the square guard away from you. Squeeze the arms together for a secure fit and start turning handle.
The hooked which is on blade is a fulcrum you have to place that under the lip of the can. Just apply pressure on the outer part of the cutting edge to prevent it from sliding off the can s rim. Hold the can steady and rock the handle of the knife back and forth to start cutting along the can. Slant the knife edge so that the pointed part of the edge sits on the inner side of the upper rim of your can. You can use a can opener blade like the ones on a pocket knife to open up a can.