[Jewelry making - Article 00251] - Re: [Orchid] Mold cutting

[Dave Arens]

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Hi Gang,

>     A church key is American slang for the old-fashioned beer can
>     opener which hooked over the edge of the can and punched out a
>     triangular hole in the top.

    This is kinda of silly, but in the interest of accuracy regarding
    beer cn openers, there seems to be some confusion. 

    When I grew up in the midwest (Iowa), a long time ago, there where 2
    kinds of openers for getting at the golden liquid. One was  a sort
    of an elongated hour glass shape wire contraption for removing the
    caps from bottles. A bottle opener. Since it resembled a key, if you
    had an imagination,  & it was larger than most house keys, it was
    given the name 'Chruch Key'. 

    Then when things got modern & brewers started using cans for beer
    the 'can opener' came  around. The 1st cans though had a funnel
    shaped top that was still closed with a 'bottle' cap & the 'church
    key' would work. Soon the brewers figured out how to use flat top
    cans & the 'chruch key' wouldn't work & the pointed can opener was
    invented. 

    Naturally, someone also invented a new name for the can opener. It
    resembled a wrench need to adjust some of the carburaters on the
    early cars. Needless to say the pointed can opener got the name
    'carburater wrench'. 

    For you youngsters (bg) out there,  a carburater  was used to
    control the gas & air mixture going into the engine. 

Dave

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