Tight lid on pickle jar

[Bob Martin]

Max jar and lid size are both about 100mm

[T i m]

Oh (thanks).

In spite of that I still might get a couple if we think they are one of those 'how did we live without' sorta things (especially for the elderly / arthritis sufferers that is).

Thanks again,

T i m

[Pete Verdon]

Ah, so that's what it is!

One of those was knocking around the kitchen when I moved in, and I never figured out what it was for. Best case was a rather poorly-designed bottle-opener.

Pete

[Bob Eager]

They really do work very well indeed...! Hope you didn't throw it away..

[Clive Page]

In message , Spamlet writes

Thanks - I'll try that for jars with mobile contents. But the things I often have trouble opening are jars of jam which won't easily jump up and hit the lid. My vice-opening method works well on them.

[Spamlet]

They will: and the deflection of the lid itself also breaks the seal. Only the rustiest of lids may defeat this method, and in that case the contents are probably unfit anyway. It really is very simple.

S

[JTM]

Re: double ended (rounded + pointy) metal ones, I always thought it was pointed end for cans, and rounded end for crown cap bottles.

[george [dicegeorge]]

not many places sell blunt screwdrivers and blunt chisels, mine are used often.

[g]

[Mike Barnes]

Toby :

Go right ahead, but you'll find that your right wrist is in a mechanically disadvantageous position for turning.

[Bob Eager]

Not a good idea...think about it.

(well, unless you *want* to do it up)

[Ronald Raygun]

I think it's you who has to think about it again.

I'm sure Toby meant clockwise looking down. Too loosen the lid you must either turn the lid anticlockwise while holding the jar fixed, or equivalently turn the jar clockwise while holding the lid fixed.

[Bob Eager]

You're right. I was thinking about holding it sideways...and that would have made a mess when it *did* come open, too!