A friend of mine who hates to see anything go to waste has found an excellent use for old tin cans. The rain pipes or leaders of his house are all home-made, and built up of tomato cans.

He claims that they are much more satisfactory than the ordinary galvanized iron leader, for the reason that they were thickly coated with paint on the inside as they were built up can by can. The first step in the operation was to remove the top and bottom of each can. The solder was melted off by placing the cans on a hot stove. After the top and bottoms dropped off, one end of each can was expanded slightly so as to receive the end of the next can. which was fitted in. to a depth of about a quarter of an inch. Then they were soldered together and.

Fig. 299 - A leader made of old tin cans.