{"id":2172,"date":"2015-12-07T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T07:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:13:00","slug":"20151207-billy-can-modifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/?p=2172","title":{"rendered":"2015\/12\/07 \u2013 Billy can modifications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since a couple of months I own a zebra billy can. During the last couple of hikes I have been using it, and made some modifications to make it work better for me.<br>\nHere they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete set.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2173\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy01-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy01\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy01-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The metal square holder was removed, and replaced with a 2 mm thick steel cable. Also I added to the lid a stainless steel D ring to make the removal or adding of the lid easier.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2174\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy02-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy02\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy02-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanging.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2175\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2175\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy03-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy03\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy03-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steel cable holds in place with the help of a speaker connector.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2176\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy04-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy04\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy04.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy04-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First I drilled 2 holes of 3.5 mm, since the D ring is 3 mm.<br>\nThe flat part of the stainless steel D ring I cut off, leaving a little bit of the corner there, so it hold in place. With a lot manipulating, bending, etc, i got it in place.<br>\nNow the lid can be very easily removed or added with a stick.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2177\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy05-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy05\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy05-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The standard pan inside is still a part of the set, but not sure if I want to keep it. So far I never used it, other then holding the contents in place.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy06-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy06\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy06.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy06-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contents are a fire steel, a shortened pot holder (it was 1 cm too long to fit inside, so I cut it of), small box with tinder materials, a steel sponge, and a bag with salt, pepper, tea, and water purification tablets.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy07-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy07\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy07.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy07-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further I added a 0.5 L stainless steel cup with folding handles, and a cut of spork.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy08-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy08\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy08.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy08-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never use the fork part, so that was removed long time ago. Soon I will carve a wooden spoon to fit inside this setup.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2181\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy09-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"billy09\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy09.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy09-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since a couple of months I own a zebra billy can. During the last couple of hikes I have been using it, and made some modifications to make it work better for me. Here they are: Complete set. The metal square holder was removed, and replaced with a 2 mm thick steel cable. 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