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"  I&amp;#039;ve tossed and sprinkled hundreds of pounds of de-icer, and I never found a really convenient way to apply it until I built this low-tech little spreader. It scoops the material out of a bag easily and shakes out an even layer of salt compound, rather than leaving stripes on your front steps. You can build it from stuff you&amp;#039;ve got laying around the house: Start with a big soup or coffee can and bore evenly spaced 7/8 in.-diameter holes around its circumference. The holes should be about 1/4 in. up from the bottom. Use a metal cutting hole saw or a step drill.  Next, cut a piece of wood or use 1-in. mild steel and fasten it to the can wall with small bolts or sheet-metal screws. The advantage to putting a handle on the shaker is that it makes it easier to dig the can into a bag of rock salt. Note: The spreader here has a handle that&amp;#039;s almost needlessly nice, bent to shape in a vise with its end rounded off. I&amp;#039;ll probably recycle the handle after the can rots away. Rock salt is fabulously corrosive stuff. \u2014Roy Berendsohn PLUS: How to Make an Anti-Ice Salt Blaster "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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