OK, going off thread a little bit.
The local re-use-it store had 4 cases of 1 quart jars with lids and rings back in August.
$5.00 for 18 jars in a case and the lids were still in the flat boxes inside the cases. These sealers had never been used.
They had a pressure canner for $10 dollars, (stainless steel) and the tools were in a box of kitchen junk which they threw in for free.
So 72 1_quart sealers and a canner for $30.00
Now I have a shelf full of canned stuff out of the garden and some that was picked wild.
USDA canning guide is here
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/publications/publications_usda.htmlBernarden and Ball guides here
http://www.homecanning.com/It was kind of fun to do.