DIY bottle opener

[user 135]

I was cleaning the garage this afternoon and found 6 inches of chain laying on the floor. Remembered see bottle opener made from bike parts before,so I also scrounge up a rear sprocket of a MTB. Cut a section out of the sprocket (26tooth), drilled two holes and attached said chain. (Use some shims-either rollers or plates from the chain as spacers.)

I did this as my wife actually cleaned the garage.

 

[tartosuc]

cool that you had that idea

they are sold in some bike shop... did you know it?

 

[user 135]

yeh i have seen them before but never bought one. They are fun to make, once I started I couldn't stop. All ready gave 2 away and made 3 more to do the same.

 

[xddorox]

It's cool what you can do with bike parts. I made myself a ring from a Gripshift retainer ring. Just grinded the excess off. Great bottle opener man. :mrgreen:

 

[Brewdude]

Holy crap that's cool! Even better that your wife cleaned out the garage while you had fun making a bottle opener.

 

[fattroy]

Very cooool cman!!! I love mixing hobbies. :mrgreen:

 

[user 135]

Holy crap that's cool! Even better that your wife cleaned out the garage while you had fun making a bottle opener.

Yeh, she is pretty tolerant of me and my hobbies.



I learned some guy "invented" these in about 1995. Resourcerevival.com
http://www.instructables.com/id/E86P380SPFEP2865DA/

 

[Hugo]

I once wrote a DIY article for a MTB magazine teaching how to build one of those.

Converting the world to ratdom one small step at a time...

Hugo