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I've got a deep down fascination with mechanical things (as most of you probably have too) and I also really like over engineered things, you know, chairs made of threaded water pipe , engine block coffee tables, lamps made from bicycle components and other simple every day items that are made from industrial parts!
Maybe I'm alone in this or maybe I'm not......
Anyway I have a piece of railway 'equipment ' that I have acquired and I really fancy making an industrial looking bottle opener!
It's the sort of item that would look great in a big s****y garden where there is a dedicated bbq area and would make a great conversation piece come party time!
My sister (the one with the brains in the family) has the house and dedicated bbq area and I reckon this would be a pretty cool addition to her outdoor entertaining area.
I'd could be fixed to the side of her out door covered deck area or affixed to a stand alone timber post - anyway what to fit it to is not the issue.
I can create linear movement with it but every bottle opener I have researched relies on a rotational movement to essentially ' peel' the top off.
Does anyone have any ideas (sketches welcome!) Of how I could remove a bottle top with a linear movement?
I have a vision of some kind of locater point/stop that comes from the mounting surface that the bottle cap is placed up against then move the lever and the top is removed.
See my video to get an idea of what I'm working with
I'm ready to crack on and get some bits custom made if needs be, get it all blasted and painted/lacquered but I'm stuffed if I can't figure this bit out!
Cheers
Something like this?
[url= https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/boulton-and-cooper/catalogue-id-srbo10011/lot-b6056f2b-cd90-4536-9a4e-a44200dcd275 ]Corkscrew[/url]
Yes but for beer bottles.
you need a fork shaped bit to hold bottle neck and a pointy bit to remove the bottle top .
Here's my suggestion.
Put a fixed wedge shaped block that the bottle top butts up to. Have a pivoted hook either side of the bottom of the 'puller'. Peel both sides up at the same time, which will bend the top into a V shape and pop it off.
(If you can't picture how I've described it, post a reply and I'll sketch it out for you)
Get a bottle opener like this:
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and mount it to the end of the doobery you have with a hinge / leather strap and a spring to keep it at ~~90 degrees to the travel.
Make a little shelf / locating thing on your mounting that you can rest a bottle on and hold it in place. Arrange it so that when you raise the handle on the doobery the business end of the bottle opener travels down and slips over the cap. When you lower the handle on the doobery the bottle opener will be pulled up, and the hinge/spring will allow it to follow a similar movement to if it were being used by hand.
Might have to standardise your beer bottle purchasing, though...