Easy Bottle Opener
10 Materials
$10
20 Minutes
Easy
This is an easy and inexpensive bottle opener. Makes a great gift idea and it's just in time for Father's Day.
You'll need:
- 1 x 6 " red wood board
- bottle opener
- galvanized bucket
- ruler
- pencil
- 10 x 1 oval Phillips sheet metal screws x 2
- 10 x 3/4" hexagonal sheet metal screw
- nut driver
- drill
- saw
Cut your red wood so that it is 2 feet in length.
Sand your red wood.
To find the spot where your bottle opener will go, measure 2 inches from the top and ...
2 and 3/4" from the sides and place a dot with your pencil.
Use a drill and drill a pre-hole where your screw will go. This will make it easier to drill in your hole. We used a 3/32nd drill bit.
After having your top hole ready - place the top bottle opener hole over the pre-drilled hole and drill into place using your 10 x 1 oval Phillips sheet metal screw.
Center up the bottom hole, 2 and 3/4" from the sides.
Use a drill and drill a pre-hole where your screw will go. This will make it easier to drill in your hole. We used a 3/32nd drill bit.
After having your bottom hole ready - place the bottom bottle opener hole over the pre-drilled hole and drill into place using your 10 x 1 oval Phillips sheet metal screw.
Measure 8 inches from the bottom and 2 and 3/4" from the sides and make a pencil mark. Pre-drill a hole where your next screw will go.
Using a nut driver, screw in your 10 x 3/4" hexagonal sheet metal screw.
(Our design started with a hook but we found the hook and handle got in the way and the bottle caps wouldn't land in the bucket.)
Place your bucket on the hexagon screw and you're done.
We have updated our design by adding a washer to the nut screw. This holds the bucket a little more secure but still allows for a removable bucket.
Need a free standing post bottle opener? We made that too & you can find it here: http://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/free-standing-bottle-opener-29604115
We made 5 of these as end of the year gifts for our son's baseball coaches. We are planning on having the boys all sign them.
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Just gotta try this
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Thanks Sue, I'd love to see a picture of yours when you are finished :)
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Great idea! It take's a man to come up with a neat way to catch beer bottle cap's
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Thank you, my husband and I worked together to make it. My sons baseball coaches loved them.
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I love this idea for a rustic bar. Question, should a hook have been used instead of a screw to hold the bucket? And possibly a "shelf" to keep the bucket upright? it looks as though the bucket will pop off when lifted.