Forging Carver Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Those are some pretty creative openers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpencerD Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 A bottle opener made from scrap rebar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I've had that happen before. I start out wanting to make a mythological critter and it ends up a mystery. I like the horned snakelike opener too. Heck I like em all. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Great pics. Here's another opener. Just for fun, I tried a valve rocker from a truck engine. The starting hole was already there. Yeah, I know ... too much time on my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 5 hours ago, ausfire said: Great pics. Here's another opener. Just for fun, I tried a valve rocker from a truck engine. The starting hole was already there. Yeah, I know ... too much time on my hands. Love it Ausfire. That would probably sell well to a mechanic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 More fun experiments with snakes.... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, Black Frog said: More fun experiments with snakes.... :-) Ooh, reticulated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Very nice Black frog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forging Carver Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Those things are really nice! What do you start out with for steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Great work, Frog! How about some more details? How did you get the reticulated look? Seems you left a bit of fire 'scale' on the scales too. Looks good. (P.S. Good to see I'm not the only one who gets spark burns - if that's what they are?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayshore Forge Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Keep in mind I'm brand new to smithing...but here are three that I've made. They all open bottles pretty easily. I'm sorry for od angles, apparently IFI isn't very IPhone camera work friendly. Oh and they all have the same type of jaw to open the bottle, I haven't got around to making a drift big enough to make a bottle opener the more classic way. Let me know your thoughts, and don't hold back. Brent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldironkilz Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Bayshore Forge, you're off to a good start. Ausfire, that rocker arm looks very much like the head of a duck-bill platypus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 10 hours ago, Black Frog said: More fun experiments with snakes.... :-) I really like that look. I'm thinking you used rebar or threaded rod as your base stock to get that look. What did you do to get the dark and silver look to it? Sand the surface lightly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forging Carver Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 19 minutes ago, DSW said: I really like that look. I'm thinking you used rebar or threaded rod as your base stock to get that look. What did you do to get the dark and silver look to it? Sand the surface lightly? Same exact thing I was going to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Threaded rod, different sizes and different thread pitches give different looks. The look I was going for was to mix the light/dark areas onto the texture. Entire piece is blackened and then lightly sanded to desired light/dark areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Black Frog said: Threaded rod, different sizes and different thread pitches give different looks. The look I was going for was to mix the light/dark areas onto the texture. Entire piece is blackened and then lightly sanded to desired light/dark areas. I love what you achieved on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 9 hours ago, coldironkilz said: Ausfire, that rocker arm looks very much like the head of a duck-bill platypus. Yes, but maybe the eyes are a bit big! I have used the rocker arms for the heads of baby crocodiles though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldironkilz Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I finally made one for the house and used the spring fuller I made today to neck it down then draw a minor tapper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forging Carver Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I gotta try this type of opener one of these days, after I master the classic type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDarkNebulah Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 3 hours ago, coldironkilz said: I finally made one for the house and used the spring fuller I made today to neck it down then draw a minor tapper. Would you say this type of opener is more difficult to forge than the normal opener with the full hole in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldironkilz Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 MrDarkNebulah, IMO, the open loop lever is easier to forge than the closed loop lever. That being said, I do not recognize "normal opener". Have you ever used a truck bumper and the heel of your hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Normal opener? Oh you mean the swiss army knife! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 A tightly folded dollar bill? There are whole Youtube videos on improvised bottle openers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forging Carver Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 A dollar bill! I need to try that out one time when I "accidentally" forget to bring a bottle opener for my dad when we go out to eat. As far as the open loop, I would thing that what you need to do is half on half off near side of the anvil and then make the bend and lever. Then you can dress it to your liking. At least that is what it looks like in your pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Belt buckles are "normal" bottle openers but John Wayning them is acceptable. On a serious note, Anybody here know when bottle "Caps" were introduced? We might be able to come up with a probably earliest opener if we know who and when caps were invented. I don't imagine the company that started capping bottles didn't want folk to be able to open them and made openers available. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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