Ted Ewert Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Very nice Jeremy! I'll have to give that style a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Jeremy, that's a great idea with the golf clubs. No telling how many other sports could be added to that method.....got me thinking, now!!! Maybe even something blacksmithing related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekSideForge Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Made this one awhile ago from coil spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Ooooh, I LIKE it. Put a googly eye in the tab and it'd look like an extra terrestrial modern dancer. How's it open beers? A dancer has to pay rent til they make the big time you know. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hmm what about a music clef bottle opener; I've know a few musicians who could wear one out *FAST*! (Why yes Powers is an Irish Name; County Waterford figures in my family history back a ways...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekSideForge Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I'm pretty sure it works fine, gave to my brother as a gift. He's the more of the beer lover than I am and I haven't heard any complaints. I like the music cleft idea! That would be cool to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 My wife Lisa is a violist; I should figure out an alto clef opener for her (although she doesn't drink beer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Tell her it's to show how music can actually be useful----then *DUCK* as she tries to open the bottle with your head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyBiker Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Ive been a prison guard for the past 22yrs & still a ways to go till I can retire, I decided to make some bottle openers for a few of my co-workers in the shape of a Folger-Adams Brass Cell key. Decided to gun blue them, seemed fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Just make sure they can’t actually open any locks — or if they do, that you don’t give it to any to any inmates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Looks like a great gift for your coworkers. Show them off at a prison conference and you may have a second career already waiting for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeltree Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Maybe stamp a disclaimer ,, " Not For Official Use" because they look to real,, great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I REALLY like those! Definitely a marketable retirement product. Going into brewing would be a perfect adjunct. Cell Block brewing company. Man, all kinds of names for different brews come to mind. The 6 oz. minis could be "solitary" versions of brews. There are flavors I'd avoid like, "Death Row Bitter" or "Drunk Tank Stout" Might not be good PR. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 "Hard Time Stout" would work well and perhaps an "Old Sparky" for one of those terribly over hopped undrinkable IPAs... Now for a name for a nice dunkel doppelbock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 22 hours ago, GrumpyBiker said: Folger-Adams Brass Cell key. I love them and brought back memories of me handling them, to help our jailer's with unruly inmates, in the old jail while on duty as a city cop. Retired after 29 years in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Now for a name for a nice dunkel doppelbock... “Double-Lock Doppelbock”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Pass-Key Porter Leg-Iron Lager Handcuff Hefeweizen Double-Lock Doppelbock Hard Time Stout Old Sparky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Make Bail Ale Lifer Lager HALT! Malt Elvis' favorite, Jailhouse Bock Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 That last one....I'd say something but then I'd get moderated---and then the moderator would get moderated...Well Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mudman Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Really loving these! I attempted an opener the other day, using a canadian hardy cone, came out so bad I scrapped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I use a structural steel bullpin (alignment tool) to drift the hole with. I pick them up whenever I find them cheap, (US$5 or less). Different sizes, lengths, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I use one I got from LouL that works beautifully. I've found that the key to success is making sure that the amount of material is precisely equal on either side of the split. Thin spots will stretch even thinner, and thick spots will have to get drawn out to match the thin spots. Precision in the early stages definitely pays off in the later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I got some bullpins from a friend that were all bent up and junk to him. I straightened them out and use them for drifting holes including on openers. Unfortunately my hardy hole is only 7/8" so I have a series of gears and bearings I can stack up over the hardy hole to utilize the heigth and inner hole diameter for what I need to drift. Works well when I make an opener from the threaded end of a bolt and want to keep the look of the threads spread out instead of hammering the outer edge around the horn to make the opening larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Second key is to have the heat even. Hot spots will thin faster than cold spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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