Michael Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Got an hour to myself over the weekend to try and finish up a bottle opener for my boss. I'd punched the hole and gotten it half drifted a couple of weeks ago and was hoping to finish it up as a gift to include with a 6 of his favorite brew. Out of charcoal, lit the little MAPP gas forge instead. Heats the half inch stock pretty well. Got to use the newest anvil tool, a small cone off Ebay. Haven't finished grinding it down to fit in my 7/8 hardy hole, so it goes in the post vise. The D on this church key type opener was shaping up very nicely. Got the tooth punched neat as you please and just as I was straightening out the loop and thinking about the handle....I snap the loop!! Looks like a little cold shut that burned almost through. Wish I'd seen it sooner. Serves me right for working fast. If I pick up another gas cylinder on the way home from work, I MIGHT be able to knock another one out before dinner. Forgive the image, I cut off the offending stub and just layed it on the scanner. Michael-Frightening the neighbors since the year Four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat pete Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 i hate it when you get 9/10ths thru and boom call the life saving skills out...sometimes it makes it even better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 well you can mig weld it, grind it out and keep it in the shop as a "learning example" but when I do that it always reminds me of what I did wrong, and I get angry all over again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Bugger!! It always happens when you are in a hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstein Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Well, you aren't the lone ranger! I've done the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Skipped out on dinner with the family to try again, before it got too late in the neighborhood to be hammering under a sheet metal roof (and walls, man it gets loud). Knocked this out in a little over an hour. Couple more hammer marks than I'd like, the hook could've been drawn out a bit more. I did spend a fair amount of thought today considering the specific steps to making it, which I think helped some. This is I think the 5th or 6th one of these I've done. thanks for looking MS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstein Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 looks good. definitely stronger than the one that broke! The opener looks thicker. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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