{"id":483,"date":"2015-01-03T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T18:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:32:00","slug":"bottle-openers-made-from-16d-common-nails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/bottle-openers-made-from-16d-common-nails\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottle Openers Made From 16D Common Nails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9cI7Vu1pCs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a collection of bottle openers that I made from 16D common nails.\u00a0 Some of them work better than others but I tried to incorporate a variety of designs.\u00a0 The plaque hangs on a wall and the bottle openers (nails) are held in place by magnets (neodymium magnets from hard drives) installed in cutouts in the back of the plaque.\u00a0 The YouTube video embedded above shows each of the openers in action.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the basic process that was used for each of the bottle openers. My son Derek (age 9) did all of the hammering for the pictures shown below. (I worked the torch and held the nail with the pliers)\u00a0 The Anvil in the pictures is also Derek&#8217;s.\u00a0 I have a chunk of railroad track but Derek wanted the anvil shape so he asked for an anvil for Christmas last year.\u00a0 He thanked his Grandpa for the anvil before opening it (the weight gave it away).<\/p>\n<p>Start with a nail (16D common):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160004.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160004.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160004-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heat the nail up, in the area to be bent, with a Propane torch:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160006.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160006.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hammer the nail (or bend with pliers) to achieve the desired bend and repeat as required:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160008.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160008.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160008-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nail can also be flattened to achieve additional features.\u00a0 Derek has even flattened nails and added a twist for decoration:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160014.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160014.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160014-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the picture below the shape of the opener is complete:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160016.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160016.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160016-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To increase the strength of the nail we heat it up and quench the nail in a cup of water.\u00a0 This is needed to varying extents depending on the design of the bottle opener.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160020.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160020.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160020-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That completes one bottle opener. Time to put it to use:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160019.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160019.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4160019-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The embedded video above shows closer views of the other bottle openers and includes video of each design opening a bottle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a collection of bottle openers that I made from 16D common nails.\u00a0 Some..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}