Thought about putting this in the tooling section...but maybe it's better here.
As #3 son has reached drinking age come this weekend, I decided to whip up a prototype bottle opener. Every bottle opener I've had (except for the original type of church keys) have suffered from the biting edge of the tool wearing out with use. Figured a fix for that (and a use for the worn lathe inserts I have) was an opener with a carbide insert for the bit that engages the edge of the bottle cap. So, a couple of steps milled into a scrap piece of 1/4" thick aluminum, and a #4 tapped hole and truss head screw, and voila:
Beta version. Production version will have the long edge of the insert spanning, so you don't have to fuss with alignment of the insert to the bottle cap ridges. But for a beginner, maybe this will slow him down a bit? Cheers everybody
