Railroad Spike Bottle Opener - Beeswax Finish
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Watch as I make a bottle opener out of an old rusty railroad spike!
I start off by drilling a 5/16" hold a little past the middle of the spike and use an angle grinder to remove the bulk of the material. Once I have a good lip established I then move onto the finish.
The finish that I applied after cleaning the spike off is pure beeswax. After heating the spike to a straw yellow I applied the beeswax and continued applying heat until the metal turned black.
I tested the finish by putting water on the spike and leaving it overnight. No rust at all, and in actuality the water beaded off immediately.
Full disclosure, I the top tooth of the opener should have a little more aggressive hook, While this does work it is a little slippery.
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Tools Used:
Drill Press
Angle Grider
Propane Torch
Bees Wax
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Thanks ❤️
It came out real nice. Well done mate :)
Thanks allot!
Very COOL!! I want one railroad spike!!!!!!!!! :-)))
I can't recommend that you walk along some train tracks as that is trespassing and un-safe... But they should not be too hard to find :)
Ebay has them too
We can't think of a better way to open a cold one!
Thanks, I might try heating the metal up enough to add a twist!
Awesome man. I want to make one with my little brother now. thanks for the inspiration
No problem, It took a bit of trial and error to get the lip to properly grab. Not sure if you read the video description but this one was not as good as it could have been, it should be a bit more hooked.
Great fun project.
Thanks Randy!
Neat idea! Love railroad stuff!
Thanks! I might try to make some coat hangers in the future.
Good idea :)
Great project. Ive made a few of these in the past but never thought to drill a hole first. That would have saved alot of time. lol.
Lol, I ruined a few drilling the hole first though. But It keeps the end nice and clean if you can keep the angle grinder away from it.
What size drill bit did you use
5/16 ths :)
Too much heat just to melt beeswax. I burnt off with that kinda heat. Just my thoughts! Cool projectt.
The wax is supposed to burn, not sure about the correct amount of heat though.
I think It's how they make blackened iron in Europe.
@Hey i'am a maker could you please explain why you blowtorched the spike
So that he could apply the beeswax finish.
Realistically you don't have to, but I used the torch so that the wax would melt and create a protective coating and a nice patina. I also wanted the colour change to take place.
If you wanted to keep it silver then you could use a furniture polish or a spray on clear coat.
cool, thanks
Nice video! I like the beeswax finish process, because when doesn't a torch make things better?
Exactly! Fire makes all things better.
How do you apply the beeswax?
I heated the spike up to the point hwere it started to turn straw coloured and then applied the wax.
It will make a lot of smoke but once the spike cools the wax forms a hard protective coating.
Is it pocket friendly 🤔
How big are your pockets? 😂
I like it . What size drill bit ?
Humm, Let me go see...
Back! 5/16 ths
What kind of bit and cutoff wheel did you use to get through the spike
The bit was nothing special, just a generic bit. The cutoff wheel I think was a Norton cutoff wheel. The spikes are not actually that hard.
Most spikes have hc on the top for higher carbon which means it's soft and not hard to bend or shape and drill through
What kind of drill did you use? I’m burning up drills quickly
It was basically a big box store brand, in Canada it's called Master Craft from Canadian Tire.
It was probably dead after drilling that hole though 😁
Really...gheesh
Wrong glass, bad poor.
Good thing it's not a beer pouring video :)
True that.
Beer snobs are the funniest of all snobs. It ain’t wine, you chucklehead.