{"id":1432,"date":"2016-02-02T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2016-02-02T01:00:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:00:53","slug":"llama-bottle-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"llama bottle opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Llamas and open bottles! What’s not to love?<\/p>\n

These were made as a pretty last minute secret santa project, only getting around to blogging about it now…<\/p>\n

I used walnut for this project, too. I started by sketching out a shape that could plausibly be considered a llama on some card stock junk mail.<\/p>\n

\"tracing<\/a>
tracing the stencil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I cut out the 2D shapes with a combination of drill press (for the circular arch that forms the legs) and band saw. Show below is after some sanding with a belt sander.<\/p>\n

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2D cut-out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wanted to keep the shape really simple since I was so limited on time to get these done. So I sanded in a simple two dimensional curve on either side. The parallel pencil lines were to help me eyeball the curvature.<\/p>\n

\"sides<\/a>
sides sanded to be curved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For\u00a0the part that touches the bottle cap to be metal I decided\u00a0to epoxy in\u00a0a short section of metal tube. The drill bit I had was a tad small, so I enlarged the hole by taping some sandpaper to a screw driver bit to make a sanding mandrel.<\/p>\n

\"prepping<\/a>
prepping the hole for the steel insert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because the steel is so much harder than the wood, I wanted the metal inserts to be fairly close to shape before potting in. That way there would be minimal material to remove, and hopefully less risk that I overheat the glue bond.<\/p>\n

\"metal<\/a>
metal inserts rough cut to shape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"let's<\/a>
let’s watch glue cure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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careful sanding with frequent stops to avoid overheating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was trying to think of the best way to remove the bottom of the tube while generating the least heat. If I had a sharp bandsaw blade, I might have chosen that. Instead, slowish passes on the mill seemed to do the trick. Probably would have tried a hacksaw next if this didn’t work.<\/p>\n

I removed the rest of the material (up to the line you can see in the photo below) using my belt sander, forgot to take a picture.<\/p>\n

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removing the bottom of the tube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Using small files to shape the ears worked alright. But for the second one I took the time to sharpen my whittling knife, and that actually worked way better.<\/p>\n

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forming the ears<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"IMG_7743\"
sanded and ready for finish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used a spray-on polyurethane for the one that I had to give away at the secret Santa the next day. For the second one I used a few coats of Tru-oil. Time will tell how both finishes last.<\/p>\n

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holding the part while finish dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"IMG_7747\"
action shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Llamas and open bottles! What’s not to love? These were made as a pretty last minute secret santa project, only getting around to blogging about it now… I used walnut for this project, too. I started by sketching out a shape that could plausibly be considered a llama on some card stock junk mail. Then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/img_7747.jpg?fit=751%2C1024&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}