| Plastic bottle cutter | 
| Feb. 23/2020 I made Plastic bottle cutter.This is based on photos found on the Internet.Drawing | 
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| 1.The material of the handle is "Japanese ash". Make right angle it with the planer. | 2.Cut to 26mm square with a table saw. | |
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| 3.Attach a 1.1mm thick tip saw to a handmade small table saw. Then cut the slit for insert the plastic bottle. | 4.Finish the bottom of the slit at a right angle with a hand saw. | |
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| 5.Make a slit into the cutter blade with a 0.5 mm thick saw blade. | 6.The pilot hole for M5 insert nut is 7.5mm. | |
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| 7.Performing chamfering of the handle with  roundover bit. | 8.Chamfered the central slit  with a 60-degree bit to make it easier for the bottle to rotate. | |
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| 9.Drive in the M5 insert nut. | 10.Aluminum square pipe. 30mm x 30mm x 2t. | |
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| 11.Cut to 50mm length. | 12.It can be cut at right angles by grip it with a vice. | |
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| 13.For the part to be cut diagonally, first cut the horizontal part. | 14.Next, it is grasped with a vise along an oblique line and cut. | |
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| 15.Cut the slit part of the bottle with a hacksaw and finish it with a file. | 16.The window hole for the confirm the cutting width is 3mm in diameter at 3 places. | |
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| 17.Long hole for cutting width adjustment. Drilling three 5mm and then finished with a file. | 18.Spot facing to 3mm window hole. | |
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| 19.Completion of aluminum parts. | 20.The knob for fixing the aluminum parts. | |
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| 21.Mark the cutting width position with a laser machine. Match the black circles visible from the three holes in the aluminum part. It can select 3 kinds of cutting widths of 3,6,9mm. | 22.Insert the blade of the utiliy knife into the slit with the blade edge inside. | |
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| 23.The cutter blade is set. | 24.It is completed by inserting aluminum parts. | |
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| The cutting width is adjusted to 3mm. | ||
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| Mark my name on the knob with a laser machine. | ||
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| 27.Trial run. Cap a 1 liter plastic bottle. Then, the bottle swells when warm with a burner. | 28.A bottle that swells and has no patterns or steps. | |
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| 29.Cut the bottom of the bottle with a utility knife.  | 30.Pull the string while pressing the bottle head. Then the bottle rotates and the string extends. | |
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| I tried many things. A thick bottle seems to require the power to pull the string.  Let's use this string in the kitchen garden. | ||