Hi everybody and thanks for stopping by for a video episode
of Bernardo's tech blog.
Today I have a little recycling project for you I have some old
2-liter soda bottles here and I'm gonna use those to make a broom.
For this project you're gonna wanna have at least three 2-liter soda bottles
and if you have a few more than that it works better. I have a total
of five here that I'm gonna use today and the first thing you want to do is remove the
labels from those
One those labels are removed the next thing you want to do is to cut the
first bottle
and you want to cut it about an inch below the end of the curve so after the
the bottle becomes straight go about an inch down and you want to cut right there
And this is tricky because there's nothing to
keep you in line as you're cutting so you could easily get it crooked
what I've done is just taped two pieces of standard
8.5 x 11 paper together and made sure that the the edges are lined
up
and that gives me one longer sheet of paper and what I can do is wrap that
around this
bottle like that
and then that'll keep me straight as I cut it. The next thing I'm gonna do is take
a utility knife
and score the plastic right along the paper all the way around and I'm doing that
because that way I can get rid of the paper and
be a little more efficient with my cutting but that way I'll have a mark to go
by so I get a straight cut.
Now I'm just going to cut all the way around with the knife.
OK
this is all you need out of the first bottle. For the next bottle I need to
cut off the bottom
and most soda bottles have a line right there that can be used to keep you straight
as you cut.
so I'll go ahead and do that
I'm gonna use the same method I used before
which is to keep the knife relatively stationary
and roll the bottle with my hands
and that seems to work the best.
What I'm going to do now is just use the scissors and
make a cut up through here all the way to where it starts to curve
I'll make one cut and then move over about a half an inch and make another cut and do
that all the way around.
OK here you can see I made those cuts all the way around so I have a bunch of
half-inch pieces of plastic coming down here which will be the bristles
broom
and that means I'm done with the second bottle.
Now with the third bottle I'm gonna do almost the same thing I did with the second one
I'm gonna cut off the bottom and then I'm gonna make those cuts
up along the bottle
up to where it starts to curve. I'm gonna do that all the way around keeping them
half an inch in diameter. The only thing I'm gonna do different
on this third one is that I'm gonna cut off the snout
so about an inch down right here I'm gonna make a cut all the way around
other than that,
this third bottle will be done the same as the second one.
Ok, now I'm done with the third bottle - as you can see, I have
the bristles around the bottom and I've cut off the top. I mentioned at the beginning
that you can use three bottles or you can use more than that
and if you have extra bottles that you are going to use what you'll do is
cut them up exactly the same way as you did the third bottle
so just cut however many more you have just the same way you did this one
and once you do that then you'll be ready to put the broom together.
Alright, to get this finished up you're gonna need something to use for the broom handle.
if you're in survival mode you can just get a stick out of the woods
Or you can use an old broom handle or wooden dowel or something like that
now preferably you want to get something that is the right width
and what you want is so you can slide a bottle on
but have it be rather snug. I happen to find one that
works almost perfectly - I did have to sand down the end just a little bit
now to put the broom together I'm gonna take the bottle that still has a next on it
and put the other ones that don't have a neck down over top of it
like this. you have to wrestle some with those bristles to make sure they're all
straight and not bent over. Just do that with each one of them.
Now I have the bottom of the broom together. Now I'll take
the first bottle that we cut - the one just the top
and I'll slide that on to the broom about four inches up
and then take the rest of the broom and slide it on next
you're gonna slide it up against the other one
like that. Now I have everything attached
and all I have to do is fasten it so it stays put. To do that I'll use a drill
and drill a hole in the neck of the top bottle and down into the
handle underneath of it.
Now I'm gonna take a screw and put it in the hole
to make everything secure.
Now I'm gonna but a board here to protect the table and I'm gonna flatten the broom by pressing down on
the bottles
now I'm gonna take the drill and drill down through all the layers
on both sides of the handle.
Finally the last thing I need to do is take a wire and I'm using a section of wire coat hanger
and feed it down through the hold that you drilled
through all the layers
thread the wire through one side and then bend it around and
thread it right back through.
Once you get the wire down through and back up through then
twist it together on the other side and just cut off
whatever's left. Once you have the wire in place, the broom is finished.
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