Beer Bottle Lock

by edditive

Postdoctoral Researcher and massive 3D printing geek! Follow my 3D printing journey on my website.

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Category: Home Living

License: public_domain

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Description

Firstly let me state this is not an original idea – recently a Beer Bottle Lock made the rounds on 3D printing news sites, stemming from an Instructables tutorial by JON-A-TRON (see http://www.instructables.com/id/Beer-Bottle-Lock/... for the original).

However with Xmas fast approaching I wanted to design one for a bit of fun with my family. Simply print the 2 pieces out and use any small travel lock to secure that final beer (whether it's yours or someone else's!). Unlike the original by JON-A-TRON this design requires no screw. The dimensions are quite loose so that it should securely fit a wide variety of bottle shapes, if you don’t need this flexibility you might like to thicken 1 or 2 areas on the inside prior to printing. Sure it could be snapped off, but this design is really just for a bit of fun - if you're genuinely worried about people stealing beer maybe you need to reconsider who your mates are ;) Follow how this was designed on my blog https://edditiveblog.wordpress.com/category/beer-...

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MONeill almost 9 years ago

Hi could you modify this so it could fit a standard UK milk carton. 1, 2, 4 pint type Tesco Asda etc. I dont have a 3D printer nor do I design. If you know anyone UK based that could print modified version that would be great its a gift to stop office milk thieves

edditive almost 9 years ago

Ahh ok cool idea! I'm in Australia so not sure how similar our cartons would be - hopefully someone reads this message and takes on the challenge! Otherwise you can put in a request on the forum https://forums.pinshape.com/c/design-requests and someone can modify my model for you :)

thesheppinator almost 10 years ago

How'd you recommend orienting this for printing? Not quite sure to lay it flat, or generate supports?

edditive almost 10 years ago

I printed it standing up as it would be used, so that the text on the top is facing up. A very small amount of support generated on my Up! Plus 2 printer, but very minimal. I think this is the best way.