My fingers don’t have the strength they used to, and I sometimes struggle to open glue bottles after they sit for a few days. This little cap puller is the answer. I drilled a 5⁄8-in. hole in a piece of thin plywood and made a couple of bandsaw cuts to fashion this simple device. It slips under the cap and gives me all the leverage I need. I stuck a magnet in the back to hang it where I store glue.
—Sean Montague, Raleigh, N.C.
—Drawings by Dan Thornton
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Comments
Try substituting a flip up cap from a honey jar
Don't have the time or inclination to make one of these, a 9/16th or 15mm open end wrench is a perfect fit to do this job.
Being lazy or finding a different cap does not make this simple project useless. I am in the process of making a glue caddy, and this will be a perfect accessory to it. Always right there when you need it. Great idea!
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