Bottle Opener 2/4

Choosing a Design

Once we were satisfied that we had plenty of designs to choose from, Vicki and I got down to making styrofoam models of our potential bottle openers. While some fell flat, we had a couple that showed promise. In the end, we chose a simple, yet effective design that I feel will do the job. 

Introducing: The jellyfish bottle opener!

While the model's aesthetic designs were a bit rough, it's functional element, the head of the jellyfish, appears to be strong. This bottle opener is designed so that circular side's of the jellyfish's head will rest against the top sides of the bottle applying force, while the flat edge will come from underneath to pry the cap open. We also added a smaller circle at the base of the opener so that it could double as a keychain. 

Confident that our design would work, we move on to drawing our figure in SolidWorks. While at first it was a bit tricky to learn how to use the software, we were able to come up with the design seen above. 



Stay tuned for the next step: Laser Cutting!