Bottle Opener Magnets

NOTICE: Bottle Opener Magnets are just some craziness I thought up during a moment of sheer craftopia. ButtonMakers.net does not sell "bottle opener magnet" sets, nor will they assist you in making them. But if you've got a little bit of craftiness in you, this is a pretty cool project.

There I was, pressing out my awesome straight edge root beer bottle openers, when I thought: "Who the heck wants to carry around a clunky 2-1/4 inch keychain anyway? Magnetic bottle openers would make a lot more sense." So I grabbed a 1-7/8 inch adhesive magnet from the 2-1/4 inch magnet sets and the 2-1/4 inch bottle opener sets and got to experimenting.

Turns out, my idea worked on the first try. I had to use thin office paper for it to work. The magnet isn't strong enough to hold to the fridge using thick photo paper.

Here's what I did:

1. I designed my logo with the 1-7/8 inch magnet bulge in mind. (If you don't do this, it looks a little unintentionally weird.) I used the 2-1/4 inch Photoshop design template only I made a perfect 1-7/8 inch circle in the middle. In this case it's yellow around the edges with a black 1-7/8th inch circle in the middle and my little agro-anti-alcohol design in the middle of that. (the graphic faces the fridge, so it's just a little coy reminder when someone goes to open a bottle. tee hee.)


2. Print and cut out the graphic, and get everything you need together. That includes the model 225 button machine, bottle opener sets, and a 1-7/8 inch adhesive magnet from the 2-1/4 complete magnet sets.








3. Remove the backing from the adhesive magnet and stick it to the shell. It has to be dead centered and stuck to the smooth outer side.







4. Load the machine. The Shell with the Magnet stuck to it goes into the Pick-Up die (the one with the deep-groove). The graphic goes on top of the Magnet and the mylar goes on top of that.







5. Rotate the die table around so that the Crimp die is facing you and load in the bottle opener back face down as shown.







6. Pull the handle toward you and press all the way down. Rotate the die table around the other way and pull the handle again.


7. Remove the magnet bottle opener from the machine and stick it to the fridge! : )








As you can see from the photo above, there's an odd bulge in the middle where the magnet is. But if you design with that in mind, it doesn't look half bad. Anyway, it's a small compromise for a bottle opener that sticks to the refrigerator!!!