Someone has mentioned, but applying heat to the bottle cord will cause it to shrink and tighten up. Advoko Makes has a video where he made a device specifically for cording bottles. Great improvised method, for those of us without a specially made device :)
@MrMigido
Жыл бұрын
Heat👍👍👍👍
@peckinpah6209
Жыл бұрын
Advoko makes is a legend, he is the true "homo faber"
@visnuexe
Жыл бұрын
I love this! I have cut them with one side of Fiscar scissors by hand too without a jig, but the jig is much more uniform. My fav to cut are milk jugs. You get around 14 feet of cordage with it!
@Eyes0penNoFear
Жыл бұрын
Milk jugs! That's a fantastic idea 🤯
@MrMigido
Жыл бұрын
Apply heat to strapped joints. Get it right and it tightens incredibly!
@mjhill72
Жыл бұрын
Good info Dan. 👍 Yes, one should always have cordage, but stuff happens, right? Tips like this are great.
@nickprague1481
9 ай бұрын
Great tip. Not a bad idea for repurpose of plastic bottles even at home.
@cerealchild166
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I watch your channel Dan! I'm always learning things!! Thanks !!!
@richsaylor3159
Жыл бұрын
Your ability to teach & simplify skills is appreciated.
@scipio7837
Жыл бұрын
I really like the hand tool Lars had what four years ago now. But your iimprov was stellar.
@readerofbooks5170
Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. This is another reason to always keep your knife sharp.
@chetfishmt
Жыл бұрын
Nice setup. I like the on the fly ease of setting this up. You can also heat/shrink wrap the cordage, with a lighter or over a fire, as well to make a very strong bond.
@stephanygates6491
Жыл бұрын
Cool! Reducing, reusing and hopefully, recycling!
@johnwyman5939
Жыл бұрын
Hey that's a dam good idea, and great tool idea for the tool box!! You nailed it on people leaving garbage in the American woods. Nicely done on video!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍
@phyllisrocher
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@diva555sg
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Now to make it super thin. Going fishing & gardening. Cheers!
@erinhellebuyck7527
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@jonfisher9214
Жыл бұрын
I'm lucky that I have plenty of natural cordage where I am, so wouldn't need to do this. But then reading the comments about it shrinking with heat has got me thinking. Imagine if you cut it finely and then used it to lash an arrowhead for example? Might be a good idea for another video?
@antonwearsakilt5209
Жыл бұрын
Easy peasy lemon sqeezey, well done and easy to remember. Thank you.
@joycedimaggio3816
Жыл бұрын
Great to know. Thanks for the tip.
@terryqueen3233
Жыл бұрын
I've never seen that the way you do on the tree. thank you. I used to have a little tool that would help me to cut it and you could make them pretty thin I wish I knew what I did with that little tool it's somewhere in this house. thanks for the video Dan
@N8Dulcimer
Жыл бұрын
in terms of household items, a pencil sharpener works well
@SonoraSlinger
Жыл бұрын
Always a good fall back when cord is needed. Also, might make it smoother sailing to trim the edges of the jig down where the bottle sits
@Bald_Monkey
Жыл бұрын
I want to try the thing (plastic bottles are infinitely more abundant than anh cordage unfortunately) Where would you trim? At the center of the tree, round off the bottom edges or what?
@SonoraSlinger
Жыл бұрын
@@Bald_Monkey the piece of the wood jig where the bottle sits. The corners could be trimmed less sharp, so the bottle slides through smoother
@voidwizard2067
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your show.
@ouroborosirvington
Жыл бұрын
Back on it. Nice one.
@kingsclownvideos
Жыл бұрын
You are the best at what you do. Thank You.
@TheScoundrel70
Жыл бұрын
Very cool trick! I have not seen such a field expedient way of making a bottle-cord jig before. I'm sure others will bring this up too, but that cord will shrink if gently heated over flame, or boiling water is poured over it. Sort of like shrink tube for electrical connections. It does also garden the material so you should only heat it where you need rigidity and no flexing in the binding, or sparingly to tighten up a loose binding. 👍👍
@daveh7720
Жыл бұрын
I was just about to mention that too. The plastic used in drink bottles will shrink with heat. I saw an article a few years ago about a woman in Peru who makes furniture for poor families with cast-off lumber and drink bottles to hold it together. She uses rings cut from the bottles rather than cordage, and shrinks them down to hold the wood together.
@N8Dulcimer
Жыл бұрын
The boiling water is a great tip, cant think of any super important uses but being able to bind something at a lesser tension and increase it just by pouring water on it just seems wildly convenient
@daveh7720
Жыл бұрын
@@N8Dulcimer It is. When I was a Boy Scout we learned how to do lashing - binding wood poles together to make useful structures. The hardest part was getting the rope tight enough that the structure didn't flop around and fall. Being able to tighten the ropes with heat would have helped a lot.
@jeremyhicks6367
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dan!
@Garythedog3
Жыл бұрын
I would not have guessed you could do something like that. Thank you.
@JonAnderhub
Жыл бұрын
Awesome trick! Thanks!
@evanf1443
Жыл бұрын
Grimm workshop has some pretty compact tools for making cordage like this, which I think is neat for practicing this, long term stuff, conserving the cordage you brought with you, or preparing for emergencies. Good to know how to diy one though. Great video, first time I saw this trick was on “fat guys in the woods” lol. Next thing you need to demonstrate is turning thinner plastic like plastic grocery bags into cordage. If you can think of a way to do it without using your teeth even better! It would also be cool to see you turn this from cordage into twisted rope
@marka4891
Жыл бұрын
It's not exactly bushcraft handiwork this way, but you can actually buy a small tool that does this exact thing from small enough to fit in your pants pocket to something easy to carry in a side pocket of a backpack. Just FYI.
@coyotemick7016
Жыл бұрын
Awesome bushcraft tip sir..thank you..!
@Joodahman
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man
@carnivorecaveman
Жыл бұрын
Good and cool idea, thanks!
@linklesstennessee2078
Жыл бұрын
Good tip Dan
@HeroAntagonist
Жыл бұрын
That's next level stuff. Cool tip, always learning something new in your vids
@Lootoodle
Жыл бұрын
This is so bomb. I’m trying to learn to make natural cordage but this idea to use bottles for plastic cordage is brilliant for small jobs. It’s also faster.
@robertderby9376
Жыл бұрын
Thank you again for your videos and knowledge
@bryanepp5340
Жыл бұрын
Nice! This should go under the category of urban bushcraft survival. If I'm correct, I believe Tom Brown did a teaching on urban survival.
@jerrytalley802
Жыл бұрын
Nice tip, thanks
@stormrunner0029
Жыл бұрын
I haven’t hiked a beach in a while, but it sounds like the plastics are still showing up there big time. California basket weavers will love this idea.
@robertlangley258
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool.
@i_am_a_freespirit
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video...again I learned something new!
@gringo3009
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool!
@BrosephRussell
Жыл бұрын
I remember trying this works great 👍 i great option for making cordage thank you for the video
@JohnSmith-vy4oh
Жыл бұрын
Good tip. If people are going to practice this please take the plastic when you leave.
@Danielxperez14
Жыл бұрын
All your videos are awesome and so informational, you changed my life coalcracker🙏
@magoutdoorxtvt8972
Жыл бұрын
good tips mate.....tq
@jaydenjohn3240
Жыл бұрын
good info thank you for sharing
@AdmerosFood
6 ай бұрын
Great video!
@Steven-jz2sb
Жыл бұрын
Good instruction😉
@williamskris6335
Жыл бұрын
Excellent, TY and God bless!!!
@yukonsmomma3562
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks Dan.
@brettfreeman9693
Жыл бұрын
Very cool tip.
@WhatIfBrigade
Жыл бұрын
This is a cool trick.
@Singulitarian
Жыл бұрын
If you heat up water in the bottle, the bottle will much easier to cut smoothly.
@richardswan9717
Жыл бұрын
Good job 👍
@John-oz1do
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff, Thanks for that .there is a small tiny pocket tool for this. Works super. Sold by Grim work shop. Really tiny and effective
@KettleCamping
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tool and technique to get it done. Cheers! 👍
@davidsawmandave8731
Жыл бұрын
Very cool video , just amazing
@edwardfletcher7790
Жыл бұрын
This is a truly excellent hack 👍
@NatiHighLife
Жыл бұрын
I hope they make an Alone Allstars and you win it dude, youve gotten better in survival and camera skills. best luck
@larrymyers6327
Жыл бұрын
I like watching,just wondering if you have breathing problems? It sounds like you are gasping for air.
@danieljones2183
Жыл бұрын
Would like to see the knots you use to tie that "cordage" together and to tie off your lashing.
@karenblack2221
Жыл бұрын
Great advice! Ty
@FT4Freedom
Жыл бұрын
Premium Dan.
@joshuatall8134
Жыл бұрын
Great tip! Thanks for the information!
@justalurkr
Жыл бұрын
1:51 take your time he says, hacksawing in full gremlin mode 😅 Seriously, this is useful info
@mouthboehm
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Very simple!
@JohnDoe-do3fm
Жыл бұрын
I'm always finding plastic bottles and actual cordage on the roadside, now I have something to do with the bottles instead of throwing them out.
@peterott9162
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome Dan!!!
@billyaitken7461
Жыл бұрын
Great video Dan 👏👏👏‼️
@christophe7747
Жыл бұрын
Superbe video !
@wadewillson7738
Жыл бұрын
Humm that's handy👍👍👍
@jimcy1319
Жыл бұрын
If you make two and twist them together over flames the damn stuff will tow a Landover. .... Well maybe not, but you get the idea.👍
@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dan, works good. Have many fires.
@hayfuturo
Жыл бұрын
Some lines you said got me thinking of flat earth. Dan if you are a flat earther as well don't answer this comment :P
@gingebrien2408
Жыл бұрын
Now that was worth watching. Great advice as usual. One to remember and Robot XY… was great advice as well to pour hot water over one’s lashings . Dam I’m going to have to go into the woods this weekend and tie something up. 😁
@shandromand1675
Жыл бұрын
A couple of easy ways to evenly cut a bottle: 1. Rubber band guide and puncture along the edge every 1/4-1/2 inch, remove band and finish cutting (takes a little longer but still easier than eyeballing it) 2. A heated blade makes cutting plastic easier - not a lot of heat is necessary either.
@adambacker8178
Жыл бұрын
outstanding
@danielfegley2735
Жыл бұрын
This is an amazing tip not that you can turn a plastic bottle in to a strap but the jig you made to do it with if I didn't see it I wouldn't believe it a round bottle shouldn't turn on a triangle also your knife must be raiser sharp I've seen on Facebook a device that would do the same but I don't know the name
@scojo6377
Жыл бұрын
Do you think that if you lash a small stick to a big stick as a guide and baton the knife into the big stick, you could do the same thing? That way you wouldn't need to be surgeon with the saw.
@alanrice39
Жыл бұрын
Great hack, thanks Dan.
@pennsyltuckyreb9800
Жыл бұрын
Man, that is a beautiful knife. Sweet saber grind on a thinner blade....yeah, buddy. Saving up for that bad boy
@randall.3189
Жыл бұрын
Cool. But I carry cord everywhere even to the supermarket.
@ghostape6481
Жыл бұрын
Great information. This is very valuable in a shtf scenario. I like how Dan is rocking a saw with a broken tip😂. Been there
@haliaeetus8221
Жыл бұрын
You should additionally take a "7.5 minute" piece away from the "12 o'clock" piece. That way one can rotate the bottle FREELY, which is especially helpful when it is cold or the bottle is thick. Get that?
@dassmaster4281
Жыл бұрын
Cool little trick… ty
@blackwillowbushcraft5632
Жыл бұрын
Awesome will have to try this out sometime!! Another tool for the tool box indeed. Thank you for another awesome video as always brother 👍💪
@pattrass7692
5 ай бұрын
It’s way easier to just slit the cap on 2 sides bend it backwards on itself stick your knife through the cap and then just pull it through the v shape in your cap while holding it.
@PonderingDolphin
Жыл бұрын
Really cool idea
@FindersKeepers88
Жыл бұрын
Good idea for missing twinegood
@ghostofnamalsk6188
Жыл бұрын
damn that's wild. personally, I'd only use this if I had several extra lying around. the first use of a bottle would obviously be carrying water. then on to fish traps and things like that. but still awesome to know. thanks man!
@troybranaman316
Жыл бұрын
Great informative video as always Dan!! I like how you made the tripod ! More tools for the toolbox !! Take care and stay safe my friend!
@WizardClipAudio
Жыл бұрын
❤😅 As long as I remember to take a good hairbrush with me, I have a basically unending daily ration of excellent cordage to work with. My hair, from my brush, incidentally, is the perfect length texture and consistency to roll into a really strong yarn, of just about any thickness or length that I want. Been experimenting with it for a few years. Now I just gotta figure out how to bushcraft a decent hairbrush, just in case, I don’t have one in tow.
@magicworldbyjorg
Жыл бұрын
@Swartzeagle83
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering when this type of video would arrive.
@memyself3579
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤
@aaron.n2182
Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@Bob-lt5hf
Жыл бұрын
No need to make a jig in the field. I carry a Grim Workshop tool on my key chain that does make this cordage in a jiffy.
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