How to Make Rope from Plastic Bottles

I show how to make a simple device that cuts plastic bottles into a thin band/ribbon that can be used as a durable rope. The plastic bottle cutter is very easy to make and perfect for reusing plastic bottles and turning them into useful plastic rope/string. Multiple strands can be woven together to make the rope even stronger. The plastic rope can then be melted down for a permanent hold. The cutter is made by attaching two bolts onto a piece of wood, adding about 6 washers onto each bolt. Then a blade is placed in-between the washers at the height you want the width of the plastic rope to be.
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The blade and washers are tightened in place with two nuts. To start cutting a bottle the bottom of the bottle is cut off as straight as possible. A part of the bottom is then cut at a slight angle and this piece is placed under the blade secured by the washers. The part under the blade is pulled while pressure is being applied to the top of the bottle. The bottle should start spinning as you pull the thin band of plastic creating the plastic rope. Pressure is applied to the bottle so that it keeps the band a consistent size and prevents it from breaking off. The plastic rope has many practical applications and can be used for anything that would require a durable rope.
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[@flamingomtn]

I make art from drink bottles and this is a HUGE improvement to the way I do things. And thanks for saving me the money I was about to spend on a Kickstarter project that's a hand held version of this simple idea. Thank you!!!

[@marishaff9250]

I love this idea!! I enjoy finding inexpensive ways to make homemade gifts. Crocheting of the plastic strips anyone could make a purse, bag, comfortable blanket, ect. ..... and the list goes on!

[@traceygray4956]

Great instructional video, clear and concise- THANKYOU

[@danib7084]

So awesome! Thank you for the clear and easy instructions! One can use it to tie back plants and is quite strong. I'm going to make one tomorrow

[@toddgreener]

Watching your videos is chilling me right the heck out, man.

[@RamDragon32]

Pro Tip: Drill the larger holes first. Keeps you from grabbing the wood and tearing through. plus the bit shape auto-locates the smaller drill.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Wow that's a great idea to recycle plastic great idea!

[@pjforshort]

Great design! I changed it a bit for my needs. Thanks!

[@denise4646crn50]

if only I could give you 2 thumb's up, thanks for teaching me

[@davidarnett1]

It worked great and momma is happy.

[@vortenjou]

Dude! Thank you for this!

[@ripulus]

Very impressive. Liked how you striped your bottles.

[@veganchaatparty]

Super Superb!! Super Superb!! Super Superb!! Thanks.

[@ramyramy]

Hola soy Amy. Felicitaciones el mejor vídeo y muy bien explicado. muy fácil. my like for you. saludos.

[@angelasheppard7197]

love this tutorial.

[@denisoconnor6343]

Best design on u tube

[@CarlDoucet-jm5kq]

I totaly agree

[@edtordo7512]

Never thought about that! But its worth a try.Keep it up mate!

[@markirish7599]

Totally cool best bottle cutter video I seen. Cheers

[@whatsupdoc3385]

just a suggestion, turn you blade facing the other direction and mount a spool vertically at the other end of the board with a hand crank. then when you pull the plastic through it winds up instead of piling up. great vid, much easier than a lot of the plastic rope cutter vids out there.

[@swabianhunter7982]

great video ...Thanks ! m going to make it soon

[@VIVETVITAS]

AWESOME!

[@fml8103]

thanks, well explained

[@Gaul0is]

Very complete thank you

[@MichellesHandmadeCreations]

One of the most effective plastic ribbon cutter that I've seen on YT! And certainly simple enough to make. TFS! Really well done tutorial. I actually have no questions how to make this great tool for plastic ribbon making. That blue bottle and the green bottle would be pretty woven together.

[@ricktv3514]

creative idea bro

[@luisito9322]

Can someone explain to me how to remove the plastic strips? I have to put the spoon in a different way or how I should do it.

[@adarshshamloll2367]

Great idea

[@healthyhabitsafricaltd5565]

very good work but what of if some one want a very thin rope ? Do we have to reduce the level of the blade?

[@rvc6506]

Pliers are not for nuts & bolts; wrenches are. That isn't rope, it's a strip.

[@gracijelamalisa9008]

nice idea. bravo!

[@ulhashardikar3294]

Wonderful it is thanks for videos

[@chrisbinckes2732]

thanks... youve got me off the plateau of stale ideas... at least i can do things for university semester one assessments without running into competition with others...

[@naheedparveen2509]

what a creative idea

[@angelasheppard7197]

do you have a suggestion for a best width of 'rooe' to try for better success?it looks like 1/4 inch

[@godscreation6673]

Thank you ❤❤❤

[@nshenwari]

supper idea i can use some thing like that in my garden tie my plants with

[@gilbertofernandes2674]

Good job.

[@peace4world84]

you are legend

[@neerujain5460]

fantastic

[@lorette2443]

It looks cool to watch but can you give us a few ideas of how to make use of these long plastic strips

[@priscillalee3415]

确实不错，不过有个疑问，弄成这这种细长的塑料带子有什么用处呢？

[@alexandraleszkovszky3315]

cool! :D

[@maydeways509]

Bravo

[@vicvic7678]

This Plastic Bottle Cutter cuts strips at 1 mm ?

[@mycountrymylife7759]

Nice idea, but what would we do with rhese strips ?

[@ahmedalsummary2651]

Thanks

[@tripaseca4018]

Thats a awsome idea bro!

[@da_manss]

+bakagamer i agree

[@Heksu77]

There seems to be helluva lot of bottle cutter videos around. What we seem to be missing is videos showing what to actually do with that much of plastic strip.

[@mukhtarhamdani5739]

very good job think Mukhtar Hamdani Pakistan

[@kigabuma]

What could you use it for?

[@anacelinacorrea9811]

me facino la idea

[@CaptainEverythingHumorandMore]

Pretty cool. Can make them thicker to weave a basket? Great idea, Thanks

[@morbidlyjane]

You can use that to weave a basket.

[@666neoselen]

a tiny one though because the lenght may seems long but a basket requires longer lenght and it's not easy to wield at all two ropes without being it obviously molten, visually

[@dorian1764]

What can it be used for? I would be sharp ~ Dose it hold a knot?

[@DynamiteBigB]

what editing software did you use for this video?

[@nelson08666]

amazing video, it could be resumed to less than 2 mins, but amazing anyway

[@ferojhossain3798]

Thanks for nice video. I have a question, Can anybody say have any market value for is this rope or ribbon or strings?

[@hairanndo2002]

作りやすいな。

[@siampongshop]

good

[@vicvic7678]

Hi, What size are the screws? And nuts?

[@RandomL0s3r]

And Can I Just Use Screws Instead Of Bolts? Only Thing I Have Is A Dremel.

[@shemayashilo6598]

Use wingnuts. +Drill for and insert a dowel rod as long as the smallest (shortest) bottle you will recycle.

[@chicago48001]

Please design a survival knife with bottle slicing tool built into the handle under the grips

[@rexczi6299]

awesome idea, but what is the point, and what are you going to use it for?

[@HentaiNat]

for the glory of Satan of course.

[@rexczi6299]

hentai nat ofc!

[@isabellescales3763]

For the zombie apocalypse?

[@rexczi6299]

Melissa Caldwell you can sand them down

[@rexczi6299]

😂😂😂😂

[@TOjoe1strow]

not really a rope but very cool! !

[@gtxviper]

Nice design, but pliers... to tighten nuts? Are you nuts? Use a spanner ya spanner!

[@ChemicalEngineering]

is allow me copy your video on my channel?

[@rjp985]

you need to drill another hole for a longer bolt or dowl rod for the bottle to ride in place.

[@absolute757]

now u need a video on how to tie knots with that stuff

[@marcel4679]

Heatgun

[@joseamorales634]

Hi I have a question how do you make a fine yarn out of plastic?

[@roblostandlate4408]

Plastic filaments can be extruded thinner than a human hair.

[@badkitty3947]

Cool and imaginative but you dont have a rope but have all those tools? Im not seeing that happen.

[@Yamezzzz]

D.I.Why ?

[@XoPOOKIEoX]

Can this be applicable to 3D printing fillament?

[@666neoselen]

check for "petamentor" if you want to transform this plastic rope into a plastic filament. you'll need a heating element and other parts they tell. most of people who do that use a heating block from a 3D printer parts seller. you'll need to get higher temperature than for PLA, normally you'll find the exact infos on youtube among other sites like thingiverse & stuff. happy printing !

[@algore1993]

that's a string, not a rope

[@GODSOFTHEGUITARS]

+Hans Nam Very true, i know i would want to ever have to braid that to make cordage lol

[@triumphmanful]

not ! Its a strand or ribbon !

[@ulhashardikar3294]

Hans Nam

[@xhiandizon6950]

Hans Nam lol

[@ahmadnakhaee]

triumphmanful ...and strap

[@grizzly8402]

that do you need this for?

[@HentaiNat]

for the glory of Satan of course.

[@lyonscultivars]

sorry but that ain't no rope it's ribbon at best

[@CastleBravo62]

Right. Braid these ribbons to make rope.

[@deettle]

How can you tie it tightly?

[@BradonCohorn]

tie it then hit it with a heat gun, it will shrink

[@deettle]

cool

[@BradonCohorn]

*****​ that was not a typo. That was a colloquialism. English is my first language.

[@qsol0]

does this work with those 5 gallon water bottles?

[@marcel4679]

Yes

[@mauri1205]

3:03 No no no!!! My eyeeaaghhhahhh!!!! Staaaaahhhhp!!!! Jesus Christ! I'm dyyyyyyyying aaaahhhhggggg!!!!

[@melaniegover5363]

make animal fenceing, three 48 inch long sticks, tie a tripod knot with the tops and plastic rope,cut v notch above knots to keep from sliding off/take bottom of one stick,add two more sticks and make a tripod knot again and cut v notch keep going /use the center stick of each 3 sticks and knot , fold out arms you have fence tripod for a setter post=hammer inn ground

[@ericericericburtinburtinbu5474]

trés trés interéssant la ficelle pour le plastique on peut boire et récupérer le fils de la boureille pour allez à la pêche

[@erin9473]

Hi, im MrGears attempted double

[@callihanhopwood6255]

very detailed plans for that I found on Stodoys.

[@huntdoguno]

oh 'how to make plastic strands ' check out countersink

[@beliajkrouinc21]

legible, simple and quick, just stodoys plans.

[@gail66onutube]

You know the tops with the lid, you left over, well if you pass the top of a plastic bag through, once it's filled it acts as a closing, just screw the lid back on over the plastic bag.

[@666neoselen]

don't forget to do a light pass with a lighter on the edge of plastic freshly cut. do it verygently it will smoothen the edges.

[@rnugitt]

oh right

[@prakharsinghal5909]

its a rope ???

[@annedemarie7480]

with me the plastic keeps snapping making me maybe able to get 50 centimeter

[@lukewatson1224]

demonstrate uses

[@cnc_machinist88]

Send that Related pdf

[@sherrylkeith6549]

Plans from the stodoys site perfect for beginners and advanced people will find something for themselves.

[@rnugitt]

Wouldn't the edges of this plastic ribbon be sharp to handle?

[@peteranon8455]

Yes it would be, but you could do a quick thermoform with a blow torch.

[@from2Dto3Dto4D]

I wouldn't call it a 'rope' - it's just a PET string, which needs to undergo further transformations to become a rope. Name of the video is missleading

[@Kitsune5552]

WHY

[@monicayamada6162]

Hi ! Its the best I saw !! Can you create an easy spiral potate cutter please ? rsrsrs thank you!

[@ipunto54]

imaket it best is easy drill hole on wood that feet you bearings (yeha het some skate bearigs) and washers same size. the bearings of the botthom need to get totaly on wood whit no whashers ad whashers to adjust size then littlel thimwhashers to keep the blade away from the rotation of bearings(like routher bits) ad more bearins at the top and bolt it. ig you are om the serius scrsp rope busines hahaha you migth whant to ad a themsion road for the botle didnt play aroumd and put a wheigth on the top for comfort then use the string to hang people askimg what you gona do whit the string so you can awnser "hang people" sheers

[@user-kc5sj5pu4d]

the bad thing with this "rope" is that you can't tie it... it's plastic and is sliding too mutch...

[@user-kc5sj5pu4d]

+Von Malegowski I didn't think of that.... thanks

[@absolute757]

wait so tie a knot and melt it with a lighter?

[@danielhiemstra3834]

jup

[@aiden7406]

Please reply von

[@jennabenna8097]

they didn't make a rope! they made a Slinky.. not really😒

[@MsPrettygirlswag1232]

Weave them together to make it stronger

[@RandomL0s3r]

Now Teach Us How To Turn It To Rope Itself

[@RandomL0s3r]

As In Braid It

[@RandomL0s3r]

***** That's What I'm Also Saying (Gonna Use It As Bowline)

[@RandomL0s3r]

***** If Desperation Hits. You Know Ya Gotta Do Something

[@RandomL0s3r]

***** First. It's 2 Washers Thick Second. Where Can I Find Some PET Plastic Bottles? I'm In The Phil.

[@RandomL0s3r]

***** Yep.