Making Cordage from Plastic Bottles Hack for Survival

[@FarEastSurvival]

Wow this is great. You have shown us how to take the worst kind of garbage to turn it into something incredibly useful. I'm sure by braiding these you can make a very strong rope that can be as long as you needed it to be. Thanks for sharing

[@thejoshbtv]

Just a quick tip in case anyone is wanting to do countersinks with drills. Its always easier to start with the larger bit to make the countersink hole first, then switch to the smaller bit to make the hole the rest of the way through. It keeps the bit from grabbing like you were having issues with.

[@RussellModinno4ka]

КРУТО!!!ПРОДОЛЖАЙТЕ РАДОВАТЬ НАС СВОИМИ ВИДЕО,ВЫ МОЛОДЕЦ,ВСЁ ОЧЕНЬ ПОЛЕЗНО.ТАК ДЕРЖАТЬ!!!

[@808gunz9]

I like that patch on the right. Also very smart idea with the plastic cordage

[@tylerbstudt]

You just helped me confirm this is why i believe utility knives are the best knives out there

[@davidjames666]

Thanks. I learned what cordage is. Reminds me of the stuff newspapers were bundled in. It was glued or melted at the seam, and you pull to separate it, and the newspaper stack popped open.

[@pboone1231]

Well that's pretty freaking neat. Thanks.

[@edwardstagner1021]

The other day I saw a Russian gentleman KZbin I don’t remember what his name was. He put a valve stem from a car tire and brass one with a net works better for truck wheels he added air pressure to the bottle cap and then heated the bottle I moved it around so it blew up like a Christmas tree ornament and that enable them to get more material out of one bottle because it was all smooth. The Russians are so creative and keep things simple.

[@benterwellen]

this is one of the better videos on this project, ty for sharing

[@natewesselink]

i never would have thought of that. great piece of info to have. thanks brother

[@rebeccamiller3248]

You could add a wooden dowel rod also to hold the bottle too. That would add extra support for the bottle. Set the bottle on the dowel rod with the rod growing through the bottom and top opening. I use a similar set up using the plastic cordage for basket weaving.

[@timm1139]

+Rebecca Miller Sounds great, do you have a vid showing this?

[@marcschilling4688]

Great jig for when you are home and have time. Thanks for sharing. Saw Creek Stewart create a jig with just a piece of wood and his bushcraft knife out in the woods. Similar results for when you really need that cordage.

[@AaronAlso]

This is a very creative method. Incredibly more efficient than trying to make cordage by hand from natural materials. I'd like to see how well the plastic holds knots, how much stretch it has, ect. I'm gonna dig through the junk draw in the garage tomorrow and see if I can experiment with this myself.

[@ducomaritiem7160]

Hey, nice addition to my knowledge base! thanks man.

[@jamesevins800]

I agree. Good info and simple process to use salvage as a dandy tool.

[@CarlStreet]

Nice -- well thought out and practical.

[@nontimebomala2267]

A circular cutout the diameter of the bottle could be used to stabilize the bottom of the bottle and give you more precise results and a clam shell or similar could be used to hold the top steady with even pressure. Anyway excellent idea. Thanks.

[@tomm2812]

Clever simple and added to mental book of knowledge. Best

[@jerryrubio9963]

Excellent video, great use of existing resource and keeps them out of Landfills.

[@daltongank9967]

Great do it yourself design I would use butterfly nuts though so it could be tool free

[@Rustaholic777]

Drilling those counter-sinks if you had a depth stop collar on your drill bit you would get two perfect holes easier.Also looking at how that was working for you I would put the cutting parts farther back on the wood.That way all of your bottle would stay on the surface and be more manageable. . . One further edit. Putting the assembly farther back then cutting a large circle of wood or plywood almost as large in diameter as the bottle screw that down cutting away where you need to for the cutting parts. . . That will help your bottle spin true much better.

[@123bhays]

Someone may have said this but for countersinking holes that way I have had luck running the drill in reverse so the bit doesn't grab. Very neat video!

[@kentak47]

One of the silliest hacks I've ever seen.

[@waynegerard6338]

Why, exactly?

[@SONOFAZOMBIE2025]

Improvements to this design: Install the razor with the bevel down (so you are not fighting the bevel). Screw a dowel to the wooden base, and place the bottle over the dowel (more rigidity and consistency). Now that you have a portable plastic factory, figure out what to do with the mountain of plastic strips you will make!

[@mikekollross8810]

I would try a circle cut out just smaller than the inside if the bottle for it to spin on. Mount it over or in place of the left washer stack. Cool hack. Thanks for posting.

[@jkjed1]

You forgot to mention that sunlight (UV) will break down plastic over a little while. This cordage is useful for short term use only. At any rate, good video!

[@randombrandon1940]

super good idea! Thanks for sharing!

[@arifronee3814]

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[@Serahpin]

If you can get the angle of the razor up a tiny bit, you may be able to feed the bottle in without having to hold it down. Just a thought.

[@volthunter3]

i posted a video of this on the prepper subreddit recently im glad a bigger youtuber made a video about it, we should be one big community helping each other out. While we still can.

[@faisalhussain9604]

I've seen this on other you tubers channel but you have explained it the most

[@SensiblePrepper]

+Faisal Hussain I got it from another video and gave the guy credit at the end. It was very helpful. Thanks

[@faisalhussain9604]

+WinstonSmith1984able was it north survival

[@LogicBob]

I've seen this concept before but the device you built to achieve it is waaay better than any I have seen!

[@8thsinner]

Thats a very nice way of doing it. I used to make cordage like this using a tandy lace cutter designed for leather cutting. Apologies if this seems negative but I see mecahincal improvements everywhere. My advice to you would be to remove the label after you follow it for your initial cut, and add nails (2-3) along the back edge of the bottle to keep constant angling and pressure, also, feed the cordage part around the sides of two more nails almost set up like pulleys, with further washers after the cut itself, this will reduce the possibility of cutting off angle and slicing off the line of the cut. (if that makes sense) My using the tandy lace cutter method is far easier to carry in the field than a big block of wood but it was never very stable and also tended to split before I wanted it to... I definitely like this version for home use. Thank you for sharing it.

[@pierre5325]

Dear friend, I really like your blessing at the end, thanks. pierre from New Mexico

[@nathanielmasters2630]

Maybe somebody has already said it in the hundreds of comments, but if you wanted to add a little more complexity an upright dowel from your jig platform could position a weight above the bottle, holding it in position & exerting steady downward pressure, freeing up your left hand. And while we're at it, positioning a turning shaft in front of this apparatus could pull the material over the cutter & neatly spool the cordage at the same time! As for comments here saying the idea is already too complex, if the world has ended or you are in the woods, just use a knife. But if you have a use for the cordage & want another use for the bottles, this looks like a very easy & fun jig to whip up when puttering around your shop, using materials you already have on hand. Thank you for posting. I have watched only a few of your videos so far but I am impressed, entertained, and subscribed. BTW, I enjoy your sense of humor and the blooper reels at the end of each edition.

[@clintcarpentier2424]

Is that a double side razor blade? See if you can't find a single side razor blade. See what's happening, is the bevel of the blade is pushing the bottle up, so you're constantly fighting that bevel. If you got a single side blade, and put the beveled edge down, then the bevel will do most of the work for you.

[@Ivan-L.]

+Clint Carpentier You are right, chisel ground cutter works better. Took me some testing, but then it just went like through butter. I took a pencil sharpener, and got it even sharper. Works perfect.

[@sirjimmy71]

Awesome! I've done this before, but my purpose was to make weaving strips for an 'invisible' basket trap for fish. I never completed the project though -- the plastic was too smooth, so it was difficult to keep the weave tight. My cutting jig was a bit different (and more dangerous). The blade was hammered perpendicularly into the wood block, the plastic bottle spun horizontally, and I used a couple sets of washer guides to give me strips with a consistent width.

[@vincentduke8054]

Great vid! I'm thinking of a way to keep it so even pressure on the bottle is always applied. Do something like a Paper-towel holder (rod) that you can put the bottle over but it should protrude a good bit so you can perhaps fit some weights over the rod that can sit on top of the bottle so as the bottle is getting shorter the weights keep holding the bottle down. Take it a step further and attach the plastic to something like a fishing reel or other type of spinning device and just crank away.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Genius

[@darrellmount7020]

Thanks for the great idea, it'll save me a trip to the store the next time I need a piece of tie cord.

[@DARKRESCURED]

Would it be too much of a hassle(or not worth it) to put a rod or stick as a axel for the bottle so it spins more steady?

[@kanyewest1365]

Saw this pop up in my feed and thought to myself "The fuck is cordage?". The more ya know.

[@roylindsey7030]

Cool idea. Thanks for sharing!

[@trailshooter2380]

Great video, love the music choise

[@DarthHugsALot]

Looks like that would be super useful for tying up tomato plants with...

[@gaylenklein9764]

Why not move the razor, washers, etc. further away from the edge closest to you and make some sort of "lazy Susan" that fits in inside diameter of the bottle? Granted you'd need more than one "Lazy Susan" to fit common plastic bottles but it would more than likely give you better and/or more consistent results. Just a thought.

[@wyattearp6883]

Sootch for President!!

[@jdizzy01]

You should mount a dowel rod that you can stabilize the pouring nozzle with, might make it a little more convenient.

[@reikostarwind3844]

Awesome how-to. Thank you for doing this.

[@SerpentOfTheWound]

I think I like your take on this better than anyone else's. And my advice would be to move the whole set-up closer to the edge of the board because I think the key is to pull not just outward but also a little downward and that has more of an influence on keeping the ball rolling smoothly. Yes, you do also have to keep the whole bottle steady. Thanks!

[@BlackPhillip666]

love the ingenuity.

[@robertgreen3170]

It would seem that possibly braiding multiple cords together might even make a fair rope with substantial tensile strength!

[@jamesevins800]

Super good idea. I wonder how well it weaves?

[@Felhek]

you can also create a mesh with it

[@jamesevins800]

I suppose if you had enough of it there isn't much you couldn't do with it. Believe it of not I am going to start looking for those two and three liter bottles from now on and will be saving my own.

[@ginj5375]

Better than even picking up alum.cans on my road, no one saves them,one mans trash another mans treasure.

[@nantinkirose71]

Loved it. I know of another item. Most important garbage and you find it everywhere. More of it than bottles. Tried to find a way to connect to you privately but can't. Would love to share it.

[@WayneEarls]

If it takes a Nut, it's called a Bolt. A screw has coarse threads and does not receive a nut.

[@randomeddie185]

+Wayne Earls wrong. go google the phrase "machine screw".

[@WayneEarls]

+random eddie Oh

[@doctordrommos6432]

Many screws work with nuts, ur probably thinking of the classic deck screw

[@ericlaird7508]

Man these diy video's are great!,sure do appreciate em, Amigo!!!...

[@PiperV0315]

That's great! Possibly demo how you can use it next?

[@SensiblePrepper]

+Piper Vucelick Yes, a Plastic Bottle uses video is coming up and what inspired this. It was too long to make them in one video. Thanks Piper

[@PiperV0315]

Awesome, I should have known it was already in the works:0) Thanks!

[@smokymountainoutdoorsman1991]

Lol. Nice music at the first Sootch. Made me think you might be getting ready for some bar fighting or river dancing. Haha. Take care.

[@SensiblePrepper]

+SmokyMountainOutdoorsman Since I was making a "Jig" I figured music like this makes you want to dance : )

[@ffsml74]

Cool idea, thanks for sharing

[@timlohn4653]

This was a cool one, nice job Sootch

[@john-waxerone6972]

Brilliant!!! And it's meltable, for all kinds of sealing applications.

[@joe77h32]

cool, thanks for passing this along!

[@d0j0w0]

Are you OK, you sound kind of sad in your last few videos? None of my bees wax, but hope all is well.

[@SensiblePrepper]

+d0j0w0 Better than ever. Not sad just busy. Thanks for asking.

[@kahhrisma]

will deffinatly be using this idea. thanks and keep the videos coming

[@paraaapje]

u deserve a medal really

[@AtlasReburdened]

great stuff man. you should try adding another couple of guides and a long travel spring with a hook on the end to hold it down for you. you might be able to take the finesse factor out of it.

[@samuri119]

Always secure your work. Safety first!

[@juanvargas211]

Very intuitive.👍

[@AdmiralPreparedness]

I've collected around a hundred soda bottles for my future out door planters and cordage. There is a much different cutter design out there a little easier to use. Cheers.

[@GreyManGear]

Awesome hack!

[@anthonyschurz7613]

pretty slick little Gizmo!... but I don't know if you've ever done any masonry work( brick, Block, stone, etc..... and have ever used braided masonry line? if you go to your local box hardware store and by five rolls of this you'll never use it up in your entire life... and it is 100 times stronger than plastic and much easier to carry

[@phonecards1]

Ingenious. thanks.

[@nickkuttian4143]

You can make a jig out of a small tree stump and your knife to to the same thing in the field but this way is way neater than that

[@OgMandin0]

USEFUL tip! Thanks!

[@jacksonofalltrades2665]

This is excellent!

[@intothecalm420]

That's brilliant! Thank you

[@teatree8026]

brilliant. great channel.

[@tom_olofsson]

I like it. It is even better that it is easy to make. Thanks.

[@pnyarrow]

Thanks for that. Informative and entertaining. ATB. Nigel

[@RichardOhKaNoi]

if you put a roller skate wheel on top it has a bearing and not much wear and tear on your hands

[@DollyDriven]

Good idea!

[@Greyghost477]

I used a pool ball to hold my bottle down

[@ginj5375]

an old wooden paper towel holder would probably work too, or maybe even a can opener as the cutter.

[@anthonycorreia3415]

Great Video. Keep up the good work.

[@jaapkrijgs1213]

nice use to make a spear by heating up the plastic around the knife or spearpoint and heat it slow ti get 1 firm body around the point

[@adasiaengengineer4730]

i did the same in 2 minutes....with a 1.5 liters bottle can collect about 10 meters( 33 feets) of plastic cordage...not bad and very strong can use in a lot of different situations...thx for posting

[@FreedomsLife1776]

Wow this is probably the most useful way to recycle a plastic bottle.

[@45422]

Outstanding!

[@MrJeepinZeke]

Drill your large counterbore hole before your smaller hole. If you use mainly 2 liter bottles I could see a vertical stabilizing rod.

[@brucewayne-cave]

Fantastic !

[@BDscenes]

That is an awesome idea! Thanks for the tip! : )

[@jt-xn8bw]

That's so cool!

[@texedwards3039]

cant wait to try soda bottle cordage!

[@ratanaoleszak6581]

Wow that's just about all I can say wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kan-zee]

Can you demonstrate how to do this with a log stump , and knife ?

[@quakeroats533]

This plastic isn't only strong.. it's also of good courage xD Get it?

[@rebeccamiller3248]

Funny!!

[@410.shaggy2]

Lol haha😂

[@gjhoward]

I see what you did there. :-)

[@cdb4123]

Just a thought what about mounting a second set of washers to stabilize

[@RJM1011]

Good idea thank you for the video.

[@coreyshier7526]

SensiblePrepper That's a pretty slick trick. Looks like something to bind or bundle things together like twigs and small branches and such, but can you use it to tie knots and will they hold? I would think that the plastic would slip on its self and not hold a knot?

[@mablebartlett1988]

Thank you for sharing

[@2tommyrad]

Pretty slick.

[@ConchoPearl]

Could you move the cutter back a bit more so there would be more of a base for the bottle?

[@andrewgardner9050]

Genius, check out his 12 ways to use a water bottle. Nice one SP

[@gordonlawrence3537]

The only problem that I can see is that most plastics even though they take forever to degrade in the ground will go brittle relatively quickly if exposed to sunlight. If you used this stuff for making some sort of shelter than covering the cords with pine tar or pitch or similar would work.

[@howardjohnson2138]

Great idea and my bet is you can use plastic milk jugs the same way.

[@TvshkaHumma]

Ya know this is a great idea, you have a new sub!