We first saw someone turn a plastic bottle into plastic ribbon about four years ago. Since then, we’ve wondered what this abundant, sturdy material could be used for besides just tying things together.
[Waldemar Sha] has answered that question with his excellent brush made from scrap wood and plastic bottle rope. Turning seven 1-litre bottles into curly bristle fodder was easy enough, but they have to be straight to brush effectively. No problem for [Waldemar]. He wound it all up on a spinning homemade jig that’s anchored in a 
bench vise. The jig is designed to slide into a small electric sandwich grill he had lying around, and he just flips it after a while so the rope straightens evenly.
We really like the way he secured the bristles into the brush base. After drilling the holes, he sawed lengthwise channels that are deep enough for a bamboo skewer. Each group of bristles is hung over the skewer and down through the hole, and everything is glued in place before the handle is added. Sweep past the break to watch him tidy his workbench, and then learn how to make your own plastic rope.
Is there a better use of recycled plastic than making tools? Check out this joiner’s mallet made from milk jugs.
How is instrucables not HTTPS?
You have to buy a pro membership to go https. J/K
Why should it be? Why is HaD https? Seriously if you are submitting a form I get it. You want that to be https because the first time you are sending your password. After that you want https because you are sending your current session id.
Why does EVERYTHING have to be encrypted though? It’s just using up extra electricity warming our planet needlessly. Why do you hate the Earth so much? Why does it matter if someone sniffing your network can read the Instructable article you are looking at. It’s free publicly shared knowledge anyway!
perfect timing, as i was trying to come up with a way to make broom bristles for a project.
Are those /plastic/ beer bottles?
Looks like that. I have no problem with plastic bottles for water or soft drinks, but the one time I had beer in plastic bottles it tasted awful.
How is their website not mobile-friendly?
nice article! it turns out that used plastic bottles can be used as useful tools rather than being thrown away in vain and making the environment dirty. this is a simple action to protect our earth
and used plastic bottles can also be used as plant pots! check here yes: http://news.unair.ac.id/2019/07/26/mahasiswa-kkn-unair-di-batu-sulap-botol-bekas-jadi-pot-tanaman/
thanks for sharing!