Beer-view mirror

Step 4 Assemble the bottle cap and spoke

Thread the spoke into the cap.

If the bottle cap isn't rotationally symmetrical and you care what side is up. make sure you go through the right way. The nipple will be on the outside of the cap when it's mounted, so if you're looking at the cap from the front, the spoke should go in the left side and out the right. Clear as mud, right? Look at the pictures for help, I guess.

Once it's in one side, thread the cut-off part of the spoke nipple onto the spoke.

Then thread the spoke though the other side of the cap, and thread the nipple on.

Comments

[Visitor]

Have you tried making an S-bend to the spoke and let the glue fasten it to the bottle cap instead of hacking the nipple? Do you leave the plastic seal to the cap on purpose?

[Benstar]

I thinkk an s-bend would work fine. I've never tried it, but I can't imagine it being a bad idea. I never used to cut the nipple and assemble it this way, and they worked fine---you just had to be a little more careful tightening from the outside. Peeling the plastic seals out is really hard! So it's not on purpose, it's more laziness. I don't think it makes much difference though---why do you ask?

[Benstar]

Ooh, I just thought of why an s-bend is bad: then you have to twist the spoke to change the mirror angle! Not so good. The nipple-nut system means you can position the mirror and then lock it in place.