Introduction: Coffee Cup - Ceiling Aid (2x)
Drilling into your ceiling is bad enough without all the debris dropping into your eyes and onto your precious floor.
Painting your ceiling is bad enough too, all the paint drips onto your hands and onto your furniture.
Don't postpone your project any longer! Just drink a cup of coffee and start your project!
Step 1: What You Need.
Obviously, since this is an entry for the "Coffee Cup Challenge", you will need one empty coffee cup (make sure it's made of paper!).
Drill or punch a small hole into the bottom of the cup.
Step 2: How It Works.
Stick your drill or paint brush through the hole and get your project done!
Runner Up in the
Coffee Cup Challenge
54 Comments
11 years ago on Introduction
Simple and great
12 years ago on Introduction
nice idea ;)
12 years ago on Introduction
great for the people who need to learn
12 years ago on Step 2
assowom..... idea..
13 years ago on Introduction
Great tip!
I used to have a cut off bottom of a 2L cola bottle that I used for this purpose.
Now I'm slapping my forehead, thinking "Why didn't I think of this" LOL
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
Would work even better I guess...
Just wait for the Coca Cola Challenge, you'll get your chance. Meanwhile, don't tell anybody! ;-)
13 years ago on Introduction
so simple, so useful! I was trying to work out how to adapt it for drilling into a wall so you inspired me to do my own 'ible:
www.instructables.com/id/Drilling-dust-catcher-low-tech/
Nowhere near as elegant as yours in it's simplicity I"m afraid.
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
Nice to hear! You know, with DIY, as long as it does the job (no need to look good and do a bad job).
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
spoken like a true pragmatist :)
13 years ago on Step 2
doesn't the cup wobble though? or is it not a problem?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
Use your index finger to stop it from rotating...
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
is that safe though?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
What's your concern? Is it not safe because you have one finger less to grip or because your finger is closer to the drill?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
both. Does the cup ever spin fast and come off? Do you think you could upload a video of it in use?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
Your finger is always more than 3 cm from the drill (the edge of the cup), so it is unlikely. In the event you should touch it, there is no problem. You can touch a concrete drill while it is rotating because the sides are blunt (just as long as you don't want to stop it with your fingers). With metal or wood this is different. The only worry is your hair or sleeves.
Holding the drill with one finger less has never caused any problems as the drill does not really "bite"in concrete. 90% handling is done by the hand that operates the button.
A video, I would have to drill a hole in my ceiling for demonstration purposes...
The cup does not come of.
13 years ago on Introduction
Simple but ill probably work very well nice job.
13 years ago on Introduction
I can see that this (to me, for me) is only brilliant for short fix its, if I were drilling through drywall all day I would just get safety glasses (like you should be wearing, along with a resperator of course) and, well, deal with it until it's finished. This is a genius mod, I hope you dont take this statement as an insult, just pointing out where I would go wrong with it.
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
respirator 2 drill drywall? slight over kill?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
No insult, cause your remarks are mostly valid. It's never intended to be a "professional" solution.
13 years ago on Introduction
Why didn't I think of that!