How can I make my own rollerless paper dispenser?
October 5, 2010 8:09 AM Subscribe
How can I make my own rollerless paper dispenser?
A couple companies have patents for rollerless toilet paper and paper towel dispensers/holders. Here's one: Allied Brass.
Those companies charge $90+ for these things. I'd like one, but I'm neither made of money nor an idiot. So, I'd like to make one on my own.
The one real challenge I have is finding a way to make the arms that will turn but stop when level so as to support the roll of paper.
I'm looking for a solution that doesn't ignore aesthetic. Thanks.
A couple companies have patents for rollerless toilet paper and paper towel dispensers/holders. Here's one: Allied Brass.
Those companies charge $90+ for these things. I'd like one, but I'm neither made of money nor an idiot. So, I'd like to make one on my own.
The one real challenge I have is finding a way to make the arms that will turn but stop when level so as to support the roll of paper.
I'm looking for a solution that doesn't ignore aesthetic. Thanks.
Ikea's got many options of the sort of thing Burhanistan mentions: 1, 2, 3, 4.
If you want something more like your linked sample [two l-shapes that rotate to capture the roll], then I can't imagine how you're going to build one yourself without access to a machine shop, but if you have that expertise you probably wouldn't be asking this question. You could take that picture to a machine shop and have them quote it, but I bet it's more than $90.
You could probably put together the functional equivalent with bits and bobs from the electrical and/or plumbing aisles at the hardware store, but that's a particular aesthetic you may not be into.
posted by chazlarson at 11:09 AM on October 5, 2010
If you want something more like your linked sample [two l-shapes that rotate to capture the roll], then I can't imagine how you're going to build one yourself without access to a machine shop, but if you have that expertise you probably wouldn't be asking this question. You could take that picture to a machine shop and have them quote it, but I bet it's more than $90.
You could probably put together the functional equivalent with bits and bobs from the electrical and/or plumbing aisles at the hardware store, but that's a particular aesthetic you may not be into.
posted by chazlarson at 11:09 AM on October 5, 2010
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