I wonder whether I should apologise for the trivial nature of this "New from Old". I am in awe of Andrew's offerings.
Some time ago I broke a corkscrew
![:beer:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/anim_32.gif)
. In fact it was so long ago that I can't even remember what it looked like before it broke, but the screwy bit has been lying on the bench getting in the way waiting for me to be inspired
![:coffee:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/kaffeetrinker_2.gif)
about what to use to "repair" it. No doubt I would have come up with something sooner if it had been our only corkscrew.
This week I had an idea
![:bugeye:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/confused0068.gif)
. I got on with and the picture shows the end result.
![:ddb:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/dancenana.gif)
By far the worst part of the job was polishing the handle which was badly pitted.
Russell