Hang your utensils from your Skottle!

[RyanC]

I just finished a neat little project! I wanted a place to hang utensils on my skottle so I didn't have to find a place to put stuff down at. I thought about bolting some hooks around the edge but I wanted the top to stay smooth. Then I thought about welding on some hooks but I thought that might hold the handles up where the heat from the burner would melt plastic and make metal too hot to touch. Here is what I came up with!



It's about 2 feet of chain, maybe an inch more, 3 closable chain links with the screw gap, and 3 latches of your choice, I used the kind that splits on the end rather than the dog-leash style. Then attach S-hooks by squeezing one end closed on the chain where it's convenient for your tools to hang. For the lid hook I put a small hook on the end of one of the clips and twisted the hook 90 degrees sideways so the lid doesn't flop around the other way and cover the tools.

-Ryan

 

[TRED LYT]

Great idea! My wife is going to be so happy. I was about to take mine down to a local welder to have small hooks welded onto the bottom. I never thought about the hooks getting hot and melting utensil handles. It’s been a pep-peeve of ours having to set up another small surface to place the lid and utensils. Especially when the skottle lid comes with its own built in hook!