Toothpaste Tube Roller

[GregBennett]

I saw various contraptions on Amazon that are used to squeeze the last drop of toothpaste from the tube and thought that it would make an interesting scroll saw project. This design is about as simple as you can get. I will often paste patterns into Word so that I can resize them to specific dimensions. Under the Layout option, I set all margins to .17" and View Ruler. This is my toothpaste tube roller with the size set to fit the tube. I used 1/4" x 3" poplar.

 

 

Toothpaste Roller.docx

[kmmcrafts]

Nice and simple design.. 

With the technology we have these days you'd think they could come up with a better method for many things like this. You can get frozen chicken in a ziplock style resealable bag but cereal and chips you need to buy clips to seal them back up, and what's up with mayo jars being taller than a butter knife so you get mayo all over the knife handle and your hands etc. when the jar is getting low.. same with peanut butter and many other jars. Some of the ketchup bottles have a seal top that you need to run a car on it to get it to squeeze out then when it does finally come out you get a half bottles worth of it all at once.  

Edit: The engineers who designed these things clearly never prepared their own food otherwise they'd make it more user friendly. LOL.. Guessing they must not brush their teeth either.. 

Edited July 20, 2025 by kmmcrafts

[Scrappile]

2 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

Nice and simple design.. 

With the technology we have these days you'd think they could come up with a better method for many things like this. You can get frozen chicken in a ziplock style resealable bag but cereal and chips you need to buy clips to seal them back up, and what's up with mayo jars being taller than a butter knife so you get mayo all over the knife handle and your hands etc. when the jar is getting low.. same with peanut butter and many other jars. Some of the ketchup bottles have a seal top that you need to run a car on it to get it to squeeze out then when it does finally come out you get a half bottles worth of it all at once.  

Edit: The engineers who designed these things clearly never prepared their own food otherwise they'd make it more user friendly. LOL.. Guessing they must not brush their teeth either.. 

Don't even get me started on engineered products!

[OCtoolguy]

Ever since someone tampered with the Tylenol bottle 50 years ago, things have gone down hill. Please, in my lifetime, get back to sensible easy-open containers. And Kevin you are so right about squeeze bottles. It's all or nothing.

Edited July 22, 2025 by OCtoolguy

[Norm Fengstad]

I remember the tylenol days. as for tooth paste squeezers I use a one and a half inch clip but this might better

[Wichman]

I have a tube roller I got at the dollar store many years ago when it was still a $1 store  . When it dies, I'll use your pattern to make another.

Non standardization is a real problem and probably one of the reasons that home craftsman are a dying breed. Used to be that a person could make things for their house that would help with organizing and storing products, now, product sizes are all over the map, what used to fit a woodworking pattern no longer fit, i.e. spice racks, tissue box covers, canned goods racks. I just did a quick survey of my kitchen and I have 8 sizes of spice containers, 2 of which fit the original spice rack plans. I am going to make a canned goods rack that the new cans are fed into the top and the old cans are removed for the bottom and in doing so the cans are automatically rotated for date. I am going to be forced into making them removable vs permanently built in, so they can be removed and the dimensions changed as needed. Here's a picture of the assortment of can sizes I have now, what a pain in the keister. 

Edited July 23, 2025 by Wichman
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[Ber Gueda]

I don't know how it works in the US, but in Europe all plastic bottles must have attached their cap (it's intented to reduce plastic garbage and achieve a better recycling process). The idea behind all this is OK, but whenever you drink directly from these bottles, it's almost impossible not to spill water, yoghurt, chocolate milk or whatever else on your clothes.