A few days ago, I woke up, rolled out of bed and stumbled into the kitchen for my daily double americano kick start. After filling and warming up the espresso machine, I discovered that a seal had ruptured somewhere within it and it covered my kitchen with a fine mist of coffee-tinged water. Further attempts to caffeinate myself with this machine all failed and it eventually earned itself a new home at the dump. While fighting with it, a piece of metal that sits under the machine’s nozzle and allows drippings to collect in a tray got set to the side and was not thrown out with the rest of the machine.
Today, while cleaning up, I noticed it still sitting near the sink and suddenly had an idea for a use for it. After a quick measure, a few pencil marks, and some help with the edge of the kitchen counter, I suddenly had a very nice and sturdy little holder for my phone. I fashioned a couple of plastic washers and used them and some small screws to attach a couple of suction cups I had lying around and in about fifteen minutes, I’d created a pretty decent little car cradle for my phone.
I’ve posted a few pics below. Unfortunately, it’s dark and taking pictures of it in the car just isn’t happening, but you should still be able to get the idea.
