I have been in a case where no one had a corkscrew, so the machineist
went back to the shop, brought out a relatively small diameter, coarse
threaded wood bolt, drove it into the cork with a ratchet, then
grabbed the hex of the bolt with a pair of vice grips.

Worked so well, I almost wondered who would buy one of those rabbit
corkscrew thingys.

Rob




"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message .com>...
> Everything seemed to be going OK at work today but then a major catastrophe
> occurred. I was opening a bottle of Chardonnay at lunch and the corkscrew
> broke! I have a couple of them at home, but only one at work. A few
> minutes of jiggling with Channel-lock pliers saved the day.
>
> From now on I'm keeping a spare in my desk.