Wine bottle holder

[Doug B]

I guess this might technically qualify as a flat work, but it just did not seem right to post it there. After all, it only took a little cutting on the SCMS, drilling on the drill press and a few passed on the Jointer.

I have been wanting to do one of these for several years, and for some reason or other I just never got a round tuit until today.

I wanted to show how well the new bottle stoppers I have recently purchased work to seal a bottle. And this seems like the perfect way to do just that and incorporate it into my display table.

I have to say, this is way cool! Nothing more than cutting a 45* bevel on both ends of a piece of wood and drilling a large hole towards the top of it at the same 45* angle (that part was actually harder than I thought it would be).

The single piece of wood holds up a bottle of wine with no other support whatsoever. I was not even sure it would work until I actually tried it.

And, best of all, the bottle stopper does not leak! This is now going to be a permanent part of my display table for craft shows and the Farmers and Crafts Market.

Sorry about the pic...it just would not fit completely in my photo booth for the picture.

[maverick31]

looks pretty good, you should make a few to sell with your stoppers, kinda like a matching set. There are a few people around here that sell those type of bottle holders.

[Ruffnek]

That is just too cool, Doug. I've always wanted to make one of those,t oo, just to see if it works. Evidently it does.

I also think Maverick's idea is a good one...make a few of those bottle holders with matching stoppers. The novelty of those "balanced" bottle holders along with the matching stopper should be almost irresistable to customers.

[Doug B]

Oh, matching sets! Good idea! I will see what kind of interest there is in these and maybe just do something like that.

Thanks guys!

[sachbvn]

That is indeed, VERY, VERY cool!!!!


Zac

[Doug B]

Thanks Zac!

Someone actually wanted to buy this one from me today, but I guess my price was too much for them. Oh well, I really made it for my display, not to sell. I'm probably going to make a few more for sale in the near future.

[Joe Lyddon]

Doug, THAT is really COOL and Eyecatching!

I too have been wanting to make at least one of those goodies...
Can you tell us how long the board is (or does it make a diff)... and the location & size of the hole at the top?

I was thinking of just drilling the hole at the normal 90* then, going to the router table with a large chamfer bit to get it to 45*.

Thank you very much...

[sdb777]

Dec 19, 2009 2:32:25 GMT -6 Doug B said:

Oh, matching sets! Good idea! I will see what kind of interest there is in these and maybe just do something like that.

Thanks guys!

Wow! That is going to be one HUGE pine cone to match those unique cone stopper you have!



I think you just hit on something for an 'add-on' sale.......


Scott (the ideas rolling through my head hurt) B

[maverick31]

Dec 20, 2009 6:46:52 GMT -6 sdb777 said:

Dec 19, 2009 2:32:25 GMT -6 Doug B said:

Oh, matching sets! Good idea! I will see what kind of interest there is in these and maybe just do something like that.

Thanks guys!

Wow! That is going to be one HUGE pine cone to match those unique cone stopper you have!



I think you just hit on something for an 'add-on' sale.......


Scott (the ideas rolling through my head hurt) B

I was thinking the same thing scott, He is going to need the worlds largest pine cone to pull that off. on a serious note though, I wonder if you could do a pine cone inlay in the middle of one of the holders. you could use the same wood at the base of you pine cones for the bottle holder and cut out a bowtie or something like that from you pine cone and glue it in the holder.

[rhull]

A long time ago on WW.com I measured one that we had received as a gift and posted it. Here's the link:

www.metrocast.net/~rhull/publicpics/wineholder.jpg

[Doug B]

Joe, drilling the hole at 45* was definitely the most challenging part. That big of a forstner bit (I used 1-3/4" on this one) was too hard to do freehand and it took a while but I finally figured out a way to clamp it down on the Drill Press. I probably need to come up with a jig to help do that part. I don't know if a chamfer bit on the router would work. I'm thinking a jig using some PVC pipe to guide the forstner bit and use a hand held drill might be the easiest way to do it.

OK guys, keep your eyes open for that extra large pine cone for me would ya?

Actually I am trying to come up with something like Mav mentioned ...some way of incorporating pine cone into the wood used to make the bottle holder.

I'm thinking something along the lines of using a forstner bit to drill some shallow recesses into the board and then glue in some round cone slices into them. I think I can turn a single pine cone round on the lathe to match the hole diameter and then slice it into several pieces on the band saw. But I'm going to have to come up with some kind of pattern or design for the pine cone circles.

Any other ideas? I still just kicking this around in my head for now.

Rob, thanks for those dimensions. Mine is little different. I used 45* for the bevel cut on the wood and for drilling the hole. I used a 1-3/4 forstner bit to drill the hole - it has to be big enough for my bottle stoppers to fit through.

Board dimensions came out to 3/4" thick, 10" long by 4" wide and it stands 7" tall with the bottle in it. The center of the hole is drilled roughly 7" from the bottom. I found a picture of a bottle holder and just kind of went with what seemed right for the dimensions.

I just tried changing the angle of the bottom bevel, but 40* did not work and neither did 50* - it seems that the bevel has to be pretty close to the 45* for some reason. I suspect that it may have something to do with the size of the hole.

Thanks for all the comments everyone, and if you have any ideas on incorporating the Pine Cone into the bottle holder, keep them coming.