wine bottle stand

[Rob]

I'm going to take a stab at making these--I'll laminate a big block from 4/4 shorts and then bandsaw the curve out.

[justDIY]

how about steaming some wood in a turkey roaster for a day, and then bending it?

[Rob]

That would use less material. I was thinking I'd use contrasting colors in my lamination, so mine would come out striated in an interesting way. I can cut several from a lamination, but I'll still have some waste due to the curves.

My way will make them in less time too, which is far more valuable than the material (especially given I'll use this to consume scraps). I figure a few minutes saw time and a few minutes on ye olde belt sander.

I'm looking for a few items that would be saleable at craft fairs, so items like this that lend themselves well to small scale production are of interest to me right now.

Thanks for not asking "where does the LED go?"

[BVnursery]

Awww.... no low output wide angle diffused blue?     Sure would look nice.

[Rob]

So it's blue wine with fish, and infrared with beef, right?

[Rob]

Just finished a few.

first the pics:







Someone else in another thread pointed out that the center of balance for the bottle needs to be positioned over the base. That was all I had to go on. Here's what I came up with in terms of a plan---you may like the fact that there are no measurements.

1. Get a board that's around 3 inches wide and around a foot long for your blank. Get it surfaced to your liking, and round the edges if you want to do that.

2. Set the table on your drill press to a 40 degree tilt and chuck a 1-1/4 inch Forstner bit. Pick an end to be the top, and drill your hole about 2-3 inches from the top end (which will be the low end while it's on the tilted table). You'll want a disposable backer, I used a 2x4 cutoff.

3. Set your saw up for a 45 degree bevel cut. With a bottle handy, eyeball the distance that will get your bottle's center of balance over the base, and cut somewhat longer. Make sure the blade tilt is parallel to the hole you drilled! Then test your balance and sneak up on the length that will get you a stable arrangement when you install the bottle.

Repeat as needed. No CAD files necessary.

This walnut cutoff came from the bargain bin at my yard--I paid 45 cents!

[justDIY]

nice work!

looks a bit more precarious than the curvy one?

[SteveyG]

[Rob]

Compact fluorescents. I actually tried some LED retrofits in these, it was dismal.

[SteveyG]

LED retrofits are pretty poor at the moment. I think compact fluorescents are still the best white general lighting source. Almost all of the quoted lumens/watt figures for LEDs are based on the total light output not the useable light output (some is lost unusable directions like backwards!), so compact flourescents are generally as efficient at these kinds of brightnesses and you don't have to worry about heat.

Nice wine bottle stand by the way

[Rob]

and you don't have to worry about heat.

Just worry about the mercury.

[jcdoc]

rob, -
if you want to do a curved one -
cut the curve you want out of a large 4x or 6x to make a mold
then take your good wood and cut thin laminates glue them up and clamp them in your mold you will use a lot less of your high priced wood

[Rob]

That's a plan. I've got some MDF scrap that would make a block big enough to make a male-female mold. You could even make the inner plys something (ahem) inexpensive and use veneer on the faces to get a posh-looking result.