wooden counter balance wine bottle holder

[user 19915]

Question again sorry Anyway i have been looking at a few video,s on making wooden counter balance wine bottle holder and there are so many out there and some saying to bore the hole for the bottle with 1 1/2 fostner bit straight through the wood and others telling you to bore the hole at a angle and again lots of different size bit.s so i was just wondering how you would do it ?thank,s again in anticipation
Alan Mock

 

[lurker]

Excuse the pun but when I made one, I first made a rough MOCK up. :roll:
Sorry!

Then fettled until it worked well

 

[user 19915]

Excuse the pun but when I made one, I first made a rough MOCK up. :roll:
Sorry!

Then fettled until it worked well

:lol: :lol: not bad :lol:

 

[NazNomad]

I made this years ago, it worked ok.

 

[Sheffield Tony]

I cut the hole for this one with a holesaw. I thought it was 32mm, but maybe I'm remembering wrong. I used a cordless drill, but I drilled a pilot hole all way through first, then replaced the pilot drill in the holesaw with a bit of plain rod. Makes getting the alignment easier.

The angle of the hole is a bit of a guess I think, because there is a fair bit of "bottle variation" in wine - both thickness of glass and centre of gravity. I guess for display you can just pick a bottle that works. A nice thing about the crescent shape is it finds its own balance, just sits at a slightly different angle with different bottles.

 

[user 19915]

My first attempt not the best photo
Alan

 

[Sheffield Tony]

Great ! It does look kind of improbable doesn't it, how that balances. With the crescent shape it looks like it should find its balance, the flat board looks like it shouldn't be standing - which I like. Does it work with different bottles ?

 

[user 19915]

Great ! It does look kind of improbable doesn't it, how that balances. With the crescent shape it looks like it should find its balance, the flat board looks like it shouldn't be standing - which I like. Does it work with different bottles ?

Thank's and i made it this morning before i asked for peoples opinions on how they do it the hole was a 1./1/2 in and 45 degree mitre on the end . Although i will experiment with it as NazNomad as posted a diagram of the one he made a long time ago with different hole size and a 42 .7 degree mitre thank's Alan

 

[user 19915]

Great ! It does look kind of improbable doesn't it, how that balances. With the crescent shape it looks like it should find its balance, the flat board looks like it shouldn't be standing - which I like. Does it work with different bottles ?

Thank's and i made it this morning before i asked for peoples opinions on how they do it the hole was a 1./1/2 in and 45 degree mitre on the end . Although i will experiment with it as NazNomad as posted a diagram of the one he made a long time ago with different hole size and a 42 .7 degree mitre thank's Alan

 

[user 19915]

Forgot to ask when i posted the add yesterday but when i went to use the danish oil on the wooden counter balance wine bottle holder it had all curdled up any idea why ??? And no the wine holder don,t work with other bottles i have tried Alan

 

[novocaine]

drill a small hole and fit a magnet on the back side above the bottle hole. use a penny as a counterweight, if that isn't heavy enough, use 2p. if you use a strong magnet (I can't spell neodymium) you can use a few more pennies.

 

[user 19915]

Good idea i found these on e bay what size would you recommend
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Neodymium-Mag ... 2MJvZ2rQAN

 

[novocaine]

think I've got some 5mm and some 10mm in at the moment, they seem to be the size I use most often. occasionally I'll find a need for 3mm to use as fasteners in a box or such like but that's rare.

for what your doing, 8-10mm by 2-3mm.