Woodturning and a Large Bottle join to form a Table.
"How does one join a woodturned top to a glass bottle pedestal?"
| I was presented with a large, glass bottle in gorgeous green and asked to turn a top for it to compliment the bottle as a table. Not a woodturning challenge so much as a woodworking challenge. How does one attach a top to a bottle without drilling into it or harming it in any way? |
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| I began by turning a 17" x 2" top out of ash crotch wood and letting if move and dry as needed. Then I finish turned and rough sanded it. A couple of expected cracks were filled with dyed epoxy and then a final sanding and finish. |
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| I used a chuck to hold the piece as the top was turned but reasoned that the method of supporting the top would hide the chuck hole. |
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| Complications arose because the bottle top was not truly round nor truly flat. The securing mechanism needed to have a bit of adjustment for this as well as for the different expansion rates of glass and wood. I turned a cylinder of maple to fit the top and fitted that into a mortise in a piece of 3/4" ash. Three holes were drilled at 120° intervals around the outside and tapped for 1/4" x 20 bolts. |
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| The support was fastened to the top using #12 screws through elongated holes to allow for movement. |
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| Bolts were cut down to fit and inserted with hard rubber stoppers to force against the glass. |
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| Table view 1 |
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| and view 2. |
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