Bottle Topper display rack

[Scott Lux]

I made this for the local beer store that's carrying my wine bottle toppers. The wood is Black Locust, sanded to 400 no finish. No stoppers in it, as I needed to get it to them and didn't have any stoppers handy.

The owner liked it a lot, then paid me for the three stoppers that sold this week! It's a good system so far.

[Craig Matheny]

How did you cut the bottle tops off nice idea

[James Combs]

How did you cut the bottle tops off nice idea

Had a similar idea but like Craig I couldn't get the bottles cut so I settled for cutting the tops of of plastic water bottles.:rolleyes: Like yours a lot better. So how did you cut them?
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[Bill Neddow]

Brilliant!

[Doug W Swanson]

Now that's a great idea! I may have to use it when I start doing craft shows....

[Paul Cohen]

How do you cut the bottles? I made one with just holes in the wood for the stoppers and this looks so much better.

[Greg Just]

great idea. Did you use an electric tile cutter?

[Lee Koepke]

I like that idea alot .....

here's one that I made for a show, and I have a similar one as a display at a local winery with 4 of my stoppers ...

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[Paul Heely]

That's a creative idea using the tops from real bottles. I'm with the others, how did you cut the bottles?

Paul

[cal thelen]

thats really cool add one for how did you cut the bottles?

[Steve Schlumpf]

Cool idea Scott!! Congrats on your sales!!

[Steve Busey]

Nice display! Quick question: Do you find that the inner diameter of the bottles varies from one to the next? I've made & sold several stoppers, but find that they don't really seem to fit well in the bottles we use at home.

[Scott Lux]

How did I cut the bottles? I have a friend with a serious tile saw. He let me borrow it and I rushed in where wiser men would fear to tread.

I have cut a few bottles in the past for drinking glasses using a glass cutter and a dremel tool. Success rate was about 25%. Using the tile wet-saw, I was successful in getting 100% of the necks off. Here's the secret: The tile saw will not work well if you're trying to save the bottle, only the neck. The neck is thicker glass and cuts reasonably well. The rest of the bottle cracked badly.

If you try it with a tile saw, take this advice, use your full face shield AND safety glasses AND nitrile gloves. Seriously, glass grit was flying around pretty well. I didn't use gloves this time; I certainly will next time. No injuries, but I could tell that was luck not skill.

[Scott Lux]

Lee, I remembered this one (or someone's copy of it) and I really thought about doing it. But I thought it would convey the idea better in actual bottles.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Cool display Scott. I would have never thought of a wet saw.