Another Bottle Balancer

Very cool design, I have been wanting to make some and have been thinking of some unique “I think” designs.

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When I first looked I though you made one of these that was adjustable for different bottles, then I read that it is glued.

I just finished a bottle ballancer myself made from a wine barrel stave. One more coat of poly and I will post it.

Thanks for sharing.

-- Todd @ winecountrywhimsy Sonoma County, CA

That’s cool. Wouldn’t one dowel work too? Might look cool.

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Hey Kindle
Cool

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Nice out of the box design. What do people do with these? Set them around for decoration?

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Very nice

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Great version of the project. Nice design and can see members brains ticking over already. Mine is.
What thickness wood is used Very modern look.

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Good idea.

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The color of the redwood is beautiful -

winecountrywhimsy: wine barrel staves would be great but none down this way. mtnwild: one dowel would and does work just the attaching point has to be strong enough topamaxSurviver: It is more art than function but they do function Bob Collins: the wood is 1 3/4” thick, top is 3 1/8”x 3 1/8”, bottom is 3 1/8”x6 3/4” socalwood: this was an old gazebo and deck and I saved as much wood from it as I could. The wood had many think coats of paint and under it was old growth redwood.

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

That redwood looks great! The grain is real tight I do not know that you can find redwood today that looks that good. Nice work.

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Kewl, I like it. I make a lot of these bottle balancers & your is very unique. Nice job.

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great weekend project i will have to try 1 of these.
question. would the angle (40 deg.) have to change for different size/weight bottles ?

eddy: Not really unless its something really different. The balance comes from where the bottle neck is placed in the upper hole. Most makers bore the upper hole 90 degrees to the wood with the bottom angle at 45 degrees and the bottle is angled up. My upper 30 degree and bottom 40 degree gives me a horizontal bottle. A note here: The thicker the wood the easier to balance and more steady the bottle.

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings