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Wine Bottle Table Create a funky coffee table with wine bottle legs. From "B. Original" episode DBOR-144

Wine bottle legs make this a real cocktail table!

Instead of carting those empty bottles to the recycling center, take them to your workshop: They could become part of a hip, new piece of furniture you make yourself!

B. Original host Michele Beschen shows you how to turn wine bottles into table legs with a few simple tools and techniques. It's a fun and creative way to recycle, and a great way to add one-of-a-kind style to your décor.

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Materials:

wine bottles (all the same height)
bucket of sand
drill or drill press
¼" glass/masonry drill bit
eye protection
leather gloves
¼" T-nuts
¼" bolts
¼" rubber O-rings
long socket driver extension
magnetic screwdriver head for driver extension
¾" MDF (medium-density fiberboard) for tabletop
jigsaw
ice bucket and attachment hardware (optional)
two-part epoxy
silicone adhesive

	Figure A
	Figure B

Note: Choose wine bottles with flat bottoms. The bolts won't sit securely in bottles with indented bases.

Drill Your Bottles

Safety Alert: Always wear eye protection and leather gloves when drilling glass.

• Place a bottle upside down in a bucket of sand to hold it steady for drilling (figure A).

• Put a small amount of water on the bottle bottom to keep the drill bit cool.

• Drill into the bottom of the bottle with steady pressure (figure B). Don't force or rush it; let the drill bit do the work. You can do this with a hand drill, but a drill press gives you more control.

	Figure C
	Figure D
	Figure E

Assemble Your Table

• For this table, Michele Beschen used a sheet of ¾" MDF, cut into a whimsical shape with a hole for an ice bucket.

• Lay your tabletop bottom side up on your work surface. Set your drilled bottles on the tabletop and determine where they will attach to the top. Draw a circle around each bottle once it's in its final spot.

• Remove the bottles and install a T-nut at the center of each of the circles you drew. Before you tap in the T-nut, apply some 2-part epoxy to add extra stability.

• Place rubber O-rings on each of your bolts. This will keep you from having metal rub against the glass bottle when you tighten it.

• Put the bolt on the magnetic socket driver head (figure C) and carefully guide it into one of the bottles until it sticks out through the hole you drilled (figure D). Holding the bold in place with the socket extension, thread it into the T-nut.

• Screw the bolt into the T-nut (figure E). Before you tighten it down, apply silicone adhesive underneath the base of the bottle for added support. Tighten the bolt down snugly, but don't over-tighten—you could snap your bottle.

• Fill the bottle with sand, again for added stability (figure F). Apply glue to a bottle cork and pound the cork in with a mallet. Once the cork is tightly in place, use a small saw to cut off the excess cork (figure G).
  

  Figure F

  Figure G

  
  

• Repeat the process for the other bottles and give all of the adhesives time to dry fully.

Congratulations—you've just built a genuine cocktail table!