DIY Glass Furniture Legs
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2023
- I turned glass bottles into furniture legs and reinforced them with epoxy. This DIY bench or coffee table uses a large glass bottle as one of the legs. I coated the inside with Total Boat Table Top Epoxy to reinforce the glass. Structural glass is an interesting idea and epoxy reinforced glass bottles could be a good way to experiment with budget friendly DIY options
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Hey, how about : to prevent your epoxy to gather at the bottom and have a more uniform finish around it : you use your wind power rock tumbler to turn the bottle as it dries ? :D
I like this idea! the tumblers I have are not long enough for these bottles. I think a high speed vertical spinner might be interesting to get to spin outward
Love the homemade safety glass concept! I wonder if you could use one of those rock tumblers you just set up to keep the bottle rolling while the epoxy is curing to get even distribution on the sides.
I like this idea! the tumblers I have are not long enough for these bottles. I think a high speed vertical spinner might be interesting to get to spin outward
Try rotating the bottle continuously whilst the epoxy cures to get an even layer/color on the inside using a grill rotisserie motor. They're cheap and easy to rig up to rotate the bottle. I use one to cure epoxy coatings on homemade fishing lures. It gets a nice even coat. Pretty cool concept with the bench!
You are probably one of my favorite creative designers I’ve discovered in the last few years, thank you! Continuously inspired 🤎
thank you!!!
This design is so rad. And love the epoxy reinforced glass experiment, and the tinted resin is beautiful - great idea!
Thank you! Cheers!
4 glass legs would also be nice to give a bench seat or tabletop a floating appearance, you just need to drink more!
What about putting the bottle on the rock tumbler motor so it continuously rotates while curing. might give a thicker layer on the sides
I like this idea! the tumblers I have are not long enough for these bottles. I think a high speed vertical spinner might be interesting to get to spin outward
A neverending flow of ideas and inspiration. Thx man
Very creative as always Ben.
Salute, sir. Thanks for continually eating a good breakfast, and converting that energy into inspiration.
This is so cool. That bench would also be beautiful with two wooden legs
great idea. I love the blue stain by the way.
Yooooo Ben!!! That blue is Hella DOPE!!! Not sure what it is but, this project really warmed my heart. I think it was the ability to add the flowers. Hoping all is well Bud, Dirty Jersey out!!!
That stain colour is fantastic!
thank you!
Great idea! If you let the bottles rotate on one of your rock tumblers, the resin will coat the bottle walls evenly as the resin starts to cure and get thicker until it gels and turns hard. 😊
Great video and upcycling project. Can see the potential. Mahalo for sharing! 🙏🙂🐒
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice Ash! I have used my lathe to give myself an even coat of epoxy on a round object.
That's a good idea!
Cool project, I like the look. What if you put some blue and brown beach glass in the bottle and added epoxy to that?
Beautiful
thank you!
Love the stain and the creative idea. A suggestion: Maybe add clear sea glass to the bottle for effect? Using the bottle as a vase would muddy the water after a few days and then the bottle would need to be cleaned.
Thanks for the tip!
Bookcase / bookshelf could be interesting.
Yes!
Hmmm..I'm not massively in love with the design, but I do love your creativeness in using materials in an unusual manner!
Thank you very much!
I always click asap when I see a video from you. 😂
I appreciate that greatly!
Did you try a heat gun on the resin? That works to get the bubbles out. Lot cheaper than the vacuum setup, too.
great question! I did try it but it wasn't able to get the bubbles through the glass and it couldn't get low enough down the bottles mouth
Every time I watch one of your videos, I can't help wonder if you have any baggy clothes 😂
Can you recycle the glass bottles if ever they break, if they have epoxy coating on them? I like reusing glass because of its reuse and recyclability , but if the epoxy means it’s no longer recyclable then it defeats the purpose imo
You'll need UV protection for the epoxy but you know that already. Interesting, I'd like to see the break test once you've applied coats of epoxy on the outside of the bottle. Also you can get the wooden plugs to just about disappear if you use a plug cutter to make the dowels/plugs and again you probably already know that. Thanks for the video.
Old liquor bottles are almost unbreakable.
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I'm not a fan of lessening the stability ( a tripod based bench ) in order to get a dangerous Franken-vase/seat .
Vacuum is not good for resin. It is necessary to pressurize the chamber, not vacuum it
thank you! I will try that next!
this would scare me if it wasnt tempered
yes and I think extra layers would be wise
Why not just fill the bottle fully?
Because that would cost around $80
Yea for any household with children running around this may not be the best choice.
probably not
I like the Creativity - BUT - *This is a terrible idea.* There is a reason that they don't just coat Glass with epoxy and call it a day (real safety glass is designed to be under tension that so WHEN it breaks, it breaks into small shards and not long pieces that cause major damage).
By the time that you add enough epoxy to the *OUTSIDE of the Bottle up through the neck of the bottle* so that it won't be a danger to some kid with metal football cleats swinging their legs under the bench then it won't be viable. Now if you used Concrete by itself or a Plastic bottle filled with Resin then that would be cool as I like the idea of incorporating a Vase into the Bench.
there are multiple types of safety glass designed to meet different scenarios. I think the statement about it not being viable to coat the outside is incorrect do to the absolute nature of it
@@HomeMadeModern Of course it is *possible* to coat glass enough hold up the single side of a bench when over 1,000 lbs of shear force hits it (the weight + momentum of 2 large adults sitting on the bench) but where exactly is that point?
There is a reason that commercial safety glass is required to meet certain standards and be registered.
But I'm sure that using a random jar (how thick?) with a random amount of epoxy (are layers bonded correctly?) and that covers the entire bottle (including the curved neck section) *as a support item in a piece of furniture will be just fine.*
Again, I think that the overall idea is creative if it was built as an Art piece that does not have to support multiple people OR using another material that is more predictable OR even better, *build it as a table instead of as a Bench.*
But hey, that's what Lawyers and Homeowners insurance is for (to hold reckless people accountable if they build something using materials clearly not meant for such a use)
This is so incredibly pointless and uses so much more material than another piece of wood in place of the leg would have.
So is all your furniture just made out of the minimum material necessary to do the job?
mildly pointless not incredibly :)
Awesome project. Can you provide a link of the epoxy that you used?