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Wine bottle and glass holder from copper pipe

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Spent the afternoon making this. Not much of a wine drinker at all but still pretty cool.
 

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Very nice, must say I had to chuckle when a boilermaker made a piece out of pipe.

Just a random thought, it might be cool to heat color it in spots and then clear coat the entire thing to prevent it from oxidizing and darkening from sitting out and oil in the skin.
 
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I'm actually thinking of doing a blue patina on it using ammonia, salt and baking powder. I'll post pictures if I do it. Thanks!
 

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Unique piece for sure. Downside is, not all bottles have the dimpled bottom to fit it. Perhaps a second variation is in order. :thumbup:

You could make a second version where the bottom is cradled like the neck, but in the bottom of the cradle you have a T that allows a finger to come off, bend-up, and act as a stop so the bottle won't slide out.

That's a really nice piece! That's Farmer's Market Fodder for sure. :p
How much were all the fittings?
 
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You could make a second version where the bottom is cradled like the neck, but in the bottom of the cradle you have a T that allows a finger to come off, bend-up, and act as a stop so the bottle won't slide out.

That's a really nice piece! That's Farmer's Market Fodder for sure. :p
How much were all the fittings?

Thanks! I'd have to crunch the numbers for the fittings because i bought bags of ten and had some leftover from a previous project. I also went through quite a bit of pipe.. More than I had expected. This thing wasn't cheap to make! But it'll last forever
 

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Really cool! I'm not a wine guy by any means but I thought the bottle is supposed to be cork side down in order to keep the cork wet.
 

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Did you soft solder or use silver solder?


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Did you soft solder or use silver solder?


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Silver solder i believe. Whichever is standard for plumbing copper water pipes (believe silver solder but it's early on a Monday and I could be wrong.. haha)
 
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Really cool! I'm not a wine guy by any means but I thought the bottle is supposed to be cork side down in order to keep the cork wet.

Cork down for long term storage, I see this as a display a bottle of wine for a get together. 1 bottle instead of a case.

You're both right! It's at a really low angle so the cork stays wet. Only works for a full bottle of course. I'm not a wine guy either but it's more of a conversation piece
 

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Neat - and Apothic Red is one of my wife's favorites for a $10 bottle!
 
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