Bottle Lamp 2

It is Christmas time, time to decorate home... In this instructable I will share how i recycled old Whisky bottle and transformed it into a simple bottle lamp

It you have the right tools, the build is simple enough to be completed in 4 to 6 hrs of lazy efforts

Material

• an nice shaped Whisky bottle
• 3/4" plywood plank ( we need 2 squares 3" x 3" )
• LED copper string lights (5 mtrs)

Tools

• Drilling machine
• 6 mm drill bit for wood
• Hole saw 35mm and 62mm
• G clamps
• PVA glue / fevicol
• Wood polish

• The whisky bottle came with a cap. I wanted to sandwich this in between two wooden pieces
• Before we cut the wood, we must make the holes, this is more safe and easier
• I am using "Stanleys hole saw", I first drilled few mm with the 62 mm and then through hole with 35mm diameter
• Make sure the cap fits, mine was bit bigger, so I cut it using the 62mm hole saw
• Now cut this piece into a 3" x 3" square and another of same size but without any hole
• Sandwich the cap between two squares and glue it
• Hold the wooden pieces in position using clamps for 2 hours

Sanding

• Since wooden pieces were cut using a jigsaw, the edges are not aligned
• I used a 60 grit sand paper and got all the edges aligned
• Then used 180 and 220 grit to smoothen it further
• I used natural wood polish to coat the base

• The bottle did not have wide enough hole for the led string to enter, so used a soldering iron to make a wider hole
• I did not want to remove the plastic as the cap would not fit and the neck wold become too small
• At every stage, I tested that the bottle still can fit the cap

• I drilled a 6mm hole from on of the edge till the cap
• I had a 10 mtrs les string light, which had required register to limit current, so I just cut the led string light at 5mtrs length and save rest for another project in future
• Do test LED string is still working
• Pass the led string holes the base and the cap
• Randomly fill in the bottle with the led string light

Light it up !!

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