Wine Cork Holder

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Brian Wildman

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Brian Wildman

General Information

Make a Wine Cork Holder using Easel and the X-Carve.

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1

Intro

How to make a Wine Cork Holder. Made from 1/4" MDF and painted a flat black. The dimensions of this project are 16" x 6" x 2.5".

2

Cutting the Material

Using 1/4" MDF, you will need to cut the following pieces:

2 @ 6" x 16" 2 @ 2" x 16" 2 @ 2" x 5.5"

Estimated time: 2 minutes

3

Load CORKS in Easel

I used a Spiral Up Cut, Single Flute End Mill, 1/8" cutting dia. Loaded up CORKS and send it to the X-Carve.

Estimated time: 1 minutes

4

Let the carving begin.

Just sit back and watch.

Estimated time: 20 minutes

5

Cut tab around the letters

Using a jig saw, cut the tabs that are holding the letters in place. Sand remaining pieces of tab smooth. Make sure you keep the center of the "O" and "R". You will glue these on later.

Estimated time: 3 minutes

6

Cork Opening.

On one of the short 2" x 2.5" pieces, drill a 1-1/8" hole at the top.

Estimated time: 1 minutes

7

Paint the inside

Now is a good time to paint the inside and back side of the CORKS sign.

Estimated time: 3 minutes

8

Attach chicken wire to back side of CORKS

Using epoxy(or strong glue) glue a pieces of chicken wire to the back side of the CORKS pieces. I used 1/2" x 1/2" square chicken wire. The chicken wire should be roughly 5.5" x 15.5". Make sure the chicken wire is set back 1/4" from all edges so that the CORKS sign will fit in the box.

9

Assembly

Grab the blank 6"x16" pieces and glue on the long 2"x 16" first, then the shorts 2"x5.5" pieces. I used pin nails to hold the pieces together while the glue dried, claps will works as well. Let this part dry for 1 hour. Next, glue on the CORKS piece, clap together and let the glue dry.

Estimated time: 10 minutes

10

Sanding

After the glue has dried, give everything a good sanding with 220 grid sand paper.

Estimated time: 4 minutes

11

Glue Centers of Letters

Remember the center of the "O" and "R" you saved? Well now we are going to glue them back on the chicken wire. Again, I used epoxy to glue these to the chicken wire.

Estimated time: 1 minutes

12

Prime and Paint

I sprayed the outside of the box with a primer and then gave it a light sanding to get everything smooth. I then used a flat black and gave the everything a good coat.

13

Filler Her Up!!

After the paint is dry, now its time to fill her up with corks.

Estimated time: 1 minutes

Jennifer Peterson

Are you able to share this file? Please absolutely Love this project! Thank you

Jennifer Peterson

Brian Wildman

The public box is checked. You should be able to see it.

Brian Wildman

Jennifer Peterson

Hi Brian, sorry I still get a error when I try to open this project.

Jennifer Peterson

Mark Lewis

I also can't load.....but great project!

Mark Lewis

Sean Painter

I'm unable to open this either. Can you repost it? Great Project!

Sean Painter

manux renaud

I'm unable to open this either. Can you repost it? thank you

manux renaud

Brian Wildman

As of 2/25/2020, file should work, I fixed it.

Brian Wildman

Rick Olsen

Hi Brian - still gives the error that this has NOT been shared publicly ?

Rick Olsen

Brian Wildman

The public box is checked. I was able to open. If not i will have to contact Inventables.

Brian Wildman