Beer bottle clock

[user 19915]

Advice required please I have been asked to make a wooden beer bottle clock But I am a little concerned if I glue them on to the wooden face they can fall and hurt someone any other idea's to attach them to the wood

 

[Cabinetman]

If you were to get a square piece of wood about an inch thick and a little bit larger than the diameter of the bottles, mount them on a lathe faceplate and remove the centre to the same diameter as the bottles, then cut the resultant square O’s in half you could then screw that to the face of the clock from the back and using a hot glue gun, glue the bottles into the cradles, they will not come off very easily, if at all. Ian
Just curious Mock how old are you please?

 

[Sachakins]

What ever adhesive you use, I'd use epoxy, rough up the surface of glass with abrasive, about 80-120 grit, this will give a good surface for adhesive to bond to, as its often smooth surfaces than come apart easier.

 

[mrpercysnodgrass]

https://www.builderdepot.co.uk/evo-stik-mirror-adhesive-310ml

 

[Rorschach]

Glue them for stability but also drill a hole in the back and fit a hollow wall anchor so even if the glue failed it couldn't fall off.

 

[user 19915]

Thank one and all

If you were to get a square piece of wood about an inch thick and a little bit larger than the diameter of the bottles, mount them on a lathe faceplate and remove the centre to the same diameter as the bottles, then cut the resultant square O’s in half you could then screw that to the face of the clock from the back and using a hot glue gun, glue the bottles into the cradles, they will not come off very easily, if at all. Ian
Just curious Mock how old are you please?

I am 57

 

[Terrytpot]

If I was really concerned about a glue joint failing I might contemplate drilling a hole in the rear of the bottles, inserting a hunk of wood through the neck of the bottle and then whilst wedging it to the rear of the bottle, screw through the rear of the clock face and the drilled hole in the bottle into the aforementioned hunk of wood...fiddly I know but very reassuring if combined with an adhesive as opposed to using one on its own.

 

[TRITON]

I have to say that is the pic is fooking horrible. Theres little to no thought in it at all.

If I was looking to make such, I'd soak off the labels, and look to have the bottles heated and flattened, then reapply the labels. Glass melts at 1400c, so you would need to find a ceramic maker and beg the loan of their kiln. Obviously 1400 is melt, and you want it to soften rather than that.

Apparently they call it slumping

As a design idea, given the clock has numbers 1-12, you could incorporate that using ground glass at some point in the process to fuse on the numbers

Look here.