ART
BEAUTY & WELLNESS
CRAFT
CULTURE & HISTORY
ENTERTAINMENT
ENVIRONMENT
FOOD & DRINKS
REVERSE ENGINEERING
SCIENCES
SPORTS
TECHNOLOGY
WEARABLES
Glass Bottles Fitted with Cork Stoppers
Cork makes a good stopper because it is elastic and nearly watertight: it squeezes as it goes into the neck and springs back to seal. Fit each clean bottle with a cork a little wider than its neck, tapered to start.
The picture: a clear glass bottle closed with a cork stopper.
Beginner
An hour
Instructions
1
1
Clean the bottles
Clean the bottles
Scrub the bottles inside and out in hot water and let them drain dry.
Materials for this step:
Glass Bottle (Clear)6 pieces
Water5 litersTools needed:
Scrub Brush
Bucket2
2
Size the corks
Size the corks
Measure each neck inside and pick a cork 1–2 mm wider (step 5).
Materials for this step:
Corks6 piecesTools needed:
Digital Caliper 6-Inch3
3
Taper and soften
Taper and soften
Pare the small end of each cork to a slight taper and smooth it with sandpaper. Dip the corks briefly in hot water to soften them.
Tools needed:
Utility Knife
Sandpaper
Large Cooking Pot4
4
Fit
Fit
Twist each cork into its neck until it holds firmly, leaving enough standing to pull it out by hand.
Tools needed:
Digital Caliper 6-Inch5
5
Cork size
Cork size
Loading Jupyter Notebook...
Materials
3- 6 piecesPlaceholder
- 5 litersPlaceholder
- 6 piecesPlaceholder
Tools Required
6- Placeholder
- Placeholder
- Placeholder
- Placeholder
- Placeholder
- Placeholder
This blueprint makes
Related Blueprints
These blueprints share knowledge with this one — techniques, materials, or principles that connect them in the learning graph.
CC0 Public Domain
This blueprint is released under CC0. You are free to copy, modify, distribute, and use this work for any purpose, without asking permission.
Support the Maker by purchasing products through their Blueprint where they earn a Maker Commission set by Vendors, or create a new iteration of this Blueprint and include it as a connection in your own Blueprint to share revenue.