wood topped glass table

I was asked to put a wood table top on a large glass jar. This is a neat trick, or at least it was for me. If you are interested the steps are over at

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______ God bless and safe turning Darrell Feltmate Truro, NS, Canada
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Darrell Feltmate
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Hi Darrell

Glass bottle you say, carboy we call them, 54 liter, I have a couple, quite fragile, and mine are full with grape juice, just bubbling away.

Nice job, but FRAGILE.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Darrell Feltmate wrote:

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l.vanderloo

Second the nice job.

But the carboys I remember from childhood had a pretty thick wall and seemed to take a fair amount of punishment, as they were used over and over. This was in Scotland, so maybe the word applies to differnet types of glass container.

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Lobby Dosser

Not sophisticated around here, but I have done a couple milk can tables. Never question a customer's taste, just your own, I say. With the bottled water boom discovering plastic, ought to be a few glass bottles for those who want 'em.

Tradition has the cleat running cross-grain, as you know, to help keep the top flat. Slotted places for the screws to accommodate movement. Yours looks like it runs along the grain. Looks like white ash, or is your local black fairly light in color?

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George

Thanks Leo. Like Lobby says, this thing is pretty solid. I have no idea how old but it has been around for a while and seems to have taken a few knocks and survived.

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Darrell Feltmate

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Darrell Feltmate

Hi Guys

I guess this might be another case of "economics" as in the way they used to be and the way they are now, the carboys I have are almost paper thin and hand blown, one is slightly thicker than the other one. The first one I got from an older man that was unable to any longer handle the large bulky bottle, and the last one I bought from an Portuguese store that gets it's olive oil in bulk in those bottles, and it is very thin. Trying to remember now, I'm quite sure that the carboys we used to get, with battery acid or distilled water in them, were a lot thicker than the ones I have now, funny I didn't think of that before. And yes those would be a lot stronger, but still glass.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Lobby Dosser wrote:

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Jim Hall

Fingers and brain disconnect on previous post.. Sorry

If that were mine. Darrell, I'd be really tempted to take out my router and cut a not to conspicuous narrow slot in the center of the table and use jar as a giant coin bank.

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Jim Hall

Jim In Canada our coins go up to $2.00 each. That would be an expensive bottle.

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Darrell Feltmate

Ha.. Would have no problem in the states filling one up in no time with pennies. There about as close to worthless as you can get. Many people won't even bend over to pick them up if they drop one. I heard they cost more to make than they're worth. Kind of a nuisance in your pocket. I'm always looking to get rid of them, guess I need to find me one of those green jugs.. Well ok, then.. Maybe there's something else in Nova Scotia that's small, collectable and easy to find.. Sea shells..?

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Jim Hall

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