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Thread: Re-Purposed Glass
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23rd September 2012, 05:45 AM #1
Re-Purposed Glass
Hi folks,
I often see old jars and the like bereft of lids. But people pass them on as the are attractive they are hopeful that someone will finds a use for them.
Eventually it hit me, I'm a turner, make them new lids... I'm now on a mission, old (attractive) jars or lonely lids are going to get the other bit made for them.
The small jar has a Bog Oak lid, finished with the new Mylands metallic spirit stains.
The Perfume Bottle, well it's a bit of beech but I've painted it in Black Japlac.
Repurposed Jars.JPGDragonfly
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23rd September 2012, 06:36 AM #2
D'fly, good idea. Might be something to look at, at garage sales - cheap good looking bottles and male a suitable lid.
Pat
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23rd September 2012, 06:55 AM #3
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23rd September 2012, 08:34 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Great idea!
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23rd September 2012, 07:24 PM #5
That would make a really good Club project. A good intro into lidded container making; ie just make the lid (and finial, it could be an option). And recycle at the same time.
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23rd September 2012, 08:07 PM #6
Aha what a good idea. How about cutting the screw threads on the lid?
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23rd September 2012, 08:37 PM #7Skwair2rownd
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Neat!!
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24th September 2012, 04:18 AM #8
The small pot does have threads or at least one going around the rim once. I debated trying out a method but thought better of it.
My idea was to coat the thread in silicon or at least WD40, then wrap polymer clay around and make the lid a little loose giving room to squeeze it over. When set, twist off and tidy up.
Anyone any other ideas?Dragonfly
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24th September 2012, 08:59 AM #9
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24th September 2012, 09:44 AM #10anne-maria.
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24th September 2012, 11:40 AM #11
Good job with the lids! I've got a bit of a collection in the bottom of a cupboard myself for the same purpose
I've looked at doing this before . . . but just never got around to trying it . Most of those jar threads have from 2 to 4 'leads' so I reckon you could get away with cutting a single bead the same size as the threads on the inside of the lid, then remove all but small sections of the bead to engage the glass threads. . . . . well it makes sense to me
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