Meant for “poor college students,” this Instructable is a genius alternative to the useless and outdated beer can pyramid from days of yore. Save your empties for making fun, easy furniture instead, linking it all together with the 3D printed Berni Joint through the “Beer Bottle Furniture” project.
- Berni Joints (print out from .stl file on Thingiverse or purchase online at Berni)
- Wood screws
- Beer Bottles
- Wood Board, any type, with < 0.8 in. thicknessg
You can have a lot of fun with this project if you are crafty, adorning the beer bottles accordingly, or if you prefer the uber I-don’t-care look, just leave the scruffy labels on. There are a multitude of ways to decorate bottles. Painting is the obvious choice, but you can also accommodate these vehicles once meant for libations by furthering their lives with all sorts of different decorations and colors, as they make their way permanently into your home.
Next comes fun with the piece of wooden scrap wood. Any ideas on how you’d like to decorate it? Size? That’s all up to you at the arts and crafts table, as well as the workshop if you have access to power tools and want to cut the wood to a certain size. You could also engrave your name if you feel like getting elaborate, and have access to the equipment.
Not just restricted to holding up your shoe collection, this idea can work for a number of different furniture and organizational ideas from shoes and clothing to books, supplies, or even kitchen stuff. While the wooden furniture should be very resilient due to the strength of the glass bottles, be apprised that this is not meant for sitting or holding an inappropriate amount of weight. Enjoy–and cheers!
Is this a design that appeals to you? Are you planning to download the 3D printed joint? Tell us about it in the 3D Printed Beer Bottle Furniture Joint forum thread over at 3DPB.com.