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Joe · by **Joe** on Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:29 am

Here is a Swirlstone bottle holder I am working on. I still need a way to attach a bail to it.

Hope you like it.

Spacegold · by **Spacegold** on Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:59 am

Uh, what is the bottle supposed to contain?

Joe · by **Joe** on Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:15 pm

I'm making this for some people I know who sell perfumes and scented oils. They sorta challenged me to come up with a way to fit a bottle into a stone when I saw them last year. Once it's done they will hopefully sell it!

tonyterner · by **tonyterner** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:56 pm

I've done this with wood but never stone. I gotta believe its much easier in wood. LOL The stone is very pretty. How did you drill out the hole?

Joe · by **Joe** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:46 pm

Thanx Tony. I put the stone in a small wooden vice and set it in a pan of water. I have a Dremel drill press and I used it to hold the tool steady. The hole was cut with a 3mm core bit. Swirlstone is somewhat soft so it didn't take too long to drill.

Spacegold · by **Spacegold** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:40 am

Joe, check Kingsley North for a glue-on loop. Alternatively, you could drill two small holes on opposite sides to accept a spring bail of piano wire.

Joe · by **Joe** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:27 pm

Thanx Ken, that's a good idea! I will check with them.

weeshan · by **weeshan** on Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:50 am

Now that is a neat idea. I really like the colors in the stone. Its probably a good thing you used a soft material...trying to drill that hole in agate or something would make me crazy. Let us know if they end up selling them.

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