How to Build a Bar Stool Using Plastic Bottles?

Polkilo
by Polkilo
6 Materials
$10
2 Hours
Easy

Hello!

Today i will show you How To Build A Bar Stool From Plastic Bottles. Plastic bottles can be recycled and reused. If you heat them, they will decrease in size and connect the parts very tightly.


Tools that i used for this project:


  • Heat gun
  • Saw
  • Screwdriver
  • Digital protractor

First of all, we need to do a top of our bar stool. For this i took a pine board 30 cm wide, and cut length 45 cm. So, my stool top will be 30*45 cm.

Now i will be making a legs for stool. I used pine board 45*45mm with rounded corners. I cut 4 legs.

After that, i clamp them together and sanded with a sandpaper and a screwdriver. In that way all 4 legs will be the same length.

Now i will be making a frame for stool. I used pine board 15*150cm. I cut 4 pieces. 

As a result i have got such a box.

I marked where I should make a cuts.

That frame looks too massive, so i decided to cut a little bit of wood. I made a rounded corners with a screwdriver.


As a result i have got such U-shape pieces. I clamp them together and sanded with a sand paper.

Now we need to connect our top and frame of the stool. For this i make 4 cuts in the top of the stool. 

I will be connect this parts with plastic bottles. I cut bottles in 3 pieces.


When heated, the plastic shrinks and squeezes the two pieces together tightly. 

When the plastic cooled down, I decided to cut off the excess and make them the same size.

Now I will be attaching stool legs. I will also used plastic bottles.

I cut one corner with a knife. In this way it will be easier to insert leg into the plastic.

Heating with a heat gun and cut off the excess parts.

We're almost done! The only thing we need to do is add a leg bar. I used pine board 35*18mm.



That's it! We've done everything! I'm really surprised how strong a plastic bottle can be to connect the parts together. Don't throw away the bottles. Apply them in your projects!

Hope you enjoyed it!

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  • Thea Thea on Oct 01, 2020

    Do you think one would be able to fuse pieces together somehow to make longer strips that would bear weight?

  • Krafty Kathy Krafty Kathy on Oct 01, 2022

    I wonder how putting bottle (slices) all around the legs and bars and heat shrink them would look. Could you get a smooth surface as they overlap?

  • Tanya Tanya on Oct 01, 2022

    What are the measurements in inches?

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  • Linda Moore Linda Moore on Oct 01, 2022

    Also, great use of a product that needs and begs to be repurposed. I love making things from different things. So, this is right up my alley. Thank You so much.

  • Kgaletin Kgaletin on Oct 01, 2022

    Fantastic idea. Great execution!

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