How to Make a Wooden Wine Cork Trivet Frame

Recycle your used wine corks by building them a trivet frame. Trivets are used to hold hot pots and pans when they come off of the oven or out of the stove. They aid in protecting your countertops from burns. Build your own trivet frame using small pine boards and thin plywood. Build the frame to hold any set of corks. In general, 144 corks will give you a trivet that is 10-by-10 inches. Counting and measuring your corks is required before designing your trivet frame.

Safety glasses
Tape measure
Corks
4 pine boards, 1/4-by-3-by-20 inches
Plywood, 1/8-by-20-by-20 inches
Chop saw
Wood glue
Table saw, with fence

Instructions

- 1
  Measure the diameter of your corks and determine the length and width of your square trivet frame. The length and width of the inside of the frame will be equal.
- 2
  Cut two boards to equal the inside measurement of the trivet. Cut the other two boards at this length plus .5 inches. Position the two longer boards on edge, parallel and spaced to equal the length of the two shorter boards. Set the two shorter boards on edge and between the first pair at a right angle. The corners are flush. Glue the boards together in this position.
- 3
  Measure the length and width of the four boards and cut the plywood to this measurement using your table saw. Use the fence as your guide when cutting these boards.
- 4
  Set the plywood on top of the boards so the edges are flush with the sides of the boards. Glue the plywood to the boards in this position. Your wine cork trivet frame is ready for the corks to be glued into it.

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