How To Cut Wine Corks In Half

Olivia Luz

Put on protective gloves to prepare for cutting. Put the lid on and let them steam 10 mins. Tighten a pair of vice grips around a cork pinching it at the sides to leave the top and bottom of the cork accessible.

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Step 2 make a mark across the top of the cork with a pencil.

Don t freak out if the cork absorbs water and swells a little bit in size. If your wood is 1 1 2 x1 1 2 square this would be 3 4 in. You want this to happen. It s a lot easier to cut a cork in half than it is to cut a cork lengthwise.

1 to make your first cut the kerf which will be what you set up all your future cuts from mark half the half way point in the width of the wood. Then use a thin craft blade such as an x acto knife to score a thin slice lengthwise down the rounded side. Make the mark along the center of the top of the cork. Score the rounded side just deep enough to fit a sheet of paper and make sure you don t cut all the way through.

Place a cork in the groove between the two pieces of one by two. Bring the pot of water to a boil on the stove. Step 3 cut the cork in half with a serrated knife box cutter hand saw or dremel. Cut corks safely and easily.

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Place the tool you made on top of a cutting board. With the hacksaw cut the cork along the edge of the tool making sure the cutting board is under the cork in case your saw slips. Allow the water to come to a boil and then put the corks in the basket. Adjust so half the cork is in the tool and half is sticking out.

Mark the half way point with your marker. Place a steamer basket inside a pot with a few inches of water. Cut the corks in half lengthwise so they ll sit flat on the table. If you steam corks they will be easier to cut.

2 set your bandsaw fence so the blade will cut into the wood and the hole you just drilled so it splits the hole in half. The reason is that you have much more room to grasp the cork to prevent it from rolling during the cut. Quick instructions on how to cut a cork in half. Put the cork s in the vegetables steamer or metal colander and steam them over the pot of boiling water for 10 to 15 minutes.

Make simple wine cork place card holders. Use cut corks in. You can then set the corks in the middle of these two pieces of wood and cut them lengthwise without any chance of them rolling or shifting.