Made a cup holder, its functional, unfortunately it's ugly

that is bad


there are so many better ways of doing that

>>1229094
Name one.

>>1229097

use a hole saw and drop in an actual cup holder

use a hole saw and drop in any cup that will fit

use a hole saw and make a 2 part holder with pvc....end cap on the bottom, with a small section that goes through the top, then a connector on top to hold it together

screw a pvc endcap right to the top, then stick a short section of pipe in


...and the list goes on, that was just in a few mintues

>>1229100
I'm thinking maybe a plastic cup I can cut down and fit in the hole, or maybe using a metal cup that I can heat with a torch to smooth out the glue. I just need to spray the outside of the cup with something that won't stick to the glue, oil maybe?

>>1229089
Looks like shit anon.

>>1229089
>Any ideas for how to pretty it up?
Throw away your desk and get a new one.

>>1229117
I knoe

>>1229113
I would never have tried to make it with hot glue....it will be next to impossible to clean out....dust and dirt gets in there, mixes with condensation from a cup

I used the cut off bottom of a food container as a coaster; disposable and easy to wash out

at this point I'd say to cut your losses and try to cut/drill it out and fit in a cup holder or a small metal dish....leave the glue around the edges to keep the surface from peeling

I don't think there is a good ending to try and melt it smooth, it certainly won't fix the inherit problems with using hot glue

>>1229119
>get a new one

Wow, such diy.

>>1229121
Well if it was smooth it would be easy to clean. I guess the takeaway is don't use hot glue as a substitute for polyurethane resin. At this point I'm probably going to add a layer of something to the inside, on top of the glue. Aluminium might look pretty cool.

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>>1229125
maybe just look for a small pyrex dish, heat it up in boiling water, then push it in, and fill more glue in around it

>>1229129
This is high temperature glue, it needs about 140C to fully melt.

>>1229132
you can put pyrex in an oven to that temp provided you don't put it in cold

>>1229144
Mm, that's a good idea. I'd just need to find a pyrex container the right size.

>>1229144
>you can put pyrex in an oven to that temp provided you don't put it in cold

Sad.
Soda lime glass is such garbage.
Original Pyrex was made out of borosilicate glass, and was literally marketed as "out of the oven into the freezer".

Modern pyrex can shatter if you pull from over and stick it onto a cold damp counter

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Looks a little better I think.

>>1229148
every material has its limitations at some point

if you dump a hot metal pan into cold water, you end up with a warped pan

personally I have yet to destroy a pyrex baking dish, although if I were going to do something small, corningware would be the way to go

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Decorative ring.

>>1229155
Are you drunk?

Please tell me you're drunk.

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>>1229156
Well...

>>1229156
I'm either too drunk for this project or not drunk enough.

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>>1229159
>fireball
u are lit. trash

Can I heat and soften glass and mold it to the hole without setting the desk on fire?

>>1229148
>The European manufacturer of Pyrex, Arc International, uses borosilicate glass in its Pyrex glass kitchen products;[1] however, the U.S. manufacturer of Pyrex kitchenware uses tempered soda-lime glass.[2]

USA does it again!

>>1229181
Unreal, I'm looking this shit up. I swear to god with this fucking country I was born into.

>>1229411
"If we can't raise the World's standard of living we'll lower ours..."

>>1229089
Legos would be an improvement...

>>1229181
>>1229411
Its what the consumers wanted.
Do you want to pay $12 or $40 for a dish?

>>1229154
>corningware would be the way to go

As autistic as it is, I buy vintage boro pyrex, corningware, and tupperware at thrift shops.
Throw the tupperware into the freezer, when its frozen hit it with a hammer and then return it for warranty.

If the Pyrex or Corningware has no chips or cracks, its good to go. Stuff is great. Outfitting the kitchen for cheap with high quality shit.

Look for all uppercase PYREX, lowercase pyrex is the lower quality stuff. And remember the switch happened in the 90s so just because it looks old doesnt mean its the good stuff.

>>1229534
If it's American made and lasts a lifetime then I would pay $40.

>>1229089
Spray paint.

>>1229097
Make a fucking coaster you heathen, we do have objects that serve to hold glasses other than some bizarre shit that will end up in a landfill.

>>1229540
Your parents and grandparents didnt agree
The consumer market is built exactly how people spent their money.

Now you dont have much of a choice

>>1229534
Pyrex used to be good shit here. It is Walmart that is turning everything to trash. They'll get a decent product on their shelves like Rubbermaid, then when prices go up on the resins, Rubbermaid had to decide whether to lower its standards and cave into Walmart's low price demands, or get kicked off Walmart's shelves. Rubbermaid is the only company I know of that didn't lower its standards and lost a contract with the nation's largest retail outlet.

As for other brands, I can't eat Bryer's ice cream anymore. It was great before Walmart got ahold of it, now it's cheap shitty drek. I can't tell you how many of those Corning Visions glass storage containers I busted because they came from Walmart and I tried to put them on the stove. And I wouldn't trust a piece of Pyrex anymore unless it came from someone's great grandmother's cherished collection. Pyrex was once great here, as well.

Walmart has single-handedly killed Made-In-America as a mark of quality by strong-arming companies to either lower prices or keep them the same in opposition to inflation. And all this happened AFTER the old man died and left the corp to his greedy spawn.

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>>1229629
I honestly don't know what I was thinking. I'll probably drill it out later.

>>1229653
You were high you stupid fucking stoner.

Next you're going to tell me that table is real wood and not some melamine shit.

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>>1229670
I built the table about six years ago and I had no idea what I was doing so just made it stupidly thick. It's 30mm of pine glued to a 19mm sheet of marine plywood (which covers the whole underside aside from 50mm around the outer edge) with some premade metal legs bolted to it.

The tabletop is 49mm thick making it neigh indestructible... unless you get drunk and start drilling holes in it.

>>1229646
>Walmart has single-handedly killed Made-In-America as a mark of quality by strong-arming companies to either lower prices or keep them the same in opposition to inflation.

Its a two way street
Walmart catered to what people wanted. If people hadnt bought the cheap shit in the first place, walmart wouldnt have taken over so strongly.

>>1229646
Most lab glassware is borosilicate.

>>1229089
Holy shit I laughed. That is so fucking bad, Jesus.

Congratulations on this gaping asshole of a project. Maybe give it 5 good coats of plasti dip

>>1230216
Ahh right, Plasti dip. That's probably what I should have used to begin with. I'll see if I can remove most of the glue and give it a spray.

Either that or I'll keep it as a visual reminder that drunkenly modifying furniture is never as good an idea as it seems when I'm drunk.

>>1229644
Not true in my case.

>>1229094
3D printer from a huge library

>>1229097
Those tin cans that hold Hunt's tomato sauce have a diameter in size with standard cups. Even that would be better than whatever OP made.

>>1229089
It's not THAT bad...

>>1230691
There is a fucking chisel and wood in the background
If he would have made a coaster out of wood with a small chisel it wouldnt have gotten so much hate.

I dont understand the actual need for a "holder" when on a desk all you really need is a coaster

>>1231035
It prevents the drink from being tipped over.

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>>1231288
get a spillproof cup like pic related

making one would itself be a fun exercise as well

>>1231288
why not glue a camelbak on your moobs and drink from that?

>>1231288
You have a better chance tipping it over trying to life it out of the holder

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>>That time OP did that sweet custom bumper...

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>>OP installing a skylight in his home...

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>>OP updating windows...

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>>1229089
Judging by the craftsmanship of that hole/cupholder/chunk of pastic in the desk, this might have been a more suitable option from the get go

>>1231707
Nah, OP would probably try to make the nipple out of hot glue.

>>1229155
I actually kinda like it. It looks like someone burned a hole into your desk and you made the best of it.

>>1231891
Yeah, but OP was the one that burnt a hole in his own desk since he's a tard.

>>1229089
what even is the point of this? whatever you're putting into it will stand just as easy by itself.

>>1229159
>Fireball
are you a 17 year old girl?

Make it with heater instead

better ways yes. all involce a saw or a dremel.but at least you tried. so i'll give you that

>>1234293
I had half a bottle of some type of liquor in my cabinet, do you honestly think I'm not going to drink it?

>>1236306
As in, a hot air gun? I've got one of those...