Deep cup holders (1 Viewer)

[Lars]

I purchased some tables last summer with the oversized cup holders. I really like cup holders but bottles can stick up a bit high where they occasionally get bumped during play. I decided to make double deep cup holders. You need your oversized cupholdets to be brass as you can't saw through the stainless ones. The regular size cup holders that go in the bottom of the oversized can be brass or stainless. I felt that the stainless cupholders fit tighter so I used them.

First you need a holesaw with removable arbor. You remove the holesaw from the arbor and use it to drill your center hole in the brass cupholder. The cupholders that I used had a swirl mark inside that showed center. You could also mark it but if you are a little off it is fine.

You then hold the cup holder on the same 2" thick board and use a 2-5/8" holesaw to drill a hole in the bottom. You then put your regular cupholder on the end of a 2×2 so that you can force the oversized cupholder down over the regular cupholder.

You push down really hard on the oversized cupholder until it slides all the way down.

Now you are done. I spray my brass cupholders with Mohawk brass spray laquer which keeps them from tarnishing. Now you just slide them down into your rail.

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[slisk250]

These are absolutely awesome. I played at The Shed and can tell you first hand that they function well and are not in the way. No knee knocking, etc...

 

[bsdunbar1]

What is the advantage of going through all that work instead of just using these?

 

[Lars]

What is the advantage of going through all that work instead of just using these?

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It isn't that much work really. Those don't look as deep to me but they might be just fine. I have never seen those before.

 

[bsdunbar1]

They don't look as deep as yours, I just didn't know if there was a specific advantage to the ones you made.

 

[Lars]

They don't look as deep as yours, I just didn't know if there was a specific advantage to the ones you made.

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I was just trying to get bottles and glasses as deep into the table as I could. The ones you have look good also. Where did you get them?

 

[bsdunbar1]

All over eBay. They are actually a marine/rv application. Search for marine cup holders and there a ton of them.

 

[T_Chan]

The marine ones are 3.5" deep, the extra deep ones Lars made are probably 4.5" or even deeper.

 

[Raf]

Wow! Ingenuity at its finest! Nicely done mate! Big props! Great idea