How on earth did they do this? Martini Glass Cat Condo

[Kevin Schlossberg]

I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how they built the cone of the glass.

The base and stem could be a standard table stand. The cone though... a friend suggested 1" MDF cut concentrically with a .45" angle and stacked. I'm not sure. Any suggestions?

Site where product is from - http://www.hollywoodkittyco.com/martini-condo.html

[Dave Richards]

I'd cut tapered and beveled staves and glue them together. I'd probably use a birdsmouth on one edge of each stave to make assembly easier.

[Gerry Grzadzinski]

I've made conical shapes using bending plywood, and also by using a CNC router to make radial kerfs in veneered panels to attach to a conical frame.

[Art Mulder]

Are you certain that it is wood? I'd think a blow-molded plastic would be cheap/easy for a company to produce.

[Chris Padilla]

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Cut out a disc the size of the top of the cone (large side) and a disc the size of the bottom of the cone (small side).

Attach the discs with a length of pole how tall you want the cone.

Using the indexed marks as starting points, trace the shape created as the device is rolled one revolution.
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It'll trace out a shape something like the above.

Cut that out and attach the edges together and you have a cone.

[Kevin Schlossberg]

glass.jpg
Cut out a disc the size of the top of the cone (large side) and a disc the size of the bottom of the cone (small side).

Attach the discs with a length of pole how tall you want the cone.

Using the indexed marks as starting points, trace the shape created as the device is rolled one revolution.
glass1.jpg
It'll trace out a shape something like the above.

Cut that out and attach the edges together and you have a cone.

Yeah but looking at the entrance on the side it looks around .5 to 1" thick before covered in carpet. I'm not sure what material they'd use for that

[Chris Padilla]

The opening could simply be reinforced with 1x material attached around it. Just a guess.

I was just providing a simple example how a cone can be created. I actually used this trick to make dust collection reduction fittings in sheet metal.

[Kevin Schlossberg]

Looking at the video they have on their website, it looks around .5" to 1" thick throughout with the carpet on, which has me wondering what they used structurally. I'm not sure if they bent luan or cut MDF staves or something else altogether.

I've looked at a sheet metal cone template generator and put in dimensions for assembly but I'm not sure about getting something that big fabricated

[Jerry Miner]

It certainly could be done with bending ply, but I'll bet it's some sort of cardboard/paper product, with the carpet glued on. Why don't you buy one and cut it apart and report back?

[Leo Graywacz]

They could just mold MDF into the shape they wanted. Most likely it is molded something.

[Curt Harms]

It certainly could be done with bending ply, but I'll bet it's some sort of cardboard/paper product, with the carpet glued on. Why don't you buy one and cut it apart and report back?

That would be a pretty good guess IMO. We have a scratching post that needed the scratching surface replaced. It was thick cardboard-like material. Narrow crown staples through sisal rope has worked nicely.

[Curt Harms]

It certainly could be done with bending ply, but I'll bet it's some sort of cardboard/paper product, with the carpet glued on. Why don't you buy one and cut it apart and report back?

That would be a pretty good guess IMO. We have a scratching post that needed the scratching surface replaced. The post was thick cardboard-like material. Narrow crown staples through sisal rope has held nicely for a couple months so far.

[Darrin Vanden Bosch]

They real question is....why on earth did they do that? Is this for the alcoholic cat?

[Curt Harms]

They real question is....why on earth did they do that? Is this for the alcoholic cat?

Maybe it's intended for Hollywood kitties?. Our crew would likely prefer the box it came in.