Building the World's Largest Beer Bottle Chandelier

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7 жыл бұрын

Twisted Root Burger Company asked me to design and build an enormous beer-bottle chandelier for their new location in Coppell, TX. It comprises 400 bottles of different varieties, measures 9 feet high by 6-1/2 feet wide and weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 450 pounds, not including the steel column. It was constructed by hand from 423 separately cut wooden parts and 82 aluminum pieces, and is lit with more than 420 feet of LEDs. I have not officially verified that it's the world's largest, but I have yet to find one larger. (If you do, please let me know.)
Take a picture with it at 505 Houston St., Coppell, TX, and tag me on Instagram @wesley_treat!
Thanks to:
▶ Rodney Treat with help in transportation and installation.
▶ Jason Boso for the commission.
▶ Tony Barsotti for the CNC router work.
▶ ENSO Fabrication for the waterjet cutting.
▶ Chris, Ryan and Spencer of Metal Arc Welding for help with installation.
▶ Bailie Duncan at Community Beer Company, Craig Bradley at Lakewood Brewing Co., and Scott Meyers and Julie Neatherlin at Revolver Brewing for bottle donations.

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@JovialJay Жыл бұрын

Your builds are fascinating and complex. Would love to see a video on the design process of things like this!

@davebauerart 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, such perseverance, I would have gotten bored after the first octagon. Really cool design.

@treasurex6943 Жыл бұрын

Wow just found your channel. Watching every video. PLEASE MAKE MORE. Subbed and liked all videos. Content is so nice. THANK YOU❤

@user-or1lu3ku3m 7 жыл бұрын

That was amazing seeing all that work turn out so well!

@donovanpl 7 жыл бұрын

Well, thank God for the invention of the CNC router!

@MyGrowthRings Жыл бұрын

Dood! I had no idea you built this! I saw your other large chandelier video the other day and shared it with a broworker, and then I said "It reminds me a little of one I saw in Coppell at Twisted Root" and I proceeded to show him some pics from Yelp. Too cool and small world! Scott

@tohopes 7 жыл бұрын

Such ingenuity and so much precise repetition! I hope you got paid well for this! I would want Schneider Aventinus bottles in mine.

@tohopes 7 жыл бұрын

Oh and the sped-up-video-with-audio segments are great.

@pferguson2212 5 жыл бұрын

WOW! Just simply wow!

@heru-deshet359 5 жыл бұрын

You Sir, have earned the right to enter Valhalla! Outstanding!

@videogalore 5 жыл бұрын

Love it! "Hey, would you mind giving me a hand with something on Tuesday?", "Sure thing, what do we need to do?" "Manhandle 400 empty beer bottles"

@justinprewitt245 7 жыл бұрын

Man that was awesome to watch! How long did it take you to build it?

@muddyfences5559 6 жыл бұрын

That thing is impressive Wesley.

@iankearns 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing work. You must be filled with pride to see that thing switched on!

@MrDpoling 7 жыл бұрын

That was awesome to watch come to life!

@duranconstruction1086 2 жыл бұрын

I love custom built lights, in my career as an electrician I’ve built a few. This fixture is tríela amazing.

@chucknelson8877 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video. Went to see it in person yesterday and two tiers had lights out. Just thought you would want to know. Cheers!

@antonioheras9326 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@factotumindustries 5 жыл бұрын

Thought -- to avoid tear out try finishing the sheets *before* you cut them. Sanding sealer, shellac, undercoat, paint will all help in various amounts...

@TJSWOODWORKINGSHOP 7 жыл бұрын

Crazy and awesome job my friend and very nicely done to bro :)

@HaggisFist 2 жыл бұрын

Dang…it’s like an upside down Christmas tree of love.

@teenapittman4241 4 жыл бұрын

I am watching WT videos instead of doing the things that need doing. But damn, they are amazing. Chandelier is spectacular

@HisVirusness 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's huge.

@stun9771 6 жыл бұрын

Holy crap...how much does that weight...great job by the way, loved it and planted an idea to make my own...and getting the bottles emptied of course will take some dedication 🍻 🤪

@eleanorhathaway927 7 жыл бұрын

holy shit thats massive.

@DrPronghorn 2 жыл бұрын

420 feet of LEDs. Nice.

@randallshular5362 6 жыл бұрын

That was awesome. Where do you come up with your designs, wow. I was very impressed on the Ingenuity to link all sections of those octagons together. Do these customers come to you or do you go trying to sell to them?

@WesleyTreat 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Clients normally come to me with a basic idea what their looking for, then I'll sit down and work through a few ideas till I come up with something we both like.

@thalivenom4972 5 жыл бұрын

if it was vino you could have called it the Shandylere but as its beer id have to call it a Bud light.

@jmlcolorado 6 жыл бұрын

Wesley. I stumbled across your channel somehow. At first I wasn’t sure I was interested in subscribing (I watched the single action weld table carter video) but now I’m hooked! I’m curious, could you make a video about how you got to where you are? I find it fascinating how people get to be where they are. It appears you have extensive printing/sign making background? I’d love to know more about your past. P.s. I’m envious of your ability to continually perform such mundane tedious repetitive work. My head would have exploded about the time I started staining all those pieces :)

@WesleyTreat 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I'll keep a video about myself in mind for the future, but I can at least tell you that my background is actually in writing and photography, with a few years in web development. I started making things because I wanted some cool signs for myself and it somehow turned into a career. And, yeah, the staining was a nightmare and my head nearly exploded from the fumes.

@bobd2941 4 жыл бұрын

What does it look like in the dark?

@maxcohen13 6 жыл бұрын

Turn that thing upside down and you've got a _great_ Christmas tree.

@jymcotton9904 3 жыл бұрын

What did you charge them to build it?

@elainetwum3465 6 жыл бұрын

WHY? .....oh finished watching and read description. WOW.

@luckym0nk3y 7 жыл бұрын

f*ck diresta! you are the real deal! no... I'm sorry mister diresta..... but dude you deserve more subscribers!!!! nice work. been watching for an hour now and this is it! you've earned another subscriber!

@Hyratel 5 жыл бұрын

CNC - Chain Numbskull Control

@clydebalcom8252 4 жыл бұрын

That actually looks like fun to build, or am I just off my rocker?

@melickon 7 жыл бұрын

Couple of weeks ago I made "roller stand" and never though that it exists as "of the shelf" product! :)

@WesleyTreat 7 жыл бұрын

You can get them cheap at Harbor Freight. Yours might be sturdier, though.

@melickon 7 жыл бұрын

I do not live in US. Anyway making my own is more fun :)

@Sanorace 4 жыл бұрын

8:04 world's most uncomfortable hula hoop.

@romanticcrafter 5 жыл бұрын

When you speeded up the edit with the circular saw I thought it had dragged you across the room

@teabroncfan 7 жыл бұрын

Which Twisted Root location is that, please?

@WesleyTreat 7 жыл бұрын

Address in the description. Thanks!

@teabroncfan 7 жыл бұрын

Wesley Treat Thanks

@davidurdahl6656 5 жыл бұрын

K, I hate being that guy cuz it's kinda annoying when you see it all the time, even if it's true, but, how the fuck do you not have a million plus subs by now?! You have mad skills as the kids use to say, your recording and editing is damn good, and, your pretty fucking funny! What else can ya ask for?

@legomaker3105 5 жыл бұрын

That’s A LOT of beer bottles. I’m not trying to say you have a problem but... the beer is all gone. Now you’re stuck with cans of beer. Which means you’ll probably be making a beer can chandelier next. A Can-delier, hmmmmm....