   Step 1: Drill a hole in the bottle-cork  Excuse me but that
is not a cork, a cork is usually made of wood and used for wine
bottles NOT water bottles.... <br>I find it very inconvenient to
find this page in my search result's for something pertaining to
an actual cork. <br>However I will add that your idea of using a
BOTTLE &amp; CAP to make a camera stand isn't too bad except
that sand would be better than water.... <br>why not take it a
step further and use colored sand, just a thought. A
&quot;Powerade&quot; sports drink bottle works great for this.
Also if it's just the run of the mill small digital camera - you
don't have to fill it with water or sand. The other Idea is to
glue an inverted plastic bowl to the bottom of the bottle. Again
more stable and no need to fill it with anything. Why don't you
put sand instead of water? I hate to be negative, but here is
the scenario I imagine: you just drilled thru the cap of a
bottle of water/soda/whatever, now you put a bolt thru it that
has far less than a w