Wine Stoppers & Sliding Trivets

amazing…all of it!!! I want to try bottle stoppers after doing my first few sets of pens…yours are amazing!!

I have never seen a rivet before…interesting…WELCOME TO LJ’s…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Nice work on the stoppers.

I would like to see a photo of the trivet opened. Am I right in that the dark and light sides slide away from one another and leave air holes?

For those who don’t want to look it up – a trivet is a device to protect table tops from hot serving dishes.

-- Current Favorite Tool - Bandsaw

Thanks so much. I didn’t take any pictures of the trivets opened up before shipping them off! I’ll take some pictures of the next batch, probabley near Christmas. Yes the walnut and maple slide in opposition to one another creating a dark half and a light half. I use a jig I built to allow me to cut the slotts and bore the holes using a plunge router. Makes it much faster and more accurate.

-- Loving what I do, while I do it for Christ !

That’s nice stuff. I’ve got some trivets on my to do list for friends, but not sure I’d pull that one off. I do however have a nice stash of indian head nickels that you’ve given me an idea about using now.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

Nice looking toppers. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Those are really cool… Do you do the small segments for the stoppers on your tablesaw?

-- Ryno

Great idea for gifts. Pretty cool..

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Nice job and very creative!
Thanks for posting.

-- ''Carry on my wayward son''

those are very nice

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Ryno,
A tablesaw could be used to make the small pieces, but too much material is wasted. So I . . . . .

The strips for the checkered pattern are made by resawing wood (using bandsaw) to a deminsion about 1/16” over the desired pattern size and (usually 5/16”) then drum sanding to insure uniform deminsion. Then they are glued up (about 8) in an alternating dark/light pattern. After glue is dried I joint the edges until square and then resaw into strips that are now striped. Then you drum sand the new strips even & uniform and laminate into the desired pattern for the finished block. It’s a great way to make lots of saw dust and use up all that extra glue lying about. Small scraps can be utilized which helps keep the scrap bin from overflowing.

-- Loving what I do, while I do it for Christ !

Very nice. I like the trivets. I could use a set myself. I agree with your wife on not needing the coin inserted on the patterned stopper. If you use a coin, I would go with a solid piece of wood, maybe with some interesting grain. I think the Indian Head Nickle would look good on a piece of Padouk or Bloodwood.

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