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Wine Bottle stoppers

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Wine Bottle stoppers Wine Bottle stoppers Wine Bottle stoppers Click the pictures to enlarge them

These were also made as a christmas present. The woods are (left to right) Pink Ivory, Olive, Ebony, Pau Rosa, Zebrawood, and Bacote. The base is bloodwood.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov


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MsDebbieP

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posted 555 days ago

A lovely gift.
I bet the recipient loves them

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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FMOmbr

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posted 555 days ago

Great Gift!

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scottb

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posted 555 days ago

Yes, a gret gift… Do you know what the woods are, or did they come out of a scrap box and who knows anymore?

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Karson

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posted 555 days ago

A great gift idea. Thanks

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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LJ

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posted 555 days ago

Great present! I may adapt it for myself to stop bottles of Scotch.

-- Peace, LJ http://mysite.verizon.net/biznxgtf/4Goldens.org

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WayneC

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posted 555 days ago

Thanks for all of the nice comments. The woods are Pink Ivory, Olive, Ebony, Pau Rosa, Zebrawood, and Bacote.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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dbkmd

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posted 555 days ago

Nice job!

David

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niki

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posted 555 days ago

Very nice work Wayne

I never did something like that, well, I don’t have lathe…

In Poland it would not be considered a nice present, they never cork a bottle, they just finish it all.
Those guys and girls are drinking machines, even the Germans cannot compete with them…

niki

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scottb

2948 posts in 816 days


posted 555 days ago

That’s right Niki… I once met someone from Russia who told me the same thing…. adding that you had to finish the bottle with the people you opened it with.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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jockmike2

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posted 555 days ago

Nice looking bottle tops Wayne Jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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WayneC

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posted 554 days ago

I’m wondering if my parents are Polish or Russian. None of them have been used yet. Hmmm.

Thanks Mike. I’ve been admiring your turning for a while.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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scottb

2948 posts in 816 days


posted 554 days ago

Perhaps they’ve done some travelling back in their day?

I have a set of three, and they really haven’t seen much use…, yet I wish to make some of my own.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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WayneC

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posted 554 days ago

It may be more info than you need Scott, but they are pretty simple to make. 1 1/2w x 1 1/2w x 2”l blank. Drill a hole, glue in a dowel. Turn your shape, and glue on a cork.

You mount them in a drill chuck on the headstock. Turn between centers to rough out. Need to make end where cork attaches slightly concave. Breaking dowels can be an issue. Easy to cut flush and drill out on the drill press. Then you just install a new dowel.

WoodCraft and Rockler sell the Corks as well as fancy kits.

WoodCraft Magazine has an Article on the process.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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HandsOgold

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posted 489 days ago

The problem is that they shouldnt be used for wine, which needs to be refrigerated, and the wood stoppers arent fridge friendly. They should be used to stopper hard spirits which can or are displayed. Many already come with cork stoppers so replacing them with your great work is a given.

-- Dan

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WayneC

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posted 488 days ago

I will have to see how they hold up. So far they have stayed on display in my parents house.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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mot

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posted 488 days ago

Nice, Wayne! I’m glad that Pulse brought these back around. I’m finding it terribly difficult to keep up these days!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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