Wine Bottle stoppers

A lovely gift.
I bet the recipient loves them

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great Gift!

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

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A great gift idea. Thanks

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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

-- Peace, LJ http://beam.to/4goldens.org

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

Nice job!

David

-- David

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

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.

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Nice looking bottle tops Wayne Jockmike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

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.

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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.

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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

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

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