| Project by FrankoManini | posted 220 days ago | 232 views | 1 time favorited | 7 comments |  |
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Last weekend, my wife announced that she needed a gift for a friend. She was in a hurry too! After 40 minutes at the lathe, I brought this wine stopper upstairs. Apparently it was a big hit with her friend.
Wood is British Columbia Dogwood, which, incidentally, is our Provincial flower as well. It turned very vicely and was a pleasure to work with.
It’s good to have a few of these glued up and ready to turn for situations just like this one. Very quick little gifts that have that personal touch.
-- - If my wife asks, I got ALL of my tools on sale.
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Gbell5
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posted 220 days ago
I like it. Can’t beat the quick gift ideas from a lathe
trifern
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posted 220 days ago
Great little gift. Thanks for sharing.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
jroot
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posted 212 days ago
Very nice. I like it.
-- jroot
rikkor
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posted 212 days ago
That baby finished very nice. Good job.
Knottythumbs
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posted 212 days ago
How do you attach the cork to the wood? Do you recycle old corks or do you recommend synthetic for longevity?
-- one of HIS many carpenters
dustygirl
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posted 212 days ago
Very nice gift idea Franko.It will look great in the wine bottle.
-- Dustygirl...Hastings,Ontario
FrankoManini
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posted 207 days ago
Knottythumbs, you asked:
How do you attach the cork to the wood? Do you recycle old corks or do you recommend synthetic for longevity?
I buy the corks from a turning supplier. They come with a hole drilled in them, and grooved dowel. The dowel gets glued into the rough block that gets turned, and once completed, the cork gets glued onto the dowel.
The dowel is also used to grip the blank in a collet chuck for turning. I made my own collet chuck for this purpose.
-- - If my wife asks, I got ALL of my tools on sale.