Bottle stopper display

I agree bottle stoppers are fun. I made some for christmas presents last year. They are posted in my projects if your interested.

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Nice turnings. i keep threatening myself to get a lathe. One caveat, be careful working with spalted woods. The dust is toxic. Another 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 stopprd 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 can attest to the spalted wood toxicity. a few months back I had to go to the eye Dr to get an anti fungal eye drop my eyes almost swelled shut. Check out my old blogs about it. Nice bottle stops. jockmike

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Those are some very nice tops. What does that stamp say? Handcrafted by LEE store?

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Nice turnings. I’ve never done any stoppers or such. I’ve mostly restricted myself to bowls and little hollow forms. I’m taking a shot at some turned boxes, but these stoppers are really nice. My father and wife are always putting foil over the wine bottle. I might have to turn some of these.

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JM and HOG (how about that!) Thanks for the warning on spalted wood problems. I have taken to wearing a mask, probably shoud use a ventilator (respirator. filtered mask) Never thought about getting sawdust in my eyes because I wear glasses. I do know that using CA glue to close up some open pores causes LOTS of eye and nose irritation.

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BTW HOG, I understand that red wine gets refrigerated and white does not, or vice versa. I don’t drink so I don’t keep track of what gets served with what and at what temperature. I will make sure to tell the proprietor of the liquor store to promote them for hard liquor, too.

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Cool turnings. Art work at it’s finest.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Very nice…..now where is that corkscrew….?

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Very nice turnings, I have an old lathe, but haven’t taken the time to turn anything as of yet…maybe ine day I’ll be able to turn something as nice as yours stoppers…

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really cool…i like the one on the bottom…4th from right…another project that makes me want to learn how to use a lathe!!!!!!!!

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Well Matt, you got the new shop smith….. : ^ )

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

Little late in getting in on this one. Nice stoppers. I’m not sure about the refrigerator friendliness of the stoppers but I can guarantee they’re not dishwasher safe!! I guess I should qualify that in the satisfaction guarantee, huh? ;)

Whit

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nice turnings…...........