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Forget Darryl's, several hundred piece stoppers, this is only two pieces of wood (not ten, oh how much fun would that be?). Maple and Walnut. Glued, cut, cut cut cut, (flipped between each cut), glued in a slightly asymmetrical diagonal pattern. Drilled and turned into a nearly 6” stopper from top to tip.
The stainless steel hardware has a low center of gravity to keep it well seated in the bottle. The hardware is milled from one piece of stainless steel, and thus will never corrode or flake off, as is common with chrome plated stoppers. (I love these stoppers. I’ve tossed too many chrome ones that started flaking into the bottle on day two of use.)
The wood is finished with several coats of walnut oil.
This is the 5th project in my 30 projects in 30 days challenge
cross posted on Facebook: B C Woodworking
other projects, (will these be included?) for sale on Etsy: B C Woodworking
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
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darryl
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posted 248 days ago
just two pieces? really? ...weird!
I’m working on something new & hope to post it tomorrow… if it works!
This stopper looks great though, I like the pattern.
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scottb
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posted 248 days ago
yeah, just glued together an approx 1×2 piece of maple and similar of walnut (turns out it was thinner though, and thus the overlap of the maple along the “center line”)..
and if you can get the skew to dig in just right, half of the blank will keep spinning, while the other end stops, and you can offset the colors that way!
Or, you can set the mitersaw to 12 degrees or so, and cut off a triangle every inch (or whatever increment of choice), flip, cut flip… then glue up a block of alternating triangles. Had to CA/sawdust a couple of the joints, but otherwise all’s well.
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
lew
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posted 248 days ago
Nice Stopper, Scott!
Like the shape and choice of woods.
jockmike2
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posted 248 days ago
Nice looking stopper Scott, can’t go wrong with maple and walnut.
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Russel
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posted 248 days ago
Flip, cut, flip, cut … makes for a nice “twist” on design. Nicely done.
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a1Jim
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posted 247 days ago
cool stopper
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