Bottle Stoppers

Very cool projects. They look like fun. I plan on getting into turning soon.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Scott,

These are gorgeous. The grain patterns on the stoppers are wonderful.

Thanks for the post.

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Very Nice! I really like the cherry wine stopper. If you are using a 3/8”- 16 TPI tap, try using a 11/32” drill bit. This might help with you tapping issue. This is what I use, and I haven’t had any issues tapping the wood for my wine stoppers.

-- - Jim, Vancouver,WA

Wow, very nice stoppers Scott – thanks for sharing.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

Thanks for that suggestion jimp… I think I was using the bit they sent along with, but between that one, and the ones that I got for 3 or 4 different pen kits, it’s possible I’m off a smidge.

I’ve got enough of that cherry to make a few more for myself, and also get some pens too.

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these will be greatly appreciated, I’m sure. Beautiful, personalized art pieces.

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

Great stoppers, Scott. Keep posting what you do with that cherry, it’s gorgeous.

Scott – Nice Bottle Stoppers. Thanks for the link to the Stainless ones and the comment on the chrome ones. I have a friend in CA who always has wine on hand. I will have to make some for him, but I did notice that you must have bought them all as they are currently out of stock. His birthday isn’t until June so I have time.

-- Joel Tille

;)

Joel, I bought 10 back in Nov (along with the rest of the world) I got parts of the kit (them, and the drill bit, but the mandrel was back ordered until March (but fortunately it came in early.) Lesson learned – plan way ahead for Christmas. Those easy, last minute ideas are often on everyones to-do list! (I should have known better when I saw the “out of stock/backordered until Jan” signs on several turning projects at Woodcraft after Thanksgiving. (Nothing like stretching Christmas out until March, eh?)

-- 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/

I got some of these kits back in early Dec also. I need to get the tap though, I couldn’t get the walnut I was trying to use to thread onto the mandrel. live and learn, I’ll get ‘em done eventually.
Yours came out nice. I do like the look of the grain in the cherry.

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Nice job and good looking wood, although, I’m still trying to figure where your bottles were running off to before you made these..?? Is there a big problem with that in NH?

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Another great turning exhibit, nice work.

Very nice looking pieces. I love that you include the background about these beautiful pieces of wood.

-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA

Scott A great job on the turning. Some nice wood there.

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Scott the stoppers are nice and I really like the spalted cherry.

-- Andy Stark

They look great Scott.

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