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Following the post for RAH’s Wine Balancers project and the advice from coloradoclimber I tried out the given sizes, I then added my usual modification of chip carving names to this. My wife informs me that the wine balancers are great presents to give as small gifts. She then asked if I could make a version that would hold a champagne bottle for ‘special’ gifts, so here it goes.
Coloradoclimber gave his sizes as 9 3/4 inches longest end to end. The hole is 1 1/4 inch rounded over with a 1/4 router bit. The hole is 7 1/8 inch up from the longest side of the bottom bevel. The bottom bevel angle is 36 degrees.
Interestingly, despite trying out many variations in heights and angles the dimensions coloradoclimber used work exactly the same for a champagne bottle, the only difference being the hole needs to be 1 3/4” diameter. The width at the base is 4” with a thickness of 3/4” throughout
The wood is Lime, the designs are chip carved followed by gel stain and a spray urethane finish.
-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"
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Bob Collins
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posted 113 days ago
These look real great Colin. And I agree would make a good gift. Nice carving of the names. Bob C.
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trifern
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posted 113 days ago
Fun projects. Thank you for sharing.
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RAH
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posted 113 days ago
These are nice, I like the carvings and personalization of the balancer. Next time I make some of these I will have to try the 36 degree at the bottom and see the difference in the balancing.
Ron
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jockmike2
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posted 113 days ago
You see a lot of those, you just don’t see them all carved up nice like that. Nice work. mike
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thetimberkid
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posted 113 days ago
Great work!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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Dusty56
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posted 113 days ago
very nice designs and the carvings are excellent as well
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 113 days ago
those look like cool projects. thanks for the post!
Thepps
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posted 112 days ago
Very cool. They look great!
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coloradoclimber
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posted 112 days ago
Colin, those are really nice. The carving makes a huge difference. They go from being an interesting trinket to a personal gift. I’m not a carver but seeing yours makes me think it would be nice to be able to do a little.
jeanmarc
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posted 68 days ago
Fun projects.Great work!
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