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Champagne / Wine balancers

Project by Colin posted 530 days ago 708 views 9 times favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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

210 posts in 581 days


posted 530 days ago

These look real great Colin. And I agree would make a good gift. Nice carving of the names. Bob C.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.

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trifern

7895 posts in 665 days


posted 530 days ago

Fun projects. Thank you for sharing.

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

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RAH

413 posts in 775 days


posted 530 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

-- Ron Central, CA

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jockmike2

7352 posts in 1144 days


posted 530 days ago

You see a lot of those, you just don’t see them all carved up nice like that. Nice work. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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thetimberkid

1944 posts in 601 days


posted 530 days ago

Great work!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Dusty56

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posted 530 days ago

very nice designs and the carvings are excellent as well

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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teenagewoodworker

2482 posts in 666 days


posted 530 days ago

those look like cool projects. thanks for the post!

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Thepps

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posted 529 days ago

Very cool. They look great!

-- Thepps, Grand Rapids, MI

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coloradoclimber

447 posts in 966 days


posted 529 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.

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jeanmarc

1751 posts in 614 days


posted 485 days ago

Fun projects.Great work!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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