A Little More Lathe Time.

[gary Zimmel]

Good Day to the turners side of the Creek.

As my cradle project is done now I've been able to spend a bit more time on my little lathe.
You guessed it more stoppers.

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A fellow that owns a wine store asked if I could make a couple
that looked like wine glasses.
Would of been nice to have the stems a bit thinner but the mandrel
I have is 3/8".
Figured I would use the lathe to make a holder for the stoppers.
Next one will be a tad smaller in diameter.

After making this base I'm getting closer to making an actual bowl....


Hope everyone had a little shop time this weekend.



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[Steve Schlumpf]

Gary - glad to see you turning! Great looking stoppers! Really like the wine glass idea! What kind of wood did you use for them? Very nice rich color to it!

[gary Zimmel]

Thanks Steve.

These stoppers are from a nice piece of QS. Bubinga
got a while back. Come to think of it in this round world
it really doesn't matter.
Cut a couple of feet off it and made a bunch of cubes that will become stoppers.

[Richard Madison]

Cool stoppers Gary. I like the stems just as they are. If they were much thinner they would appear to be fragile to some customers.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are great looking stoppers. Well done.

[Joe Mioux]

I like the idea of wine glass bottle stoppers.

beautiful work

joe