Simple stopper with coin inlay

Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
See more from dmadis

Status
Not open for further replies.

dmadis

Member
Joined
Oct 16, 2004
Messages
89
Location
Dallas, TX, USA.
Simple shaped stopper (it's too cold out there for fancy shapes.) Walnut with a gold plated Texas commem. quarter inlaid in top.
stop1.jpg


stop2.jpg
 
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad

BigRob777

Member
Joined
May 1, 2005
Messages
2,717
Location
Newark, Delaware, USA.
Darrell,
Nice work. I have one made from manzanita burl, but it is just a plain state quarter. It isn't set in yet, as I don't know who will buy it yet.

Mikey,
Wow, what a great idea. I do stoppers too and never considered that. I even have a tap and die set.

Rob
 

Mikey

Member
Joined
Nov 3, 2005
Messages
1,293
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA.
Big Rob, dang, I knew I should have patented that idea.[:(!]

I think that would be really cool to have a car with a nice shift knob made up with some favorite emblem imbedded in resin or a state quarter of where you live or your birthplace.
 

aksarben

Member
Joined
Oct 13, 2006
Messages
95
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA.
I did a number of stoppers for Christmas this year with quarter inlays.

They were very popular with folks.

I like to Walnut nice color. Did you use a forstner bit to drill the hole of did you us a turning tool to make it?

I tried the tool at first and found it too much trouble and bought the bit.

Scott
 
Joined
Sep 24, 2006
Messages
8,206
Location
Tellico Plains, Tennessee, USA.
Thumbs,
From what I have read in my research, all gear shifts are NOT a standard size.. I've had a number of people come by my booth and ask if I do gear shift knobs... haven't tried any yet.
I did read something somewhere on the web... can't begin to find it again... that you could just make sure you use a good hard wood and drill slightly smaller than the shaft and just screw the knob on...

Darrell.
didn't mean to hi-jack your thread... I like the bottle stopper. I like simple and the coin is a perfect fit. Good Job.

I can't tell how tall it is.. that is problem I have with many of my stoppers.. I tend to make them tall and my customers all tell me they won't fit in the 'fridge.... though why you would put a bottle of wine in the 'fridge is beyond me... probably because I don't really like the whites and rose's that need to be chilled.
 

dmadis

Member
Joined
Oct 16, 2004
Messages
89
Location
Dallas, TX, USA.
I like to Walnut nice color. Did you use a forstner bit to drill the hole of did you us a turning tool to make it?

I tried the tool at first and found it too much trouble and bought the bit.
I used an ordinary 1/4 inch wood chisel used like a scraper, sharpened in the usual way (I guess). Works very easily and quickly, you push it in and across to the center, it's easy to get the bottom of the hole flat. I recently made some confetti lights with the hole about an inch deep--works for that too.
 

melogic

Member
Joined
Jul 7, 2004
Messages
1,439
Location
Ironton, Ohio, USA.
Like you Scott, I use a forstner bit at the very beginning and then turn the stopper to the hole. After I finish the stopper, I then CA glue the quarter in and then put a poly resin coat over the quarter.

Nice bottle stopper Darrell. Simple and very nice. [:)]


Originally posted by aksarben
<br />I did a number of stoppers for Christmas this year with quarter inlays.

They were very popular with folks.

I like to Walnut nice color. Did you use a forstner bit to drill the hole of did you us a turning tool to make it?

I tried the tool at first and found it too much trouble and bought the bit.

Scott
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom