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The first stopper was made for my Woodturners club (Nor-Cal Woodturners) "President's Challenge". The Challenge: Make a bottle stopper. There were some fantastic stoppers made for this challenge. The grapes are Purpleheart and the leaf and vines are copper sheet and wire.

The second is a set made for a X-mas exchange. It was nice to see a handcrafted gift so well received at the party. I borrowed the idea from some other great ideas I have seen here. The wood I thought was Juniper, but it does not have the orange color I would have expected. The pieces were taken from a part of the log that was starting to spalt.
The finish is CA on both.

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Mike


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Mike. Some really great designs. The grapes are amazing. Nice Pen stopper. Very orginal. Thanks for the inspiring work.

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Ho-hum ... like I always say, "You see one bottlestopper you've seem them all." Except in this case! That has to be the most incredible bs I have ever laid my eyes on. Great work!
 

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Original designs, all (to my limited knowledge). Nice work. I'm afraid that my clumsy hands would break that stopper. That pen is awesome. I had no idea that jumiper could be so attractive (if it is Juniper). I wonder how it would turn out, if you made a Jupiter stopper, ring and all.[:D] I'd definitely break that, or my wife would.
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Thanks for the kind words. The Grape stopper was an original design that developed as I went along. The grapes really were easy to do. Turned from pen blanks and since grapes are not perfect spheres i just had to get close. I think I will be doing a series of these this next year.

The stopper and pen set was not my idea. I found this online and copied it. I thought I found it on the IAP site, but could not locate it again.


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I wish I could remember where I saw this, so I can give proper credit.

I added a wine journal to the set like Bruce Fifer (fiferb)did with the wonderful sets he has made and posted here.


I found out where the photo and idea came from (http://www.arizonasilhouette.com/Bottle_Stoppers.htm)
Buckeye burl stopper and "Stopper" platinum Patriot pen
Made & photographed by Ed Davidson

Thanks Ed for the idea I hope you don't mind me using it

Thanks again for the feedback.

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Skye,

Again HF is a great source. A full selection of O-rings in a plastic box is under $10 on the "every-six-weeks-sale-cycle". After you find the right size, from the above selection, buy as many as you need at hardware or on-line.
 

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Skye, These were size #8 and #9 I don't remember the diameter of the rubber. I bought these as individual o-rings (pricey at 0.60 ea). I would definitely look into a HF set that would give you many options (and spares).

Mike
 

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Gotcha guys. I got mine off ebay for dirt cheap. Like $5 shipped for 25. I'll check out HF thought...
 

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Ho-hum ... like I always say, "You see one bottlestopper you've seem them all." Except in this case!

I agree with DocStram - grape stopper is excellent, especially since purleheart is not the easiest to turn.
 
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