5:00 somewhere stoppers

[maxman400]

I had some old watches laying around so I thought I would try to put them to some good use. They are (were) both Timex's one was a wind-up (gold one) and one was a quartz (silver one). I am pleased with how they turned out, but I still have some air bubbles that I have to work on. I stopped at a yard sale and bought 6 watches for $18.00, got them home and changed the battery's on them and they all work just fine. One of them is a "GOOFY" watch that runs backwards, I am told that it is worth some money. :biggrin: So now I have to look for some more before I do any more casting.
Any comments welcome, Thanks for looking.

 

[Haynie]

Very clever.

WWJBD (What would Jimmy Buffet Do)

 

[JeffT]

Great idea... thinking outside the bezel!

 

[BlackPearl]

Too cool, I need to do one of those for my boss.

Hope you don't mind my stealing your Idea, I will give credit if you wish.

 

[maxman400]

Too cool, I need to do one of those for my boss.

Hope you don't mind my stealing your Idea, I will give credit if you wish.

Run with it, maybe you can give some feed back on the bubbles.

 

[glycerine]

Awesome!!

 

[lorbay]

How do you thread for the stopper bolt??? Just an FYI there are nut certs out there in brass so when you see through the stopper all you will see is brass instead of the treads.

Lin.

 

[PaulDoug]

I really like the idea. I'm wondering if you could cast in layers, say the bottom third with a dark color to cover the threads and then the clear. You are on to something here. Keep at it.

 

[woodgraver]

I really like the idea. I'm wondering if you could cast in layers, say the bottom third with a dark color to cover the threads and then the clear. You are on to something here. Keep at it.

That is how I do the ones that I make with military insignia in them...color on the bottom and clear on the top. I heated the PR to get rid of bubbles, but wasn't casting anything as difficult as watch parts.

 

[MartinPens]

I really like the idea. I'm wondering if you could cast in layers, say the bottom third with a dark color to cover the threads and then the clear. You are on to something here. Keep at it.

Ditto.
I have been wondering about this myself. I think casting little items in a wine stopper is a great idea. How to do it without air bubbles is the trick!

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[Martin G]

I like your stoppers. I'm no expert (never done casting) but might an ultrasonic cleaner vibrate the bubbles out?

Nice snag on the Goofy watch. Is he in a baseball uniform or his regular clothes? I love clocks that run backwards!

 

[Edward Cypher]

Love the idea of the watch and the tie in with 5 oclock somewhere. Awesome idea!! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Nickfff]

Jimmy Buffet would be proud to see these...

 

[navycop]

I past this thread over a couples and glad I finally read it. I like the way the watch parts are "suspended" in time. Looks alot different than a watch pen.

 

[ctubbs]

Just from other threads here, but do you use pressure when casting. The pros insist that that will shrink the ever present bubbles to insignificance.

This is a great idea and wonderful completion of your project. You are onto something really good, keep at it.
Charles

 

[randyrls]

It's Happy Hour!!!!

PS. Ed Davidson Aka YoYoSpin made bottle stoppers with a colored base a porcelain rose and clear acrylic top. I don't believe he does this any longer.

 

[toyotaman]

Great idea and those should sell really good at shows if you can find enough watches for more.

 

[mrcook4570]

Two types of customers pick these up at shows. Customer #1 will have a puzzled look on their face and ask how to change the batteries. Customer #2 will look at it and immediately get a big smile on their face (they made the connection).

 

[maxman400]

Just from other threads here, but do you use pressure when casting. The pros insist that that will shrink the ever present bubbles to insignificance.

This is a great idea and wonderful completion of your project. You are onto something really good, keep at it.
Charles

I do use pressure when casting these, the problem I seem to be running in to is this: The parts are attached to a clear pen blank sized piece of PR. I use a small paint brush to coat every thing with a small amount of raw PR, so that there is no bear metal surfaces to hold air. This in it's self reduced a ton of air pockets, but after I cast and remove them from the pot I find air pockets that run from the bottom upward in a small thin lines between the older PR and the New PR.

 

[JohnR06]

Now that's pretty cool!

 

[rizaydog]

Truely spectacular. Very nice work.

 

[SDB777]

Nice stopper.

Scott