A rack of bottle stoppers waiting to be assembled

[TellicoTurning]

Here is a rack of bottle stoppers I made up from a box of blanks from Spectraply, plus some woods I had on hand. The light colored stoppers are spalted hackberry, there are 3 lignum vitae stoppers, a walnut and a spalted sycamore... the rest are Spectraply.... I still have about 2 dozen blanks to work up as soon as I get some more stopper kits.

 

[LR9788]

What finish did you use?

 

[TellicoTurning]

What finish did you use?

I use a sanding sealer then over coat with 2 or 3 coats of wipe on poly.

 

[Sataro]

Very nice assortment of stoppers!

 

[Herb G]

WOW! 2 dozen stoppers at one time? Man, you must sell them like hot cakes!
I like the spalted ones. They look a lot like mushrooms to me.
I really like your drying rack too. That is a great idea.

What kind/brand of sanding sealer did you use?

Thanks for sharing these. It gives me some ideas on making some.
Now all I gotta do is get my butt into the shop.

 

[efrulla]

I don't know what you use for stoppers but I highly recommend the stoppers from Ruth Niles. Nothing better on the market as far as I am concerned

 

[TellicoTurning]

WOW! 2 dozen stoppers at one time? Man, you must sell them like hot cakes!
I like the spalted ones. They look a lot like mushrooms to me.
I really like your drying rack too. That is a great idea.

What kind/brand of sanding sealer did you use?

Thanks for sharing these. It gives me some ideas on making some.
Now all I gotta do is get my butt into the shop.

I use a sanding sealer called "Old Masters"... I like better than the one put out by Minwax... Don't know if it's just local or nation wide.

I don't know what you use for stoppers but I highly recommend the stoppers from Ruth Niles. Nothing better on the market as far as I am concerned

I use a 304 stainless steel insert that I buy from a company in Seattle... they're almost identical to what Ruth Niles sells and half the price.

 

[SteveAxelrod]

That spalted sycamore is pretty. Did you buy those blanks?

 

[TellicoTurning]

That spalted sycamore is pretty. Did you buy those blanks?

The white ones with the grayish marks are spalted Hackberry and no I did not buy the blanks... my pastor gave me a whole hackberry tree, and a customer from my booth also gave me some... think the bottle stoppers are from her wood... I get a great deal of my wood from friends and neighbors ... if someone gives me wood, I reciprocate with a bowl from their wood as a thank you gift.