Couple bottle stoppers

[airrat]

Here are a couple bottle stoppers I have been working on. I plan on adding to the Afzalia when I get some Black Spinals in. Thanks to Fred for his drilling jig and Steve for the help in emails.

First one is the Afzalia with a Blank Onyx cabochon.

Second is BOW with Brown Tiger Eye Cabochon and Amethyst(6). The Amethyst are 5mm and the jig did not have a bushing that fit the drill bit. I need to work on a sleeve or more bushings to fix that. I had some small tear outs.

 

[JimGo]

Very nice Tom!

 

[pete00]

nice touch , looking good.

 

[vick]

Nice looking stopper, I especially like the first one.

 

[huntersilver]

Now those are some nice stoppers!!

 

[SteveRussell]

Hello Tom,

I do a lot of inlaid stoppers myself... Those are very nice stoppers! You might take a look at presets for inlaying your stones. These feature a gold (or other metal) setting that the stone is already inlaid into. This offers a finished look to the stone and makes inlaying a snap. Take a look at this article I wrote for an idea of what to do. Good luck to you and all the best to you and yours!

http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com/bottle-stoppers.html

 

[airrat]

Steve, I have been talking to you in emails. (ramprat) I have ordered some presets and been talking to Lisa. As a matter of fact I told her about the site yesterday. she was going to look us up.

 

[MDWine]

Yep, well done... I especially like the BOW... nice!

 

[johncrane]

Nice work Tom!![]

 

[TellicoTurning]

Tom,
Those are nice, now put them in a couple of bottles of that good AZ wine and send them to TN...[][]

Really nice.

 

[BigRob777]

Tom,
Very nice work. I love the amythist additions.
Rob