Couple of Stoppers

[Fangar]

Had a little free shop time for one. I made some new stoppers for my inventory using some foreign annd US coins. Also made some new acrylic stands for my pens and stoppers.

Thuya Burl with Quarter.

Redwood Burl with Mil Sucres.

Cheers,

Fangar

 

[JimGo]

Very nice James! I like the inlays a lot.

 

[punkinn]

Wow, gorgeous! Ditto on the inlaid coins; great idea and very, very classy.

Nancy

 

[clewless]

Nice stoppers, care to share the methods for making the pen and stopper stands? I thinks lots of us would appreciate it.

 

[woodwish]

Really like the wood, those are some nice burls. Great craftsmanship to go with it, nice work. Thought about heading out to the shop after the race to make a few, but think I'll head for some wine instead [}]

 

[terrymiller]

Really nice work do you a forstner bit for the indention or do you turn it into the the stopper.

 

[elody21]

VERY SHARP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gerryr]

Very nice work. The coins really add a touch of class.[]

 

[Fangar]

Thanks guys. I don't have any forstner bits that are the proper size for the quarters. Also, I have quite a few foreign coins around and they are all different diameters. I usually use a skew to cut the recess into the top when on the lathe. Really very easy.

Cheers,

Fangar

 

[Fangar]

Originally posted by clewless
<br />Nice stoppers, care to share the methods for making the pen and stopper stands? I thinks lots of us would appreciate it.

Joe,

Really it is quite easy too. I buy my plastic stock from tap plastic. They have a cut off bin that goes for like 2 bucks a lb or so. I will write up a little how to if you all like. Maybe this weekend.

Fangar

 

[Mikey]

FWIW, Rockler sells a forstner bit made to do the quarter size.

Cool idea and would be really nice with state quarters.

 

[guts]

15/16 bit works real good for a quarter but i think james would rather do it with the lathe tools.

 

[Fangar]

The 15/16 sounds good. The issue is that most of the foreign coins that I like to use are odd sizes. The foreign coins are usually nice as they are different and not really seen to often. Also, I get a bunch of them for free as people know I like them and usually are not worth much to them.

Cheers,

Fangar