Turned my first bottle opener last night out of a piece of Hawaiian Curly Koa I had. The grain inflection is incredible! I think Koa just took over my favorite wood! I used PSI's bottle stopper 3/8-16 chuck and the diamter of that is a bit larger than the bottle opener flange so I think next time I will add a few pieces of 1/4" plywood as spacers and turn them down to the opener flange diameter so I can get a good rounded over mating finish on the end. Comments and criticism welcome (I have thick skin and know there are a lot of you out there that know wayyyyy more than I do!)
Curly Koa Bottle Opener-First One
- Thread starter lhowell
- Start date
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
![IMG_3779[1].jpg](/data/attachments/134/134665-bc70bf38c4bb4a2c5724f48114f05c0c.jpg)
jjjaworski
Member
That looks very nice.
The idea of making a small scrap that fits over the mandrel is something I do with bottle stoppers so I don't have to measure. I use a waste piece of mdf.
Once you decide on the diameter you like were the hardware meets the handle it is a no brainer and you can pay more attention to turning the shape.
The idea of making a small scrap that fits over the mandrel is something I do with bottle stoppers so I don't have to measure. I use a waste piece of mdf.
Once you decide on the diameter you like were the hardware meets the handle it is a no brainer and you can pay more attention to turning the shape.
Charlie_W
Member
Very nice job on the opener Lee!
Yes, that Curly Koa really does pop!
Yes, that Curly Koa really does pop!