first bottle stoppers

Here are my two bottle stoppers that I turned from black cherry.

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DTBG

Registered: November 2008
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Date: Mon March 2, 2009
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Keywords: cherry bottle stopper wine ruth niles

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Bill Bolen

Looking good! The big round topped one will be easy to smack back into the bottle! My customers seem to prefer the round top style...Bill..

#1 Mon March 2, 2009 4:28am

Chuck Beland

Dave,
Very nice looks good. Your going to find designing them is the hardest thing to do. Keep it up.

#2 Mon March 2, 2009 12:13pm

bubbatd

Tom Davis

Nice looking for your first. One suggestion don't make the top of your stoppers to sharp. Makes them hard on the hand to smack into the bottle. What did you finish them with?

#3 Mon March 2, 2009 4:57pm

Mike Baber

Pretty wood, and nice shape, like Tom said, don't make them pointed, they will hurt your hand if their to pointy. Good start for your first.

Wizzy

#4 Mon March 2, 2009 11:42pm

DTBG

The big one I finished with beeswax on a buffing wheel mounted on the lathe.

The small one I finished with a few coats of salad bowl finish, I sanded it some between coats, but it lost its lustre because I only had up to 320 grit and 400+ was recommended.

#5 Thu March 5, 2009 3:46am

bubbatd

Tom Davis

DTBG just keep rubbing the small one with some 0000 steel wool and it might get back some of the luster. Somebody else might have an idea how to help with that. Why don't you go back to your post and ask about it.

#6 Thu March 5, 2009 6:00pm