Power of the queen....

[Jim Underwood]

First Bottle Stopper.

Figured I should cash in on a popular item, so got some stainless stopper inserts and started with this.

It wasn't meant to be a Chess piece looking thing, it just turned out that way.:cool:

Osage Orange with a Rule Niles stopper.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Looks pretty good to me! Nice and clean detail work! Watch out - these things are quick and easy and can become addicting!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking stopper Jim. Nice detail.

[Richard Madison]

Looks good to me Jim. And has the right kind of stopper.

[John W Dixon]

Jim, looks real nice. That osage orange is pretty. How did you turn the stopper? Did you mount the blank in a chuck? The reason I ask is I have seen a bottle stopper mandrel that is the size of the top of the cone stopper. Have been thinking about ordering one but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

John

[Aaron Wingert]

As a recent stopper-making addict, I can attest that you're on yet another slippery slope of the turning vortex. Stoppers are fun and easy and I definitely like the shape you went with.

[Billy Tallant]

Great looking stopper. I like the unique design...

[Jim Underwood]

I chucked the square stopper blank in a chuck with the top end toward the head stock. Then I roughed it round, and faced off the bottom. Putting a jacobs chuck with appropriate sized drill in the tailstock, ( I think it was a 17/64?) I then drilled a hole for the bolt. Then I removed it from the chuck and turned the stopper by chucking a 5/16 bolt (sans head) in a small jawed chuck, and mounting the blank on that. Once done, I re-drilled the hole to fit the stopper tenon.

If I had it to do over, I would have mounted the bolt into a piece of wood and made my own screw chuck. The next one will be done that way. My small jaws weren't small enough, so I had to jam two nuts together on the bolt, and mount those in the chuck. It wasn't quite centered and you may be able to see that in the photo...

[Joshua Dinerstein]

Great work. That is a fabulous design!

Joshua

[Dave Halter]

Looks great. So when does the rest of the set get completed? Rook, pawn, bishop, etc....:D

Dave

[Jim Kountz]

Cool idea Jim, never thought of making chessman stoppers but its a very neat concept. Now do the rest of the set!!