Stop Me!, pics

[Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont]

Stop Me!, pics




Hello,

Well I had some fun on the lathe tonight, turned a new project that I had never turned before, bottle stoppers, yes.


Anyway, as unexciting as that may sound, I felt good that I was able to get this far. I bought some Lee Valley stoppers today, they have a threaded insert, ¼ - 20 thread.

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I made my own screw chuck with a piece of maple I chucked into my Strong hold, drilled a hole to size the ¼ thread, them screwed in a 1 ½ “ long ¼ -20 screw, then cut off the head, voila!
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I then cut some blanks of maple, chechen and goncalves (something or other) and then I turned these.
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It was fun.



I owe a huge thank you to my good friend Jennifer Shirley, she did coach me through some of this process and I owe her a huge thanks!
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Even THIS flat furniture guy can have fun on the lathe…….man does the time ever fly once you get going…


Thanks for viewing,

Take care,
Jim

[Bob Lasley]

Jim, you're sure going to have to open alot of wine to use all those stoppers!! Suppose you could stick 'em in empty Molsons bottles just to display them. :D

They do look like alot of fun and turned out quite nice. Now, put those turning tools down and go build a piece of furniture!

Bob

[Doug Jones]

Jim,
Nice turnings, I really like the blond looking stopper, though they are all good looking.