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.

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.