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11-01-2009, 05:32 PM
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#1 | | First Bottle Stoppers Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31  11-01-2009, 05:32 PM
First, let me thank PChristy for putting together the bottle stopper purchase and for letting me buy-in a bit late. Not only am I sold on Ruth's stoppers, I actually enjoy the idea of this "little" lathe project.
Now, before you look at these understand (1) I'm a rookie turner and (2) a virgin bottle stopper turner! There is a progression in quality, the first one being the blue/yellow one (which is a bit rough) and the final being the ones with the DECENT chatter marks on the endgrain.
This was the very first. I was playing around with dye and the chatter tool a bit. It ain't too pretty, but it worked.  | | Views: 328 | |
11-01-2009, 05:37 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Harrisburg State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 28 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Those look better than what I'd turn out  Beautiful stoppers!
I bet they looked REALLY small on that mustard monster!
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11-01-2009, 05:38 PM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Did you make your own chatter tool or did you buy one? Good looking stoppers. I got in on that order also but haven't made any yet.
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11-01-2009, 05:43 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Lexington State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jun 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Jeremy, nice job dude   Glad that you like Ruth's stoppers I was asked alot of questions about her stoppers in Hickory over the weekend - Hope she gets alot of orders from there = I tried the chatter tool on one of mine at the Klingspor thing but I couldn't do it  I guess I need to make me one and practice it
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11-01-2009, 05:48 PM
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Name: Gary City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Sep 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jeremy, those sure are some good looking stoppers. I am torn between these 2 being my favs.  
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11-01-2009, 05:50 PM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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11-01-2009, 06:38 PM
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Name: Ken City: Liberty State: SC County: Anderson Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 63 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Those sure don't look like 'firsts'. You done real good Jeremy. I'm looking forward to seeing the 'seconds'.
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11-01-2009, 06:43 PM
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Name: Ted City: Clemmons State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jul 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Jeremy,
Nice stoppers, I can't pick a favorite. 
I wish I had joined in in that group buy | |
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11-01-2009, 08:30 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Originally Posted by PChristy  Jeremy, nice job dude Glad that you like Ruth's stoppers I was asked alot of questions about her stoppers in Hickory over the weekend - Hope she gets alot of orders from there = I tried the chatter tool on one of mine at the Klingspor thing but I couldn't do it I guess I need to make me one and practice it
If you decide to do another group purchase, I'm in. I had bought some in a "starter kit" from WC, but they just look silly next to Ruth's. They are VERY nice and hefty! | |
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11-01-2009, 09:23 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Here is another one from this evening. This one was a practice run with the new spiraling tool that I picked up at the Klingspor Extravaganza. It's pretty cool if you ask me! | |
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11-01-2009, 09:34 PM
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Name: Robert Arrowood City: Mount Holly State: NC County: Gaston Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.65 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
How do you see those things on that LITTLE lathe you got  . Those look great.I gotta get in on the next buy myself. | |
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11-01-2009, 10:10 PM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.09 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Nice stoppers there Jeremy. Especially if these are your first ones.
I got to meet and talk to Ruth at the Greensboro Turning Symposium. Nice lady. I think I was her first customer Friday morning even before she got totally set up. I am looking forward to trying her stoppers. I have tried the other long metal type stoppers and was glad when I got all of them sold. I think Ruth's stopper kits are much nicer looking.
She told me she got the idea for the stopper from the long ones. She took one into her son's metal working shop and began turning it down until she got her design like she wanted it and then found a machine shop to make them from her prototype.
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11-01-2009, 10:11 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Lexington State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jun 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Originally Posted by WoodWrangler If you decide to do another group purchase, I'm in. I had bought some in a "starter kit" from WC, but they just look silly next to Ruth's. They are VERY nice and hefty!
Jeremy, I personally want be able to do another one until March or so but if we can get enough others wanting to get in a group buy we can go ahead and do one - I can get it all setup and get it going if there is enough interest - if not we can wait until sometime around March/April
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11-01-2009, 10:15 PM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.34 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Nice job! Looks like you about have the turning thing down. Those look like some pretty cool tools you got!
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11-02-2009, 08:58 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days | Re: First Bottle Stoppers
Originally Posted by nelsone Nice job! Looks like you about have the turning thing down. Those look like some pretty cool tools you got! Don't know that I'd say that, but I'm "learning via catch" .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)") Turning is a good change of pace ... the projects (that I'm doing) are usually fairly simple, and there's little to no measuring involved  . It takes a little artistic touch ... which I'm finding gets lost in lack of skill, or changed when I take the skew for a ride down my near-finished piece. Overall though, the lathe is good fun and works another part of my brain  | |
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