While we are waiting for trusses for the shop roof, I turned a few bottle stoppers. One is from Oregon Myrtal wood, but I don't know what the other wood is. To help turn these, I often use a collet type chuck that will hold small diameter items. Since the chuck is a morse taper type holder, I took a long bolt, ran it thru the mandrel hole to connect to the mandrel and added a handle to the end that fits snug against the left end of the lathe hole. This worked great to keep the mandrel in place while I was turning. Maybe I'll take a picture, it would be easier to understand. Anyway, here are the wine bottle stoppers.
Enjoy, but be careful of the splinters.
No comments:
Post a Comment