Latest bottlestopper

[Claude]

Originally Posted by Marci MN

I like him!!

Is it ok to ask where you get your corks from? I've looked in a few stores around here and havent had much luck. Thanks.

I got a package of pre-formed corks from Woodcraft. On a couple of my smaller bottlestoppers, I've used some miniature corks from a fly fishing shop that are used for making poppers for bluegill. I've also used wine bottle corks by cutting them to length, drilling with a forstner bit in my drill press, and then sanding them to a cone shape by gluing them on the dowel, chucking the dowel in the drill press, and then sanding down the spinning cork.

Thaks, all, for the comments!
Claude

[Marci MN]

Thanks for the tip on finding corks. I once picked up a bunch from the lawn the midway sat on from our county fair. But for the life of me I cannot find that gallon jar I put them all in back. But in my mind the corks I picked up may be too small.

[jillsy]

Claude, such a nice job. So clean and neat. Love the hat! (tartan??)

[Claude]

Originally Posted by Marci MN

Thanks for the tip on finding corks. I once picked up a bunch from the lawn the midway sat on from our county fair. But for the life of me I cannot find that gallon jar I put them all in back. But in my mind the corks I picked up may be too small.

Never too small - you just have to adjust the size of the carving. Here's an example of a carving I did with one of the small flyfishing corks. This cork measured around 1/4 inch diameter - I used a 1/8 inch dowel to fasten it to the carving.
Claude
http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.co...2&d=1141865211

[edit] Forgot to mention...pattern for the Scot (Irish?) bottlestopper is from the book "Tom Wolfe Carves Wood Spirits and Walking Sticks" [/edit]