Ha! Wood Working!

[Leon]

Something different for me, not furniture.

I gave a neighbor a wine bottle stopper a few months ago as a birthday gift. Then she decided it would be nice for me to build her a display to show off her wine bottle stoppers. Oh boy... Then she decides that she would like to hang it on the wall. Oh boy....

So I think and think and think and..... cruise the internet for ideas. I hate the traditional look of the typical display as they look like miniature stadium bleachers and or golf ball display, you know the look.

So I got an idea from a guy selling bottle stoppers and significantly changed his design.

At the link below the displays on the saucers will display 24 bottle stoppers. The ones not on saucers hole 9 stoppers and will hang on the a wall or cabinet with 2 screws that slide up inside a key hole slot on the back side. A crew at the top holds the display, a screw near the bottom will keep the display from tilting should it become heavier on one side. Saucer units will free stand on a counter top. And now the neighbor wants the counter top display.....

These are made out of an 8' Douglas fir fence post so I made enough to use up the whole post.

Let me know what you think!

[Bill]

Those look an awful lot like pipes! : )

[Leon]

Bong pipes? ;~)

[Sonny]

Original! Good thinking.

Another coat or 2 of paint?

Sonny

[Swingman]

Cool ... and now you're good for a couple of seasons at least. :)

[Leon]

Thank you

Actually they have two coats of GF country colors stain/paint, NLA. 3 coats of gel varnish.

[Leon]

Yeah we are already calling them bottle stopper Christmas Trees.

[G. Ross]

[HeyBub]

Outstanding creativity and craftsmanship.

I think, however, you should move very far away.

Having a neighbor that collects wine bottle stoppers is medium creepy.

I don't even think there's a 12-step program for the malady.

[Sonny]

24 bottle > stoppers. 24 bottles!

even think there's a 12-step program for the malady.

That's a 24 bottle program! Not a bad program. Might want to visit the neighbor more often, rather than avoid her.

Sonny

[Leon]

Thank you. Th hitch looking stopper is something my wife came up with.

[Leon]

Thank you.

Well, they are more than just corks. LOL

[G. Ross]

Down here in the Bible Belt, nobody admits to drinking wine, much less fancy corks. I made a few and still have them.

[SonomaProducts.com]

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http:/=/ creative. Excellent finishing choice. Could easily go national with th= ese and make a pretty penny I would think. Both the holders and the stopper= s.

[Sonny]

An old Cajun carpenter and excellent boat builder, Dado, was doing some wor= k for the church and he and the priest went to get some supplies. On the w= ay back, they stopped at the store and Dado bought some beer... asked the p= riest if he wanted one. The priest said he only drank wine. Dado told him= , "Wine is for church, beer is for work." Dado loved his beer!!

BTW, if you ever saw the movie "Old Man" (about the Miss. R. flood of '27),= Dado played the old man on the house boat (he built for the movie), out on= the flooded plain.

Sonny

[tiredofspam]

What did you make the labels out of.

I agree, you probably could go production on those and sell a slew

[tiredofspam]

What did you make the labels out of.

I agree, you probably could go production on those and sell a slew

[CW]

Outstanding creativity and craftsmanship.

I think, however, you should move very far away.

Having a neighbor that collects wine bottle stoppers is medium creepy. ================================================================ Why? My sister collects tea balls. Lots of people collect odd things.

[Leon]

On 11/9/2012 11:15 AM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:

stopper a few months ago as a birthday gift. Then she decided it would be nice for me to build her a display to show off her wine bottle stoppers. Oh boy... Then she decides that she would like to hang it on the wall. Oh boy.... So I think and think and think and..... cruise the internet for ideas. I hate the traditional look of the typical display as they look like miniature stadium bleachers and or golf ball display, you know the look. So I got an idea from a guy selling bottle stoppers and significantly changed his design. At the link below the displays on the saucers will display 24 bottle stoppers. The ones not on saucers hole 9 stoppers and will hang on the a wall or cabinet with 2 screws that slide up inside a key hole slot on the back side. A crew at the top holds the display, a screw near the bottom will keep the display from tilting should it become heavier on one side. Saucer units will free sta nd on a counter top. And now the neighbor wants the counter top display..... These are made out of an 8' Douglas fir fence post so I made enough to use up the whole post. Let me know what you think!

> Very creative. Excellent finishing choice. Could easily go national with these and make a pretty penny I would think. Both the holders and the stoppers.

Thank you. The labels were the worst part, I had to find the design and add the oval ring and cut them out with an exacto knife... The natural look would certainly be easier w/o the labels.

[Leon]

Thank you

Clip art from a Google search and I added the heavy oval ring surrounding the picture. I printed it on mustard colored construction like paper and then used an exacto knife to cue each one out. That was a PIA. Perhaps if the labels were readily available from a winery...

I would not mind making production runs but not on spec. There was a lot if time involved although much of it was making up jigs to drill the holes and designing the labels.