Bottle stoppers - I did my homework

[Meerkat]

I am looking for wine bottle stopper blanks, and before anyone jumps on me I did my homework and used the search function and clicked on about a dozen different links that people gave and none of the led me to what I was looking for.

Either the bottle stopper for sale already had something attached to it, it was not a blank, thus it cost more and I would have to deal with taking off that part of it.

Or they were blanks but they had a big metal thread coming out of the top so you could screw something made of wood onto it. I don't want to drill a hole in my marlbe nor do I want to have to take a dremel to the stopper and cut off all the threaded bits. Maybe that sounds lazy and I suppose dremeling them off is not that big of a deal, but I would rather just be able to buy a bunch of blanks I can use right out of the box.

Thanks

[Emmett's Glass]

The threaded post unscrews and you are left with a threadded hole.
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[Meerkat]

Cool thanks !!!!

[Meerkat]

I really like this, this guy made his own blanks out of glass. I'd like to give that try, but I am curious, how does the rubber part stay on the glass when you pull the stopper out of the bottle, I would think that the friction would pull the stopper off the blank and it would stick in the neck of the bottle.

[Alfred]

link?

[steven p selchow]

Ive taken the threaded ones apart and thought about making a glass one...but after a short conversation with myself...it add to the cost considerable, if done in volume, which I do. You'd have to cut threads into the glass and now fine either the rubber or use a cork, crome is more elegant I think, it can be done though, just consider the cosy of the piece, and how much you need for it.

I get mine from weddingsupplies @ 1.69 each, as Emmett said, whatevers on top unscrews...I have a few hundred crome hearts I don't have a use for....yet.

steve

[steven p selchow]

heres the number if you want it...800-944-2452 www.weddingcameras.com

[J B]

I use the same ones as Steve and yes have got several hearts laying around too. here's someting I do when making a marb for the top -- take the top and draw a circle around it on your pad to go by and flatten what i'm making to fit the circle ,gives you more glass to epoxy to. Now what to do w/ all those heart tops ?

[forum593]

just ordered up some of those heart stoppers for an order..was just wondering how much everyones been wholesale/retailing them (finished product) for..

[gypsea]

well, it depends on the finished product...size, detail, etc. you can have a range of prices....

i sell these for $45.
http://www.glassartists.org/Gal22801_fall_leaves_bottlestopper_series.asp

[Meerkat]

Sorry I forgot to put the url and I don't have any idea what it was, I did not bookmark it, it was someone on here though, so maybe they will recognize their work when I describe it. They were marlbes that on the bottom had what looked like a 10 to 15mm rod of glass, appx 4 cm long that tapered off to a point, then up where the rod and the marble met, he had put a 2cm black rubber sleeve.

[sunray]

I think this blower uses a 10mm rod cuts the punty off and slightly flattens it and adds the cork.. They are nice.
Here's a picture of one of them.. I bought a display rack full of them from him.

[gotglass?]

looks like a cork you can get at a science and hobby place..... fits 10mm or 3/8" just right i used them for makeshift bubblers before i got on the torch.... but how does he flatten the rod without burning the rubber? or does he spec it out than lube er up a force it over the lip?

[glasspapi]

I have seen a lot of glassblowers use the corks that you get from homebrewing companies. There is a particular rubber stopper that has a hole in the middle thats used for homebrewing. Some guy on youtube even does it with the rubber stoppers.

[steven p selchow]

glasscraft sells those particular rubber ones, I had one lying around, and put it under my drill press, worked ok.

I generally use a 6mm peg about 1/2 inch long under whatever I mount, even a marb, has x-tra holding power. I've had one break and the peg stuck in the hole, but on my press, theirs a hole the right size of the stopper, so I just put it in their and hit it with a punch to crack the glass peg, then use a bit to drill it out, works well if you run into that situation.

steve

[misticglass]

check out this place online called Arizona Sillouette thats where i bought my blanks from!


-m

[Nightcat]

I have seen a lot of glassblowers use the corks that you get from homebrewing companies. There is a particular rubber stopper that has a hole in the middle thats used for homebrewing. Some guy on youtube even does it with the rubber stoppers.Here is a link to the video Floral Bottle Stopper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsmpIWiXlVo) It is super long for youtube, @31 minutes so you better have a high speed connection.

[Galaxie Glass]

any local brew shop has the #2 stoppers that have te correct hole...