wine stopper bottoms?

[Muse]

Where's the best place for wine stopper bottoms? the cheapest I've found is $1.29/100 for chrome. I'd prefer stainless but they're expensive.

[jes]

AINT NO substitute for fine quality !!!

[mearsglassworks]

agreed, the chrome ones suck. red wine eats the chrome right off. If ya find a cheap sorce for the stainless ones please post it.

[jes]

Here is a couple for variety, I like them allot!

Pleas show some pics up in the board when complete...

I also like to use a 2 ton clear epoxy, mix em up and stick em together...

Anybody else have some epoxy and stainless stoppers they like and have good luck with???

http://www.torne-lignum.com/stoppers.html

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store/Projects___Bottle_Stoppers___Deluxe_Bottle_Stopper ___bot_stop?Args=



:- j es

http://www.mnartists.org/Jes_Durfee

[Icarus]

The Melting Pot > Where All Glass Addicts Melt Together > Glassifieds > Glass Phone Book > Wine stopper links (http://www.talkglass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24814)

[J Howard]

i use the ones from that first link jes posted. they're REALLY nice and hand made in PA. you get what you pay for!

[3musesglass]

^^^This. Torne Lignum stoppers are really nice, a lower profile than the usual chrome ones and Ruth is a sweetheart.

[steven p selchow]

I quite making them because the crome flaked off, then a bunch of us here got together and ordered stainless for a better price. I haven't done them in a few years, I got maybe 40 of the stainless, and they went to bulgaria for wedding gifts. I just ordered some crome ones because I was assured they were for collecting not for being used. Just make sure you let the customer know about the flaking, thats the proper thing to do if there putting them in wine.

steve

[wieseatron]

There's a great tutorial in a semi-recent GlassLine issue, that is essentially a 10mm rod with a marble on the end, and you push it through a rubber stopper (with a hole) that's ordered from a brewing store for about $.30 a piece. Might not look as fancy as the metal, but it works and is a lot cheaper; plus, you don't have to worry about gluing and threading.

[J Howard]

that tutorial was very nice i'd highly recommend trying that route. the stainless are nice and all, but literally 6$ a piece or so, and you have to glue them

good point^^^^^

[elm744]

Has anyone just made them using the flat top. I used to make them with a piece of glass going into the hole but I find it really hard to get it perfect and would rather just squash the bottom and glue that flat part right onto those stainless steel ones but don't want to lose durability.

[jes]

what do you mean now exactly? I can try helping but others do have far more experience then I do...

Also I was trying to see what you are talking about. Do you have any picture of the flat bottom try to get a visual description of the method you speak of?

[Conchis]

I've used the flat top ones. I flat lap the bottom of the glass piece to get a nice flat surface to glue . Glue it up and they work fine. I use the torne lignum ones and they are pricey, but quality and the customers know it when they pick them up.

[jes]

OH!!! I see!!! haha

[elm744]

Cool thanks Conchis, I think I am going to get some of those torne lignum ones with the flat bottoms. I used to make them with the chrome ones but I definitely agree that those stainless steel ones will put the quality on another level.