$795 Rubber Stopper...........!

[wfsupply]

Ok, I got the email from Mountain Glass with their June deals. They have a rubber stopper for $795.00. Its not a typo......

AND ITS ON SALE?!?

http://www.mountainglassarts.com/s.nl/it.A/id.3906/.f

Could someone kindly explain to me what the heck it is and why its $795 for a piece of rubber? Thanks!

[Icarus]

It's a nested stopper (think of it like one of those Russian dolls). They're used in lathework mostly, as you can pull out the exact width you need up to the full size of the stopper. That is an 11" one, thats why it's so expensive. the 18mm to 70mm ones are $30 or $45 depending on which material you want.

I imagine the price is justified
1: because it's huge, and
2: "The rings are cut from the same stopper, each ring fitting perfectly inside the next." That means one fuck up and they have to start over with a new blank. On a 3" one it's not as big of a deal, as not as much work went into it, but considering how many rings must be in the 11" one, that's an awful lot of labor and expense if there is an error. The cost reflects that.

[smolder holder]

Yeah the smaller nested stoppers are pretty spendy. That is justified but holy crap. You have to really need that to fork over those bills.

[Icarus]

If you find yourself working 11" ID tube on a regular basis, you can probably swing it.

[Greymatter Glass]

I have a 10" tube...can I buy it 2 or 3 rings smaller for like $300?

[Icarus]

Sure....?

Wait, are you talking about your penis? Let's not confuse circumference and diameter again (though I guess that's still pretty damn impressive).

[wfsupply]

Thanks everyone that makes much more sense but still makes me wonder if the decimal is in the right place. :) They probably dont exactly make 100,000 of these at a time in mass production!

Ben

[smolder holder]

If you find yourself working 11" ID tube on a regular basis, you can probably swing it.

This is true :)

[Icarus]

It probably is. Did you see the prices for the smaller sizes?

4.5 in. Item Code: EQ21 Price: $108.50
8 in. Item Code: EQ22 Price: $479.75
11 in. Item Code: EQ23 Price: $795.00

[BigTeasel]

i can get the same effect for a fraction of the price. 68 packages of bubblicious. watermelon flavor.

[kage]

if your stopper costs under a g then you're not a baller

[Julian]

Is working 11" tube particularly lucrative?

[Icarus]

Well, I'm guessing you're not working it by hand, so you would need a lathe that the chucks can open up to more than 11", which I don't think you're normally going to find in most shops, right? Probably going to be bit on the spendy side, right? So once you're baller enough to afford a lathe that can accommodate that, I would guess that purchasing a nested stopper of that size would just be considered an expense of ownership.

Of course, I'm so baller that I almost exclusively use shorts and odds, so I am just talking out of my ass here, as I am in 97% of my posts.

[kage]

what icarus said:
take the cost 11" tubing + cost of burner that melts 11" tubing + cost of lathe which can work 11" tubing = who gives a shit about an $800 stopper

[NUBBLET]

its really a set of cock rings designed to accommodate all stages of stiffness .
the great john holmes designed and tested each one this is why so spendy

[PyroChixRock]

someone had to go there....:lol

[Firekist]

http://www.dichroicimagery.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=nested+stopper&osCsid=139456541a981e903175a5a20b8ceeb8&x=0&y=0

995 at abr for the 14 inch

in an old abr catalog, they have one for 1195.. so.. they've come down in price =)

--seth

[Headdi Retti's Glass Art Studio]

Is working 11" tube particularly lucrative? :yay:yay2, Wendy Whoopers and Tasty both say Yes!...Yes indeed. Lube recommended...either way...

[smolder holder]

Is working 11" tube particularly lucrative? :yay:yay2, Wendy Whoopers and Tasty both say Yes!...Yes indeed. Lube recommended...either way...

LMFAO!! Headii that's halarious.

[Julian]

I figure by the time I bought the lathe, I'd be probably be broke and wouldn't want to buy a $800 stopper. Actually, I bought a Delta Mag, but $600 for a foot pedal seems really expensive...

[CripSkillz]

You guys use rubber when doin yur tube by hand , I don't even like em when I'm wrkn the slave, that 45$ butt plug been one of the handyst things I've bought yet fo real

[gmarv]

i used to work for a quartz glassblowing co. [actually several different cos. thru the years] but anyways the tubing size had reached 17 inches when i quit working. they had 1, 18" bore lathe made by herbert arnold 2, 14" ones. several smaller lathes. the multi stopper pearls were real handy,and cheap compared to all the other stuff you had to have to melt that stuff.

[somewhere]

I wouldn't even think about using Pluro stoppers for anything that big. The heat it takes to go big will burn those up in no time. A piece of tubing pulled down to receive a blow hose then wrap to fit that inside the big tube. Truth is I hardly ever use stoppers wrap is cheap and works great. Another trick for inside seals is use masking tape then let the tape burn off in the oven. Commonly done in the scientific shops.

[kage]

sweet. repped. do you know what temp the tape burns?