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Brian Newman
08-25-2006, 07:44 AM
Having just moved from southern Ontario to a village of 350 people, I need to be creative to make sales. Bingo is big with the ladies here, and I want to make dabbers. The only part that is giving me trouble is a lid to keep them from drying out. The one idea is ground glass fittings, the other is to find a cap that fits the plastic dabber insert.
A dabber tip fits perfectly in the end of a 24/40 male joint, but extends out beyond the diameter of the small end of the grinding. I figure a 24/29 female should fit over top, and work to make a lid from. This would bring the materials cost up to around $20 Canadian each, and I would prefer to keep the costs down. I going to try to make one that will have a flange at the opening for the dabber tip big enough to put one of those water bottle caps on (the clear ones that go on the bottles with the pull out nipples).
What I would really like to find is a cap that will fit snugly on the outside of the plastic dabber tips, so I only have to worry about the inside diameter of the opening, and not the outside of the flange as well. If you want to use my Idea, just let me know how you make your lids.

jello
08-25-2006, 08:35 AM
I did see a threaded bottle lip maker on ebay a few days ago.. but I cant seem to find it now.
I looked like a set of jacks with a lip maker down the middle..

derekmcghee
08-25-2006, 09:19 AM
You can buy Threaded Tops

I remember talkin to Barry L about em a few AGI's ago.

Gibsons Glassworks
08-25-2006, 02:31 PM
u could always just make a sleeve, like lighter sleeves, then buy dabbers in bulk and slip them in. always another idea!

jello
08-25-2006, 03:14 PM
The sleeves thing is a great idea!

Gibsons Glassworks
08-25-2006, 03:17 PM
Copyright!

pacosaki
08-25-2006, 03:20 PM
So you are talking about real dabbers for bingo night?
Man, I thought this was a new term for some kind of Pipe or a part of a pipe assembly. Like a sherlock or sidecar. Just when I think I got all the pipe terminology sorted out here comes the bingo dabbers! Where do these go and what do they look like?!? You know, " Dude, I just hooked up my sherlock with a bingo dabber and a side car!!"
Then I find out it's just a regular bingo dabber. What a let down for me. I think it is a cool and creative idea to make sales!
Try this place...Go to the bottom of the page and there are ball shape threaded caps that might work.

http://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/closures.html

Good luck!

Marble On!
Mike

Brian Newman
08-25-2006, 03:26 PM
Putting the tips into the glass strikes me as a better idea. You can see when they need filling, and I think it would make for a better product. I spent some time today making rod implosion cane for the letters B,I,N,G, and O. I will post a picture when I finish my first dabber.

jello
08-25-2006, 03:58 PM
all depends on what the dead cost will be... sleeve is also a tight idea.

Brian Newman
08-26-2006, 01:10 PM
First one.

JANKYglass
08-26-2006, 02:03 PM
if it dont leak and the cap holds tight then it looks perfect to me.

glassblowingBiker
08-26-2006, 03:35 PM
looks bad ass to me

Gibsons Glassworks
08-26-2006, 09:16 PM
NICE, those look sweet, nice pinwheels

jello
08-28-2006, 09:16 AM
real nioce