First Stoppers

[frequent2]

Happy Holidays,

I just got in from the shop with these turnings.
I made these for my cousins for Christmas. The
house that my grandmother grew up in was distroyed
during hurricane Katrina. The wood I used came
from the pile of debris that was her house.
I am not sure what kind of wood it is but I think
that it might be heart pine. The house was on
the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Pascagoula, MS and
was built in the 1850's. After turning the shape
that I wanted I sanded with 4 different grits of
sandpaper then finished with light wood Hut Wax.

I got the stoppers and a kit at Woodcraft.
The kit was a joke. By the time that you drilled
the 6mm hole and used the provided mandrel the
turning was too loose on the stopper. So, I cut
the end off of a 1/4" woodscrew and drilled the
hole in the blank with a 7/16" bit and it has
worked like a champ since then.

[Whaler]

Very nice work, they are great. I had the same problem with the mandrel not holding in some woods. I resorted to attaching the all thread from the stopper kit to the wood with CA and then turning the stopper in my chuck.

[monte]

Very nice work!

[Radman]

Very nice indeed.
They're loaded with sentimental value too.
Good job!
Tom[8D]