Wine Bottle Stoppers

The doctors say that I have a partially torn Rotator Cuff in my left shoulder. I’ll be going into get it fixed in late January which will put me on the shelf until about May. It’s made my left arm so week that I’m not able to do any larger segmented woodturnings. Staying out of my shop was not an option so I’ve been concentrating on doing the tiny little turning projects that I could still do with only one functioning arm.
This afforded me the opportunity to use up all of the little cut-off pieces of wood that I’ve accumulated down through the years. I had a five-gallon plastic bucket full of little pieces that I’ve been saving for a rainy day. Between the Covid Pandemic and my cranky shoulder….It’s a rainy day.
The display stands are made out of spare segmented rings (mistakes) from other projects that I’ve had laying around my shop.
The nice thing about making these little stoppers is that they don’t necessarily have to be made out of exotic hardwood, the domestic woods are pretty too.
I finished them with a coat of sanding sealer followed by 3 coats of thin CA glue and finally a coat of Hut plastic polish.

-- Trackman, Washington