wine cork trivets

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finally got the last of christmas gift projects done today,9 wine cork trivets,7-cherry wood,two oregon mrytle wood all with padauk splines in the corners.size is 9"x9" outside with 32 corks per trivet.the bottom, is 1/4 melamine with rubber feet.finish is maloof oil with 2 coats of rattle can semi gloss polycrylic.and the answer you all want to know,yes they all came from wine we drank,i wont say how long it took though-lol.



working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

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Did you use only the "best wine" or all of the corks?    Nicely done.

Ron

well i try and use only corks from "good" wine. i used to sell em at my wifes craft show she was in. one time i made one using only two buck chuck corks,no one would buy it-lol. even though many probably drank their wine-lol.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

I bought a big plastic bag full of nice corks at a flea market in Colorado Springs, Colorado when on vacation a couple years ago. The guy worked at a big wine bar ( ? ) there and saved them to sell. Got them pretty cheap, thought they looked cool. I now have a use for them. Thanks for the idea. Your trivets look great.  Mike
thanks mike.they make great gifts and dont cost a lot.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Nice Pottz. Giving all types of ideas.

Main Street to the Mountains

debbie asked and im just obliging ;-))

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

And that is good, always looking for ideas. 

Main Street to the Mountains

same here.this year im doing turned potpourri jars that ill include an assortment of  potpourri. i only got one done,one on the lathe half done and 4 more after that.hopefully i make it in time ?

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

My FIL used to make those trivets as gifts! Wow. Nostalgia..

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".

Good work...I'm stealing it for sure...

...woodicted

your welcome to it my friend.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Winner idea for what is usually tossed for the dog to fetch!

I'll have to ponder what I can use all my beer caps for. I can flip them pretty fast 'n' hard across the yard, but then they start to annoy SWMBO.

How do you attach them to the base?

Shame to have to open all those bottles just for the corks 😁
Splinter, you could make a cross box to fire them over the fence.

Main Street to the Mountains

splint i just attached em with hot melt glue.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

I did one of these. It just lost something in the translation between corks, and screw off metal wine bottle caps....
ha ha, yeah those screw caps dont work so well.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

pottz,

Nice trivets! I have done a bit of wine cork art projects. I am wondering how you attach the corks?

Steve
i just use hot melt glue. never had a problem yet,and ours are over 15 years old.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Nice one, Pottzy..............I'll bet the best part of making that trivet was drinking all that wine!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers,, jim

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

well i needed the corks so someone had to do it 😁

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.