ive made many of these in the past but after the last batch i got rid of what corks i had left. a good friend wanted me to make her some so i had to buy some corks ! found someone on ebay that sold used corks. each board holds 32 corks. the inner space is 7" square but next time ill go about 1/4" bigger so as not to have to do any trimming. the wood is mahogany with a masonite bottom. rubber feet and my logo coin. finish is 5 coats of gloss lacquer. corks are attached with hot melt glue. a simple project that makes a great gift.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Good stuff Pottz. I made a ~2' x 3' bulletin board with a similar pattern. My daughter worked at a golf course one summer and brought a big box of corks home.
Ya got me onto the plans of that endgrain carcoal charboiled charlatan charcoaled chark... bloody cutting board... do you have any plans for empty vino casks?
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
You sly, hypocritical old dog you Pottz... nearly had me fooled... This is just your attempt at making this puzzle, with an extra level of difficulty, having a mind blowing 32 puzzle pieces.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
ryan-yeah when my wife did craft shows id always make a bunch. they sold easy. duck-sorry no ideas for empty vino casks ! and no im not contemplating any puzzles !!! ivan-thanks. you could probably sell those considering all the stuff you do for restaurants ? OT-thanks. she picks em up next friday.
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 "inherited" a literal trunk full of new corks. My wife's late husband (not me!) brought them home when the winery he worked at shut down.
I found building using whole corks to be a pain. Went on line and saw a whole lot of methods for cutting them in half, which makes them easy to work with. A lot of those methods invoked the OMG reaction. Accordingly, I set out to come up with a better way. I came up with one, at least for those of us with bandsaws, and it's dirt simple.
I made a jig by drilling a hole in a piece of 2x just a bit bigger than the corks (new or swollen from hooch) and can pump out hundreds of halves in an hour. I posted the jig, build and use on the INSTRUCTABLES web site:
thanks kelly. ive had no issues using whole ones. plus i had so many i just wanted to use em up when i made a bunch last year. thats a cool jig though.
thanks jim. 32 per board or cut em in half like kelly does. they sell very well or gift em.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
