Taper drill?

Joe, This diverges from your query, but as the corks might be in contact with something that the buyer swallows, you could make a show of paying attention to cleanliness and sanitation. That cork has led a checkered life before becoming a stopper, but some glassine or tissue, etc. wrapped around it might act as a decorative protective pad and shim plus show your concern.;) A bead of hot melt glue around the stand's orifices, as Soren Berger does with vacuum chucks, if polished might act as a non-marking O ring to hold the corks. Actually, I'm hunting for my tapered end mills. :)

BTW, A good trivia question to win a free glass of wine: I checked some wine bottles (not mine) today and the inside of the necks is slightly coved.

Well Joe, I guess I've made the last out again, and ended another thread. Arch

Fortiter,

Non-linear thinking Arch. The hot melt glue comment got me thinking. I love the premise of an insert having a sanitary as well as decorative element. I really don't want to have to mount the stands on the lathe, line up the holes, etc but maybe there is some neat kind of white "O" ring or spacer or something that could be inlaid in the stand. That way I could drill the holes deep enough for the stopper to sit flush on the "O" ring or whatever. That would eliminate the tipping problem and might look kinda classy.

I really didn't like the looks of doing that directly on the stand itself but some kind of contrasting collar, preferably pre made, might be nice.

Off to Lowe's!

Thanks for the idea, Joe D>Joe, This diverges from your query, but as the corks might be in contact

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I don't have an MSC catalog around. My old J&L has them listed "degrees per side". (That's usually stamped into a land on the body of the mill.) I assume these are used for milling draft for molds, etc. A 7 degree per side would mean total 14 degrees total included angle. I just looked at a couple of corks and they seemed to be about 9+ degrees total included angle, for which a 5 degree per side would be pretty close. Perhaps MSC lists them differently: I'd talk to a salesman before ordering anything.

Wow, thanks for the heads-up. I do need to find that out.

Joe D>>

Hey Joe!

What about a brass colored candle ferrule?.

VERY inexpensive, found at most craft stores, just cover the lip of the hole, rounded so shouldn't mark the cork too much, and can really compliment the color of many woods...

My $ .02...

-- One Good Turn... New Hampshire, USA

Thanks for the idea. I just ordered a couple of dozen to try. That certainly would be the easiest solution...

Joe Donohue

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