A Toast To Any Wine Drinkers Here

[William Young]

Definitely like the second better. The curves are spot on. Are these decorative or functional, and if so how does the moisture effect the wood?
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Kevin

They could be used either way

The moisture would not affect the wood part if it is well sealed with polyurethane any more than water on a wood floor finished the same way does when water is spilled on it or it gets washed with a mop. .
Definitely not dishwasher safe but careful hand washing should not effect them.

It is hard to take a picture of something like that . It looks like a piece of wood up inside but it is just a reflection . I will try to take a closeup of how the wood meets the glass but no promises that my photography will help with that.

W.Y.

[William Young]

The picture of the goblet looks like a piece of wood up inside only because it is hard for me to photograph something like that . So I tried a macro close-up shot of where the wood meets the glass and actually surprised myself because it showed up pretty good.
The marks on the glass on the right side are just dust because I didn't want to clean it with Windex until after the epoxy cures.

W.Y

[William Young]

I took the #2 one to the coffee shop in town this morning for a little show and tell. Everyone thought it was beautiful but agreed that the base was a little small for the size of the top.
I know the rule of thumb is that the base should only be about 2/3 the diameter of the top (or something like that) but politically correct might not work with these.
I came home and made another one and this time put more heft in the base and it is much more stable than the number two one . I still parted it off the lathe with a concave in the bottom like a glass bottom has but this time I made the angle quite a bit less and that also added a little more weight.
I do not want to resort to putting a lead weight or something like that in the bottom. I am very close now to the weight of the wood as is now being equal to the weight of the stem that I cut off and with a little wider stance than the glass bottom was, this balance of top and bottom should be satisfactory. The diameter of the glass is exactly 3" at the widest part and the wood base on this one is 2 and 5/8
I can picture getting $15.00 each easily for these at craft sales because of them being unique as well as being hand crafted. .

Someone also told me at the coffee shop that I could get all the wine glasses I want to cut the stems off of from the used clothing (and stuff) store in town for 5 or 10 cents each.

5 or 10 cents for the top and some free wood for the bottom adds up into a decent profit real quick because they can be made within 1/2 hour after getting some experience with them.

I have shown my progress with these through number one, two and three in hopes that my learning curve on them will help somebody else to watch out for my mistakes to avoid if they decide to make some and if they can improve on what I have done so far and can post pictures of theirs I would love to see them to get more ideas .

Here is number 2 to the left with number 3 to the right. Both have identical tops .
Second picture is the transition of wood to glass in number three.

W.Y.

[greatdane2]

Jeez with that high a cost for material maybe you should try a wood top and glass base. Being serious, that might look ok.

Alan.

[William Young]

You know Alan , you've got a point there .
It wouldn't be hard to do and with enough coats of the right finish it could be used to drink out of.

W.Y.

[William Young]

Here ya go Alan.

After answering your last message I thought about it for a while and seeing as I am always up to a challenge I put a piece of firewood on the lathe and made use of one of the glass stems that was in the garbage that I took off the other glass top ones. .

This one had a hexagon shaft on it so it was not as easy to fit the wood to the glass. If I did it again I would select a round stem for a better transition from wood to glass .
All in all it was a fun half hour in the shop .

W.Y.

[Ramjet]

How about glass stemed egg cups ? Coul you put the two beside each other to see the contrast . I'm not sure which one I like best . Glass stem or glass top ? Roger

[William Young]

Glass stemed eggcups ? ? . You're pushing me . . It is do-able if a person could find glass stems with a small enough base . . . Hey I got out of that challenge pretty neat and easy didn't I hee . . heee . .

The two side by side ? ? The wood top one is a lot smaller because it was just a little practice run and I wasn't paying much attention to size.

It is easier to make the glass top ones because the wood top ones need to be made from end grain wood which means more difficult turning. The wood top ones are also not as practicle for something to drink out of .

Are we having fun yet ? ? ? ?
W.Y.

[greatdane2]

I like the wood top, its shows your turning better than just the base.

Alan.

[Ramjet]

When I look at the glass top , I invision a fly or bug at the bottom of it . An eye ball would be doable if small enough . " Here's looking at you kid " . I'll slide out of this by saying " I like them both ", as I can't make up my mind . Cheers .
Roger