A Toast To Any Wine Drinkers Here

[William Young]

For quite a while I have been wanting to try one of these. Just before supper a spur of the moment idea dictated that I try one .
The turned part where the wood meets the base is not what I had pictured. It should have been flared out a lot more but it was a good learning experience and future ones will be better.
And there WILL be future ones because they are so easy to make.

W.Y.

[Arcy]

Very nice! How do you attach the glass to the stem?

I've been wanting to make blown goblet bowls with turned stems like this for a while, but never figured out how to attach the parts safely.

I also need to work on delicate enough bowls. As enthralled as I am by goblets, I'm horrible at actually making them I can do bigger bowls, and heavier cups, but my goblets need a lot of work.

--Rob

[William Young]

Rob;
The easiest part of making a wood goblet is the stem and base . The cup is the hardest for the first few times but after a few it also gets to be quite easy. I may try a few with glass top and captive rings in the wood stem.
Got hell from SWMBO for using one of our best wine glasses and was shown where the ones are that I should be using for that. Hee . . Hee . . They are bigger ones more like a chalice so should be easier next time .

Very nice! How do you attach the glass to the stem?

The glass is epoxied into a hole in the wood using about 1/2" of glass stem inside .

W.Y.

[Arcy]

Thanks.

I've turned several captive ring goblets (I find the rings absolutely fascinating - they also make for good baby rattles), but prefer drinking out of glass.

I also blow glass, and would like to combine a blown bowl with a turned stem.

When I tried this before I used a flattish bottom rather than using the stem as a tenon, and I couldn't get the glue to hold well enough. Adding a small button to the bottom is an extra step, but not hard.

Almost all of my glasswork is much too large and indelicate for a goblet though, so I will need to practice thinking small once I get back into the hotshop after the summer's over.

--Rob

[thecopperfish]

Very cool Bill!
Chris

[William Young]

Rob.
That glass blowing must be a real art in itself. I have never seen any of that done up close .
One time when I am in Crawford Bay just before the ferry dock I am going to go in and watch it being done. There are a bunch of neat trendy little shops there like glass blowing and broom making and chain saw carving out of logs etc.

W.Y,

[greatdane2]

I went to Redeer, Alberta a few years ago for a band compition for my daughter. They had a guy from Seatle doing a workshop on glass blowing. I sat there all day with my mouth open watching these guys create glass wear that was priceless. Nearly missed Erins time on stage.

Alan.

[William Young]

The bad shape of where the stem fastened to the bowl was bothering me on the first one shown above in this thread so I decided to try another one.
I am more pleased with this one . It is more like I had pictured (in my noggin) what the first one was to look like when I first started it but it didn't turn out that way .

I learned a lot on these two and the second one went twice as fast as the first so future ones will be a piece of cake .
After a couple more I am sure I will have it down to about 15 to 20 minutes each.
I have a feeling this might be a hot craft sale item. Gotta have variety ya know. . . . . . . . . . . .

I want to save the glass part of the first one but toss the stem part out and make a new one for it. . Does anyone here know what would be best to dissolve the 2 part , 5 minute epoxy that is holding the two pieces together ? ? ? ?

W.Y.

[Fremmed]

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?

[turningnut]

Great looking stem on the second one William.

Mike