woodturners
 

 

CARPE LIGNUM, TORNE LIGNUM

Latin Translation:

Seize the Wood, Turn the Wood

 


 


Stopper Styles Finished Designs Stopper Displays Make a Stopper T-Shirts Shows Links

Stainless Steel Bottle Stoppers

 The original solid stainless steel wine bottle stoppers for artists of
various mediums; wood, glass, stone, ceramic, sterling silver and more. 

 

bottle stoppers, stainless steel bottle stoppers
 

 
 

Solid, FDA kitchen grade stainless steel bottle stoppers.
Superbly machined in the USA.
  Custom orders made for your special needs.

 

 


 

Stopper Styles

 

This page gives a full description of each style shown in the picture above along with pricing and shipping costs.
 

 

 

Special
Stopper Kit


 

A special package for wood turners, includes;
 10 threaded stoppers #301
 #2 Morse taper mandrel with tap
 Stub 23/64" drill bit.


Regular price:  $86.25   Special price:  $80.00
+ shipping

 

 

Finished Designs


 

A page of unique bottle stoppers created by artists of various mediums. 

There is contact information for the artists who sell their work. 
 
Bottle stoppers make beautiful gifts.

 

 

 

Display Stands


 

See a variety of display stands for bottle stoppers.  These are not only for artists who do shows but for people who want to display their stopper collections.

 

 

Making a Stopper


 

Steps to turning a bottle stopper using a mandrel and just using your jaw chuck.  Also see homemade mandrels that work great.  

 

"CLTL" Shirts, Hats


 

 


 

 


 

 

Links

 


 

Wood
Artists

 


 

Wood Dealers

 


 

Glass
Artists

   


 

 


Welcome to my website.  I have been turning wood for 20 years and for the first 8 years did mostly architectural turning; porch and stair spindles, chair parts, etc. for antique dealers and contractors.  Then I did more artistic turning and when I started doing bottle stoppers, the only style available were the long pointed chrome-plated style and I did not like them.   I put one on my son's metal lathe, cut it down to a shape I liked and took this prototype to a local family owned and operated machine shop.  We had 15 different brands of wine bottles and, after trying several angles, lengths and number of o-rings,  found the one that fit all the bottles.  Thus was created the SS Niles Bottle Stopper.  If, by chance, you find these stoppers do not fit a bottle, first be sure the bottle is perfectly round, then try it in a second bottle.  Since there are thousands of bottle sizes, there might be one no metal stopper will fit. 

My stoppers will always be made at Steer Machine Tool & Die in Pennsylvania and will never be outsourced offshore.   The design became so popular, the owners of the machine shop, Stef and Eric and I got a patent together........it's a lot like being married!

Don't be fooled by copies not made in the US, email me if you are in doubt as to authenticity.  

 I hope you enjoy my website.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
E-mail: rthniles@yahoo.com or call 717.486.5232.

        Thank you
          Ruth Niles

 

 

 

 

© All rights reserved Ruth Niles 2008
All images and content within this site are copyrighted and intellectual property of the owner.