New bobbers

[Aquadog]

I am a slip bobber fisherman, so when the tropical storm came through last Saturday I decided to mess around with a few wine corks. I made these bobbers you see in the pics. Got to try them out this morning and was pleased to see that they worked great. There are more of these in the future, just need some corks.

[Barnacle Bill]

Nice job. If you need help emptying the wine bottles I'm sure you can get all the help you need here.

[crappiefarmer]

Good excuse to become a wino!CF

[SeaRay]

PM me your address and I will send you a bunch of wine corks. We put them in a collector's basket and I have a good many.

[Aquadog]

Thanks for your positive comments, guys. I will be making more of the pencil style. They seemed to have the least buoyancy resistance.

[TapOut64]

Looks good.

[redear]

those look great! how are you shaping the corks or turning them down to size?

[Aquadog]

redear, this is the long winded explanation:

Chuck in lathe, drill 1/8" hole, slide onto a length of 1/8" tig rod, chuck in drill motor and work it against the belt sander. Takes about 2 minutes to shape one. Tried sanding on the lathe, too slow. Put a dab of glue on each end of the cork so it would not slip on the tig rod. Tube is a coffee stirrer with a bead heat shrinked at the top and heat shrink at the bottom to keep the line from eating up the tube. Gonna try them again tomorrow morning.

[Tracker123]

redear, this is the long winded explanation:

Chuck in lathe, drill 1/8" hole, slide onto a length of 1/8" tig rod, chuck in drill motor and work it against the belt sander. Takes about 2 minutes to shape one. Tried sanding on the lathe, too slow. Put a dab of glue on each end of the cork so it would not slip on the tig rod. Tube is a coffee stirrer with a bead heat shrinked at the top and heat shrink at the bottom to keep the line from eating up the tube. Gonna try them again tomorrow morning.

Very good, thanks.

[redear]

aquadog, thanks for the info! you are a very good craftsman for sure.