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Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/13/2007 10:29:35 PM    appliedtop   Posts: 45 Joined: 12/19/2006 Status: offline A few pics of my recently made stopples. Actually very easy to make if you have a welder. Started by welding four 3/4-inch long, 1/4-inch diameter pieces of steel on a washer. Then I welded the washer onto the inside of the stopple bolt. I coated them in rubber, and slid 1/4-inch refrigerator tubing over the steel and filled the ends with silicon and they're done. The stopple for the top was made by welding a 1/4-inch steel tube on the stopple bolt, sliding rubber tubing over it and siliconing a spring onto the bolt and also to the rubber plunger.  I think spring loaded is the way to go.   Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/13/2007 10:37:50 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline that seems like a great idea how well do they work? _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to appliedtop) Post #: 2

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/13/2007 11:03:19 PM    appliedtop   Posts: 45 Joined: 12/19/2006 Status: offline They are unused at this point but I used several different size bottles during the making to ensure they have a good grip on them. I think they'll work fine.   (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 3

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/14/2007 12:10:44 AM    capsoda Posts: 7866 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline They will work fine. Thats how I made mine but with three fingers and they work great. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to appliedtop) Post #: 4

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/14/2007 12:40:01 AM    appliedtop   Posts: 45 Joined: 12/19/2006 Status: offline That's awesome capsoda.  How long have you been using yours?  Amazing that we both used springs. I've never seen springs used on them before. I was a welder by trade years ago and I found these actually very simple to make. I probably have about $7 apiece in them which is much cheaper than buying them pre made.  The cone I cut from a neoprene boat roller. Used a knife to rough cut it then put it on my grinder. Only took a couple minutes.  < Message edited by srukke -- 1/14/2007 12:42:19 AM > (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 5

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/14/2007 2:39:08 PM    motorsicklemorris   Posts: 17 Joined: 1/13/2007 From: Iowa Status: offline What did you start out with ? Big freeze plugs ? _____________________________ Morris Jorgensen --- Weathervaneman Here for a short time ,,,,, gone for a long long time. (in reply to appliedtop) Post #: 6

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/14/2007 3:00:02 PM    appliedtop   Posts: 45 Joined: 12/19/2006 Status: offline They're plumbers test plugs. Home Depot has them for $5.50 and the come in all different sizes.    (in reply to motorsicklemorris) Post #: 7

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 1/14/2007 7:08:48 PM    capsoda Posts: 7866 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline These are new ones i made a little over a year ago to replace some worn out ones. Been making them for about 10 years and they last about 8 or so. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to appliedtop) Post #: 8

RE: Homemade tumbling stopples - 10/6/2008 1:10:12 PM    wedigforyou Posts: 56 Joined: 7/29/2007 Status: offline Hello, we've tried to make a set of these using this same test plug shown above.  They're leaking.  We ground down the outer plastic so the plug fits inside the tube.  Didn't think this would make a difference but maybe it has. Any thoughts? The rubber should still fill the gap. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 9

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