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Why use stopples? - 1/19/2008 4:06:40 PM    paulson   Posts: 1 Joined: 1/18/2008 Status: offline Very new to the hobby and just getting ready to buy or try and build my own tumbler.  Maybe this is a dumb question but why do the stopples have finger or projections that center the bottle in the tube?   What would happen if the bottle was just loose in the tube, rolling much like rocks do in a rock tumbler.  Would the bottle subject to easy breakage or would it just not clean effectively? Post #: 1

RE: Why use stopples? - 1/19/2008 6:00:29 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1159 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Probably would shatter in a hundred pieces (or more) JMHO. Might try it with a bromo, probably not with a Bryant's bitters! Welcome to the forum!  Kelley (in reply to paulson) Post #: 2

RE: Why use stopples? - 1/19/2008 6:23:33 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 4903 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online The copper makes the bottle very heavy. A rectangular bottle would most likely break. Plus you can get some weird, bad wear patterns on the glass if it isnt held in place. Its definately best to keep the sucker pinned down. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 3

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