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  1. Vinewood

    Mobile Alabama Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday March 23, 2024

    The Mobile Antique Bottle Collectors Club presents our 51st annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday March 23, 2024 from 9AM to 3PM at the Daphne Civic Center, 2603 U.S. Hwy 98, Daphne, AL 36526. FREE PARKING, FREE ADMISSION! Bring your old bottles and related items to...
  2. Vinewood

    The Iron Pontil

    Click the link below for a massive amount of information on pontil types. ======== https://sha.org/bottle/pontil_scars.htm ======== Note that "ground" pontils do exist, but are almost always ground, then POLISHED completely smooth and shiny. You can see evidence of them on cut glass decanters...
  3. Vinewood

    What can I use to make the embossing stand out and not disappear over time?

    Thanks Leon. I chose select examples from my collection and highlighted the embossing just so they would show up better for bottle show advertising photos. Most of these examples are from sets, and I would never take the time to do them all. The type of paint or marker you use can change the...
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    What can I use to make the embossing stand out and not disappear over time?

    Uncle Bruce has all the tips you need to perform this task. I must note though that I never use bar keepers friend or copper brushes on finely polished or mint glass. Both will leave fine scratches on the surface. Also, in addition to paint markers, I use permanent black sharpie on milk glass...
  5. Vinewood

    Tumbling quandary

    Everyone, Here is an important point to remember about grit ratings. The claimed grit rating of manufacturer A's silicon carbide or aluminum oxide is often NOT the same as manufacturer B's grit rating of what you think is the same product. Add to that, that most vendors do not tell you who...
  6. Vinewood

    Mobile Alabama Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday March 25, 2023

    The Mobile Antique Bottle Collectors Club presents our 50th annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday March 25, 2023 from 9AM to 3PM at the Daphne Civic Center, 2603 U.S. Hwy 98, Daphne, AL 36526. FREE PARKING, FREE ADMISSION! Bring your old bottles and related items to...
  7. Vinewood

    Opinions Requested

    I started off with a machine I built in the 1990's with two 8' parallel shafts that would turn 6 bottles. About 6 years ago I replaced it with a small Jar Doctor machine, then I added a large, then another large, and then converted my original small frame to a large frame and connected them...
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    Tumbling Before and After photos

    To remove most seltzer tops you have to hold the base ring securely and unscrew the top. I used "vice grips" to hold the base ring and twisted off the top by hand. Just make sure you apply pressure to the spout and not the trigger. You can wrap tape around the vice grip jaws to reduce marks...
  9. Vinewood

    Tumbling Before and After photos

    This John Ryan ginger ale had been "buffed" about 50 years ago, before bottle tumbling was invented. Buffed bottles almost always suffered loss to the embossing. You have to be really careful when tumbling them to clean them without further harm to the embossing. The inside of this bottle was...
  10. Vinewood

    She' u bute!! YELLOW!!!

    If you han If you have not already sold it, my contact info is on our show flyer pictures here.
  11. Vinewood

    Mobile Alabama Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday March 26, 2022

    The Mobile Antique Bottle Collectors Club presents our 49th annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday March 26, 2022 from 9AM to 3PM at the Daphne Civic Center, 2603 U.S. Hwy 98, Daphne, AL 36526. FREE PARKING, FREE ADMISSION! Bring your old bottles and related items to...
  12. Vinewood

    JAR DOCTORS TUMBLING MACHINES

    Sorry for the delay in responding. Since the shaft speed is constant, based on the pulley combination you choose, the lager the canister the slower it turns. The "slow" speed, on a Jar Doctor machine will turn a 4" at approximately 28 rpms, a 5" at 22, and a 6" at 19. Note: best for square and...
  13. Vinewood

    JAR DOCTORS TUMBLING MACHINES

    The motor is a constant 1725 rpm's. (Variable speed motors almost always sacrifice torque on lower speeds.) If you purchase the "two/multi speed" jack shaft option pictured, you can swap the belt on the pulleys between the jack shaft and your drive shaft to increase or decrease the speed your...
  14. Vinewood

    JAR DOCTORS TUMBLING MACHINES

    The photo that I shared above IS my Jar Doctor machine, a large frame, like yours, connected to a small frame one. Depending on the size of the canisters, I can turn 8 to 10 at once. The clear canisters that you see in my photo have over a year's use in each one and are still mostly clear...
  15. Vinewood

    JAR DOCTORS TUMBLING MACHINES

    See my other post to Wildcat Wrangler for my opinion on my machine. I will NEVER be without it. When you put in the time to learn to do it right, you will be pleased with the results you can achieve. Also check out the facebook group "Antique Bottle Cleaning".
  16. Vinewood

    JAR DOCTORS TUMBLING MACHINES

    Once you see the results you can achieve with this machine, you will make room for it somewhere. Your have options. You CAN purchase two short side rails from the Jar Doctor, swap out the long ones for the short ones, and turn your large machine into a small one. You can either keep the long...
  17. Vinewood

    Hello from Alabama newbie!

    Here is a link to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors website with the list of the bottle shows around the country. Most shows are annual events and start advertising months before the show. Keep a check for shows in Alabama and neighboring states. There is no better place to meet...
  18. Vinewood

    Gravitating and Hutchinson Bottles from E. Carre, Mobile Ala.

    E. Carre had one true blob top bottle, and the generations that followed were these mostly gravitating stopper bottles and then hutches. Note the one bottle that was supposedly found with a hutchinson type stopper in it, even though most of us would call it a gravitating stopper bottle. E...
  19. Vinewood

    The Indians Panacea

    Here is a copy of an 1842 letter sent from Coster & Walsh to A B & D Sands , Druggist, New York. In paragraph two, they want to order 6 dozen more Indian's Panacea. In paragraph three they say they will give Sands 25% on the sale and that they sell it in Mobile for $2 per bottle. We dug a...
  20. Vinewood

    Tumbling Before and After photos

    Bartunes from Mobile is the only one that has come up with an open pontil. I dug one 28 years ago, and now am in line to get it back. Here are two iron pontiled examples, uncleaned and cleaned. The cleaned one never had any iron left in the pontil when it was dug. I always protect that area...

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