building a tumbler

[idigjars]

another view

This small tip also saves you copper by the shorter length. Good luck with your project, keep us posted with pics. Paul

 

[buzzkutt033]

I'm thinking this might be the time to spend some of the money i've saved by doing the work myself Paul. looks like for under $100 i can get a 4" x 20" cannister and stoppels from the Jar Doc. that will get me started and i can gather the materials and experiment building my own cannisters and holders. hate spending perfectly good bottle buying $$$ , but i think it makes sense. This should allow me some time to investigate the different cutting and polishing methods. Thanx again for your help, and i'll keep everyone posted.

Jim

 

[rando]

Here's the one i'm working on .

 

[buzzkutt033]

spoke with Wayne ( JarDoc ) last night and ordered 4" clear tube w/stoppels. nice fellow, very helpful/informative. just thougth i'd update the post.

 

[buzzkutt033]

i noticed the bottom on this bottle when i was cleaning the cabinet. you folk seem very knowledgable on this stuff. is this some kind of refired pontil?? back in my former life as a bottle collector we really only designated open pontil or iron pontil. I've learned quite a bit over the past few months about variations of pontils. any comments on this one??

 

[buzzkutt033]

here's another angle. this is the bottom of the tussano's cure from a couple posts ago. thanx all!!

Jim

 

[GuntherHess]

Judging from the lip style that would be a cup mold.
http://www.sha.org/bottle/bases.htm
The striations in the glass are just from uneven cooling.

 

[buzzkutt033]

interesting stuff Matt. thanx for the site. I went and checked out the page on cup molds. you may well be right. what made me think otherwise was the concentric circular patterns in the bottom of the glass. I noticed on the page that all " cup molds " are not cupped, that many have flat bottoms as does the Tussanos. ok, thanx again Matt for your input.


Jim

 

[buzzkutt033]

i've been playing around with my tumbler. got the bugs worked out. car problems have put a crimp into my plan to buy a cannister/stoppel set from JarDoc. Maybe June will be a kinder month......... anyway, i tumbled the inside of this ink. used cut up scrap copper wire I had laying around. wrapped it in a towel and stuffed it into a coffee can. tumbled it for 3 or 4 days.

 

[buzzkutt033]

I've owned this bottle for 25-30 years and tried many times to get the whitish gray sickness out.