Older daughter Jenny has a container for saving wine corks. She’s my red wine buddy; we tried this one tonight — the night before Clare and I head home — and I added the date to the cork before dropping it in “Fitzherbert,” her wire container in the shape of a pig. I should probably post a photo of Fitzherbert! I don’t know if Jenny has continued my practice of putting a date on the cork, but this should give her a smile if she goes through them when Fitzherbert gets full-up and has to be emptied.
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@marlboromaam I had thought about constructing a cork board with them (after seeing a board at a winery), but when I started saving them in earnest, I discovered how many different sizes there are! Also, I don't know how well the synthetic stoppers might work.
@rhoing I haven't tried the synthetic stoppers. But an electric knife in a vise (spelled correctly now) works great to cut them in half length-wise. I tried so many other cutting tools, but they just tear the cork to pieces. A flatter surface works better for me and the glue. Haven't been to any yard sales lately to look for frames and I need to do that. I'll have to find the last one I did to get a picture of it. =)
@rhoing Nice! But I can find old cool frames at yard sales real cheap. I have a small cheap vise that suctions to a flat surface with a moveable angle. Got it at Lowes. Works great for wine corks! Might use it to glue small broken objects back together. I'll see if I can dig it up too.
July 19th, 2023
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Electric knife + vise: fantastic solution!
For all my handyman sorts of posts, my MIL has a bench vise and I do not!! :)