I’ve been making these wine bottle stoppers as gifts for the holiday season. They are a lot of fun to make on the lathe and it doesn’t take very long to knock a few of them out.
I use an electric die grinder with a carbide bit for the decorative carving on the top of the mushrooms. The grinder I use is a Milwaukee. Click here to watch a video of the technique that I use for the decorative carving on the top of the mushrooms.
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