How to use this bottle stopper?

[David Jenkins]

I found some unimproved bottle stoppers in the back of a junk drawer - they must be 5 or more years old. I can't figure out how they're intended to be used. Are they for use with fused glass? And if so, how would one best go about affixing glass to the right-angled stem?

Here are a couple of images of what I'm talking about:

Thanks.

[Kevin Midgley]

drill a v hole in a bottle cork to go over the metal and then glue a fused glass piece to the cork?
Maybe this design problem is why they were in the drawer in the first place

[David Jenkins]

Thanks, Kevin. The kind of stuff I do doesn't lend itself to installation on a cork. I think you're right - they're going to end up back in the back of the drawer.

[KaCe]

I'd just drill a hole in a nice thick piece of glass. Use a good glue...and enjoy. You don't need cork. I might notch the metal tine so it holds the glue better, or not. Where did you get them?

KaCe

[David Jenkins]

@KaCe: I have no idea where I got them. I only know they've been in a junk drawer for a number of years, and made it through a house move.

[Marty]

Dave- Give them away. I always thought those were as useful as the crocheted Flamenco dancer spare toilet paper roll covers.