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Cells of a Cork
Jan 2, 2022 15:13:52   #
Don Schaeffer Loc: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQD4-dYiWZA
Seeing a stray cork from an old wine bottle sitting on my table gave me the inspiration to take a long anticipated journey though cork cells. Cork is made of soft, pliable wood from a tree. Manufacturers grind the wood into slivers and recompose them with a mold (at least I guess that's the process). The slivers in the cork essentially represent aged natural wood. I scraped small pieces of cork to make them thin enough to see cells under the microscope. It's a bucket-list journey for me.

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Jan 2, 2022 17:59:42   #
Bret Perry
 
Cool shots!
I was curious about the molds ..
You are half-right about the "mold" — cork is made from the bark of a cork tree.
Best corks are made from natural cork—just punched straight from the bark.
Cheaper corks are made with agglomerate cork in mold, and champagne corks from both glued together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2CNEFZ-khA__;!!HhhKMSGjjQV-!oUJtsqLD-ptsLMyu10mcuqwiirlDPEpX3GYBcnyTh9qLtuuxNRWAM__v0-gRJa7Cltw$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2CNEFZ-khA__;!!HhhKMSGjjQV-!oUJtsqLD-ptsLMyu10mcuqwiirlDPEpX3GYBcnyTh9qLtuuxNRWAM__v0-gRJa7Cltw$

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.champagnesundayliving.com/why-are-champagne-corks-made-out-of-natural-cork/__;!!HhhKMSGjjQV-!oUJtsqLD-ptsLMyu10mcuqwiirlDPEpX3GYBcnyTh9qLtuuxNRWAM__v0-gRDGU8xmc$

https://www.corklink.com/index.php/agglomeratdor-natural-corks/__;!!HhhKMSGjjQV-!oUJtsqLD-ptsLMyu10mcuqwiirlDPEpX3GYBcnyTh9qLtuuxNRWAM__v0-gRPYuVyiQ$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.corklink.com/index.php/agglomeratdor-natural-corks/__;!!HhhKMSGjjQV-!oUJtsqLD-ptsLMyu10mcuqwiirlDPEpX3GYBcnyTh9qLtuuxNRWAM__v0-gRPYuVyiQ$

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Jan 2, 2022 18:03:24   #
Don Schaeffer Loc: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
 
Thanks for the research. This was obviously a mediocre, poor man's cork.

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Jan 3, 2022 09:14:56   #
Biglemon Loc: Briarclff manor,ny
 
Don Schaeffer wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQD4-dYiWZA
Seeing a stray cork from an old wine bottle sitting on my table gave me the inspiration to take a long anticipated journey though cork cells. Cork is made of soft, pliable wood from a tree. Manufacturers grind the wood into slivers and recompose them with a mold (at least I guess that's the process). The slivers in the cork essentially represent aged natural wood. I scraped small pieces of cork to make them thin enough to see cells under the microscope. It's a bucket-list journey for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQD4-dYiWZA br See... (show quote)


Cork is the BARK of a tree.

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Jan 3, 2022 10:19:57   #
Don Schaeffer Loc: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
 
got it.

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