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Here’s a trio of tealight holders made from hedge (aka bois d’arc or osage orange). Probably not the best choice of wood when drilling endgrain with a forstner! If you’ve ever worked with it, you know that the fresh cut surface is bright yellow. I lightly oxidized it with a propane torch to hasten the natural mellowing and sprayed them with satin lacquer.
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Rustic
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posted 322 days ago
That is a cool idea. What size hole did you use?
-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI
YorkshireStewart
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posted 321 days ago
Marvellous! Any more work would have spoiled them. Let Mother Nature do the talking!
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TreeBones
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posted 320 days ago
I like these to. I made a lot of these from pine last summer and they sold like hot cakes at $3.00 each. Good one.
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