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Spalted Pecan Candle Holders

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Project by Jay Neale III posted 1384 days ago 1281 views 1 time favorited 6 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here are a couple of candle holders I made out of the spalted pecan I picked up at the sawyer’s a couple of weeks ago. They are the same size, though the base/feet configuation is different. One of them now belongs to my wife, and the other is for sale online.

I finished them with two coats of tung oil, one coat of wipe-on gloss polyurethane and three coats of wipe-on satin polyurethane. In my experience the gloss poly dries harder, and the spalted wood is pretty soft, so I used the gloss to strengthen the wood. I could have flooded it with super glue, but it wasn’t that fragile.

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a1Jim

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#1 posted 1384 days ago

simple but nice

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

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Ben Kahmann

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#2 posted 1384 days ago

Simple but nice design. Good finish

-- Ben Kahmann Dayton, OH

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#3 posted 1384 days ago

The spalted pecan has some nice figure to it.

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scrappy

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#4 posted 1384 days ago

Nice candle holders. Great spalted pecan.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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#5 posted 1384 days ago

Jay,
That is beautiful wood! The design is simple but elegant.
Should sell easily!
Keep them coming…they are a joy to view!
Ellen

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

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Tim Marko

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#6 posted 1384 days ago

Those are nice Jay. The figure in the first one is outstanding.

-- Tim, trying to come up with something cool to say here!

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