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Project by eddy posted 1299 days ago 1816 views 10 times favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

size is 12 in. long by 2 1/2 to 3 inches depending on what i had for scrap
thanks goes out to closetguy for the idea. i got a 12 pack of candles at wallmart for about 6 dollars
i don’t have a forstner bit this size so i used a hole saw 1 3/4 and sanded as needed for fit
beveled the sides at 10 deg. and cut the legs at 10 deg. funny as i went on line this morning i was Richard had made some a lot like these
looks like a lot of people will be getting candle holders for Christmas.
2 holders are maple and other hard wood scraps i had 1 is a piece of redwood i had with some sap wood that looked cool

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a1Jim

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#1 posted 1299 days ago

Some cool candle holders well done

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Joanne

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#2 posted 1299 days ago

I like them, thanks for the great idea!

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Scott Bryan

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#3 posted 1299 days ago

Eddy, these are nice looking center pieces. And I am sure they will be well received as gifts. Varying the woods makes each one a unique gift.

Nice job.

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rustedknuckles

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#4 posted 1299 days ago

Those are so cool, what a great use of scraps.

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Bricofleur

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#5 posted 1299 days ago

Yep, what a good use of scraps. I think around here a lot of people will also get such gift for Christmas. The more I’ll make/give, the more space I’ll gain in the shop!

Great job and well done. Too bad you don’t have Forstner bits because hole saws involve a lot of sanding. Another way to bore the holes would be using a router, a template and guide bushings. No sanding required here. This is the way I’ll make mine.

Thanks for sharing your work/ideas.

Best,

Serge

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degoose

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#6 posted 1299 days ago

Way cool

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#7 posted 1299 days ago

Great use of scraps !!! Very nice design : )

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#8 posted 1299 days ago

Very cool. Thanks for the gift ideas.

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ellen35

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#9 posted 1299 days ago

Sweet! Now these are worth copying!
Thanks.
Ellen

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kindredscents

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#10 posted 1299 days ago

These look great. Are they the regualar size votives or the larger ones?
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scrappy

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#11 posted 1298 days ago

Great candle holders. I am going to have to make some of these for gifts.

Fantastic use for scraps. Keep it up.

Scrappy

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

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chuck24

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#12 posted 1298 days ago

You have it right allot of people getting these this year. I have 7 in my garage that are being worked on. Yours look awsome. I like the angles. Maybe i will use that 10 degree angle on mine some other time. I just went with simple lines.

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Budgie

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#13 posted 1297 days ago

Another nice Christmas gift. I like the look of them.

-- Bud, Central Square, NY, http://thepostnbeam.blogspot.com/

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eddy

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#14 posted 1297 days ago

thanks for the compliments again not completly my design closetguy made comething like this awhile back
i have 4 more in that redwood in the shop now. funny what you can make from a fence post
kindredscents the candles are regualar sized

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WistysWoodWorkingWonders

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#15 posted 1225 days ago

simple design with great results… very nice candle holders…

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