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Turning at its simplest

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These night-light / candle holders are so quick and easy and yet they make most acceptable gifts. Yew branchwood was the starting point, but turned ‘the wrong way’ to show the annual rings at their best. I just used a screw chuck and made the holes with a Forstner bit. They’ve shown very slight cracking since I brought them indoors, but that’s Mother Nature adding to the sculpture!!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems


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TomFran

2501 posts in 873 days


posted 705 days ago

Stewart,

These are very beautiful. They will make a treasured gift to those who receive them.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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CharlieM1958

7466 posts in 1097 days


posted 705 days ago

Simple? Maybe. But showing the growth rings this way is a stroke of genius in my opinion. Beautiful!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Russel

2032 posts in 817 days


posted 705 days ago

A simple turn reveals a hidden beauty. Someday I’m going to have to start turning, talk about beautiful stuff.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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mot

4901 posts in 915 days


posted 705 days ago

Well Stewart,

I do like a nice turning. This qualifies. The problem with many projects is that they seam to be lost in the clutter of complexity and detail. Something few can actually pull off. A candle holder turned from a branch? You might just be a genius.

Cheers!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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rikkor

11338 posts in 753 days


posted 705 days ago

Stewart, those candleholders are simply elegant. The showing of the growth rings like that is stunninng. Well done!

PS—Did you get to MIMF yet?

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snowdog

806 posts in 861 days


posted 705 days ago

nice gift, I have to get some time in the shop soon or I may forget what little I learned on turning.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

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jockmike2

7222 posts in 1125 days


posted 705 days ago

Mr. Stewart, may I add, your rendition of candle holders put mine to shame, they are very nicely done and what in the hell is MIMF? mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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rikkor

11338 posts in 753 days


posted 705 days ago

Mike:

MIMF is an acronym for Musical Instrument Makers Forum. It’s a Luthier thing, very similar to LJ, but mostly guitars, ukes, banjos, etc.

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relic

342 posts in 815 days


posted 705 days ago

These are beautiful, what an idea the same yet different.

-- Andy Stark

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Bob A in NJ

519 posts in 877 days


posted 704 days ago

Good idea for presents, nice work!

-- Bob A in NJ

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Grumpy

14852 posts in 729 days


posted 704 days ago

Nice work Stew. They will make great presents.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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miles125

1414 posts in 884 days


posted 704 days ago

Very simple but something someone might use for 50 years. Nice job Stewart.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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Douglas Bordner

3415 posts in 942 days


posted 704 days ago

Now no piece of downed lumber will escape my scrutiny. Thanks Stewart (I think). Beautiful work.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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mrtrim

1700 posts in 759 days


posted 704 days ago

wow looks like a lot more art than wood stewart . exellent job

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Dorje

1768 posts in 875 days


posted 702 days ago

I like ‘em Stewart!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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DAN

6396 posts in 861 days


posted 701 days ago

These will stay in my memory. Very nice.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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scottb

3391 posts in 1205 days


posted 701 days ago

Nice. Ah the gift giving potential. I can see a bunch of these around the house, at my parents, my in-laws…

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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