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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.


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TomFran

2371 posts in 532 days


posted 364 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

4593 posts in 756 days


posted 364 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

1325 posts in 477 days


posted 364 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

4859 posts in 574 days


posted 364 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

8574 posts in 412 days


posted 364 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?

-- Maplewood, MN

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snowdog

688 posts in 520 days


posted 364 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

4497 posts in 784 days


posted 364 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. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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rikkor

8574 posts in 412 days


posted 364 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.

-- Maplewood, MN

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relic

315 posts in 474 days


posted 364 days ago

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

-- Andy Stark

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Bob A in NJ

337 posts in 537 days


posted 364 days ago

Good idea for presents, nice work!

-- Bob A in NJ

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Grumpy

6721 posts in 389 days


posted 364 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

992 posts in 543 days


posted 364 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

2735 posts in 601 days


posted 363 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

1548 posts in 418 days


posted 363 days ago

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

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Dorje

1749 posts in 534 days


posted 362 days ago

I like ‘em Stewart!

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

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DAN

3501 posts in 521 days


posted 360 days ago

These will stay in my memory. Very nice.

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

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scottb

3060 posts in 865 days


posted 360 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://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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