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Inspired by MrRock’s candleholder I thought that something similar would make a nice gift for my daughter.

My first thought was to mix some pine with some walnut to make a contrasting wood creation but as I searched through my pieces of wood I came up with another plan.

Using the tongue and groove pine board pieces (they are about a foot in length) that Rick saved from the garbage and brought home from his work, I decided to be creative with the single type of wood.

I selected 3 pieces of pine and cut them to the same length on the mitre saw.
I then used a hole-cutting thingy on the drill press to make three holes for candleholders in one of the sections of wood.

Since the wood has a finish on the top I thought that simply gluing the pieces together wouldn’t work so i decided to put dowels through the pieces and glue them in place as well as the wood itself.

I then cut two small end pieces out of the same wood and glued them to the sides.

The “tongues” on all the pieces are facing forward, which looks pretty cool. I am going to send it to work with Rick tomorrow to have it sprayed again (The end pieces have a cut edge on the top and need “something”). If they aren’t spraying any furniture tomorrow then I will have to use a backup plan (yet to be determined).

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)


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Karson

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posted 219 days ago

Great salvage job Debbie. I assume that the candles will be in something to keep the flame away from the wood.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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jockmike2

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posted 219 days ago

You go girl, nice job. You just keep getting better all the time. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 219 days ago

Yes, Karson… I wish I had some glasses like what MrRock used but I still have a week to go shopping and find something – or leave it up to my daughter to put her own selection in it.

Thanks Mike.
With this one, I “knew” what to do for each step, so that was fun! :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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kjwoodworking

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posted 219 days ago

Lookin good!! Cool woodworking project!!!

-- Kirk H. -- http://www.kjwoodworking.com

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TreeBones

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posted 219 days ago

Got to love that recycled material. Nice.

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Max

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posted 219 days ago

That really turned out nice Debbie. I like the way you used the “tongues” as a design element…

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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scrollsaw

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posted 219 days ago

Very nice!!

-- Todd from KY

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David

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posted 219 days ago

Debbie -

Very cool! Excellent recycle project. These will look great with some festive votives.

My only disappointment is . . . no decorative pyrography! :-)

Happy Holidays!

David

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mrtrim

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posted 219 days ago

great job deb !

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

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Martin Sojka

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rikkor

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posted 219 days ago

Very cool!

-- Maplewood, MN

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MsDebbieP

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posted 219 days ago

thanks everyone.

David.. I never thought about pyro… 1) Jenn’s style is “modern”, clean and 2) the wood already has a finish on it

hmmm and what kind of decoration do you envision?

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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miles125

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posted 219 days ago

Very nice gift MsDebbie .-)

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

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Russel

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posted 219 days ago

Quite nice. I would have cut the tongues off, but leaving them on adds a really nice face to the piece. Ingenious.

-- If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a darn fool about it.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 219 days ago

Thanks :)
Yes, Russel, that was my first intention until I picked up the wood and saw a pattern… then I put the 3 pieces of wood together and knew that the tongues would stay!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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CharlieM1958

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posted 218 days ago

You work always shows a lot of imagination, Deb. Nice job!

Now let’s talk about what color you should paint it.

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

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MsDebbieP

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posted 218 days ago

ha :)

it’s off to work with Rick… we’ll see what it looks like when it comes home.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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MsDebbieP

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posted 218 days ago

it’s home… Rick gave it a lovely coat of clear lacquer and it is shining!
I bought frosted red glass candle holders to fit in the holes.
Not bad; not bad.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 217 days ago

Hi Ms. Debbie;

Good job, I have one those hole thingy’s too.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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MsDebbieP

11043 posts in 567 days


posted 217 days ago

those hole thingys are handy aren’t they!!!?? :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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