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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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20 comments so far
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.
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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
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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! :)
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kjwoodworking
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posted 219 days ago
Lookin good!! Cool woodworking project!!!
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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…
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scrollsaw
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posted 219 days ago
Very nice!!
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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 !
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Martin Sojka
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posted 219 days ago
Ms Multitalent ;)
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rikkor
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posted 219 days ago
Very cool!
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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?
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miles125
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posted 219 days ago
Very nice gift MsDebbie .-)
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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MsDebbieP
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posted 217 days ago
those hole thingys are handy aren’t they!!!?? :)
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