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Here’s a candle stand I made for my sister’s birthday (of course it is WAY late, like last August late). Anyway… I ordered a couple of the hard wood sample packs when they were on sale at Woodcraft. I was going to use a forstner bit to carve out recesses for 3 glass votive candle holders, but then I found the silver candle bridge lookin thing. The light wood is bird’s eye maple, and the dark wood is either african kingwood or cocobolo..not sure. I finished it by sanding to 400 grit and applying a few coats of teak oil.
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Bigbuck
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#1 posted 1803 days ago
Very nice, I better not let my wife see that or she will want one.
Looks like cocobolo to me.
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trifern
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#2 posted 1803 days ago
Nice wood combination. I like the floating tea lights also. Thank you for sharing.
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#3 posted 1803 days ago
I like this. How did you attach the legs and where did you get the tea light rack
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#4 posted 1803 days ago
Very pretty. Yes my wife would love one too.
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#5 posted 1801 days ago
Very nice, my kind of work. Well done.
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Dex
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#6 posted 1754 days ago
Sorry for such a late reply… Things here have been really hectic. In fact that was the last project I have worked on. Anyways…
I attached the legs with biscuits and glue.
The tea light rack cost me…get this…. 99 cents. Found it at the local 99 cent store.
Also, I did figure out what kind of wood the dark wood was. It is African Kingwood. I bought some more (wow..expensive! almost $50 / bd ft) and some more birdseye maple ($15 / bd ft) because several people want me to make one for them too.
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Dusty56
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#7 posted 1569 days ago
One of the nicer candle stands that I’ve seen here . Very nice wood combination also.
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