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I had made a few candle holders last christmas as gifts and even though they turned out nice, I felt that I could do better. So after the first of the year, I worked on a new design with a little more character. It was also an opportunity to try out my new band saw.
The first picture is maple and jatoba and the second is maple and padauk. I also use walnut and purpleheart on the same design. They are finished with General Finishes Arm R Seal. I buy the glass votive holders at Michael’s. I have searched all around the Internet and have not found these for anywhere near the 99 cents they sell them for. A few months ago, they had a buy one, get one free and I bought all they had (over 60).
I got lucky with the figured maple. When I walk into my lumber supplier, I tell them what I need and they forklift a pallet out to the floor and I pick through the boards until I find what I want. I was looking through the boards one day and spotted heavy figure on the bottom of the stack boards. After a lot of unstacking and restacking, I walked out with 70 board feet of tiger stripe soft maple for the price of standard maple. Some of this went into these candle holders.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 435 days ago
I like the design changes that you have made with these candle holders. The contrasting woods and the curved design add a lot of visual interest to the pieces.
Nice job!!
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Denappy
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posted 435 days ago
Wonderful work, really like the contract of the woods too. Great find on both the candles and the tiger stripe maple.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 435 days ago
these are beautiful!!!!
good job :)
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 435 days ago
Hi Closet guy;
A home run on this design!
The proportions are very pleasing, and the wood is terrific.
Great job indeed.
Lee
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 435 days ago
I like the desing as well. Great job
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rikkor
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posted 434 days ago
These are really fine. Ya done good!
Dusty56
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posted 433 days ago
Very nice indeed !!!
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woodchips
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posted 433 days ago
I love them too. Great eye for pleasing design. Hope you don’t mind me “borrowing” your design for some Christmas gifts of my own.
~isaac
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