Dale Bright
02-06-2011, 2:20 PM
The other post with the Rude Olsonik candle Sticks was very timely. My CFO (read wife) had asked me to make her a pair, after she saw some a friend had made. She did ask me to make a small change in the design. She thought all the ones she had seen were too thin at the 2/3 point. I did not argue with that because it is much easier to turn something, not so thin.
These are 9" and 8 " and the taller one has the same size base as the top. The base of the 8" is a bit wider and I like the wider base better. The next set will be 10" and 9" with the bases a bit wider than the top. I will also make the thin area a little smaller, but not much. I consider these prototypes but the wife really likes them, anyway.
This maple has some pretty good figure and I sanded to 400, wiped on a liberal amount of walnut oil. I burnished in the oil with some brown paper bag and then polished with EEE Wax Polish and burnished again with brown paper. I used another light coating of the oil and then burnished a lot at high speed with the brown paper.
Dale
These are 9" and 8 " and the taller one has the same size base as the top. The base of the 8" is a bit wider and I like the wider base better. The next set will be 10" and 9" with the bases a bit wider than the top. I will also make the thin area a little smaller, but not much. I consider these prototypes but the wife really likes them, anyway.
This maple has some pretty good figure and I sanded to 400, wiped on a liberal amount of walnut oil. I burnished in the oil with some brown paper bag and then polished with EEE Wax Polish and burnished again with brown paper. I used another light coating of the oil and then burnished a lot at high speed with the brown paper.
Dale