Beech Candle Holder

[Mark_Skyland]

Felled a decent sized beech back in around 2009 due to meripilus.

 

We bought an alaskan mill from Rob D:thumbup: and got a good few decent planks and beams out of it.Most of them are still sitting there in the yard being threaten every now and then to be turned into something nice!

 

Anyway, one day moving them about a beam around 4" square fell to bits due to some rot, probably the only bit of artistic imagination I have ever had flared up.

 

So I made this pair of tea light holders.

 

 

 

It took quite a bit of sanding and varnishing.

 

I used le tonkinois varnish which worked well when I applied it properly!

 

They really need another fine sanding and a varnish.

[dervishcarving]

thats a heck of a lot of sanding to get from that HUGE trunk down to 2 tea-light holders!

lovely end result tho

[_AmyBaxter]

Their boss them Mark!

[Peter]

Very nice Mark.

[Ian Leach]

Oooh look at your skills , very nice

[Mark_Skyland]

thats a heck of a lot of sanding to get from that HUGE trunk down to 2 tea-light holders!

lovely end result tho

 

On the plus side I have 10 ton of sawdust so oil spills will never be a problem again!

 

Cheers lads and lasses I was lucky to have such a nice bit of timber in the first place, all the effort and skill was already done for me.