In the vein of trying to do things outside of my comfort zone, if you read the thread about the ornaments, I am also trying to turn more interesting things like candlestick holders. These are fairly small...I have a lot of expensive exotic wood, but I have not been able to bring myself to experiment like this with that wood. So I've been experimenting with branches 2-3" in diameter that cost me nothing, so if I screw up its no skin. This was my first time turning a more ornate type of spindle. I had plans for three of these, with the third one having an additional layer of design and being another ~1" taller than the tall one here (each one being about an inch difference in height). That one exploded on me, though, due to an internal crack (and maybe pith) I couldn't see from the outside. :'( RIP beautiful wood piece!
Not the most exciting pieces, but, I did learn a fair bit. Including that I mis-judged the dimensions for the bottom part of the taller candlestick...the diameter of the top of the curvy part, should have been smaller. So its a little out of touch with what I think is the more pleasing curves of the shorter one... 🤷‍♂️
Wood is elm. From my own tree...that sadly an ornery group of squirrels girdled by eating the bark off...and it died a few years ago. Left me with tons of really nice wood, though! I have logs for years...
Not the most exciting pieces, but, I did learn a fair bit. Including that I mis-judged the dimensions for the bottom part of the taller candlestick...the diameter of the top of the curvy part, should have been smaller. So its a little out of touch with what I think is the more pleasing curves of the shorter one... 🤷‍♂️
Wood is elm. From my own tree...that sadly an ornery group of squirrels girdled by eating the bark off...and it died a few years ago. Left me with tons of really nice wood, though! I have logs for years...
