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Hornbeam multi profilr candelstick...

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kruger norbert

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Il love to turn candelsticks...
So i made one with multiprofil in eccentric turning..

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I hope you love it.

Finish with Danish oil.
 
hornbeam

Owen Lowe said:
Very Escoulenish. Are you using an off-axis chuck or are you mostly turning between centers somehow?
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Thanks,

For this turning i use only a Nona g3 50mm chuck as off axis Escoulen chuck
I don't catch the "Escherichia coli" but the " eccentric virus"....lol
 
curious about the practicality

Do you bore a hole for the candle perpendicular to the base or parallel to the side of the cup? Maybe I'm missing something, but looks like it wouldn't work well with a burning candle.
 
Richard Coers said:
Do you bore a hole for the candle perpendicular to the base or parallel to the side of the cup? Maybe I'm missing something, but looks like it wouldn't work well with a burning candle.
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The one multi axis candle holder that I made was done after reading a tutorial by Mark Sfirri. Following his directions, the hole is drilled perpendicular to the base which means that you want the top section and the base section to be done on the same axis. Since I didn't have the special tapered candle drill bit, I drilled a straight hole and then tapered it to fit a brass candle base insert.
 
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If you are going to Atlanta Symposium or need something to push you over the edge,
you can see Mark Sfirri and Jean-Francois Escoulen.
In addition to their demos they are being joined by Michael Hosulak for a collaboration demo in which the
three of them will design and turn an object with each of their contributions

How many axes and centers can three multi access experts use in one demo.
It is the one that I do not want to miss.

Al
 
P1050189.JPGP1050183.JPGP1050189.JPGP1050183.JPGthe workpiece can be drilled at any angle. We just think that the foot must be in the right position so that the burning candle does not flow !!!

That is the same with M.SFIRRI work, you tun it between center, so you Also, you need to put a plug in the hole to replenish centers use



There are many tutorial about M.Sfirri work like this:

http://letourabois.free.fr/tutofous/carreletgerard.pdf

but there is little on the work of JF Escoulen

There are two very good DVD KTMP (http://www.ktmp.co.uk/)



Having the ability to see these three "monsters" of the eccentric and off-center turning, is a rare pleasure not to be missed.
 

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I guess I'm a little dense this morning. Plus I've never burnt a candle at an angle. So does it work as a practical candle holder if you drill at any angle? In my neighborhood, if you call it a candleholder, it better work that way.
 
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hornbeam

Richard Coers said:
I guess I'm a little dense this morning. Plus I've never burnt a candle at an angle. So does it work as a practical candle holder if you drill at any angle? In my neighborhood, if you call it a candleholder, it better work that way.
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You can drill the hole as you want.
It is necessary that the end angle for the foot is the same as that which existed for drilling the hole.

you can offset the hole and turn the intermediate profile on another angle.
But you must return to the first angle so that the hole is properly positioned so that the candle does not drip.

When you offset the first movement, you can use the greatest width of the wood that has not been rounded.
But you lose the stiffness of the wood grain.
 
kruger norbert said:
You can drill the hole as you want.
It is necessary that the end angle for the foot is the same as that which existed for drilling the hole.

you can offset the hole and turn the intermediate profile on another angle.
But you must return to the first angle so that the hole is properly positioned so that the candle does not drip.

When you offset the first movement, you can use the greatest width of the wood that has not been rounded.
But you lose the stiffness of the wood grain.
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LOL, LOL, LOL. All I wanted to know was, does the candle drip off the side if not vertical? I can't see the hole in yours. I'm giving up and going to play with a candle. Because, what if I want to drill the hole parallel to the base surface? You keep saying I can drill the hole as I want! I didn't really care about techniques, centers, all the experts that turn off center, or all the other variables. Sometimes simple is good!
 
Richard Coers said:
LOL, LOL, LOL. All I wanted to know was, does the candle drip off the side if not vertical? I can't see the hole in yours. I'm giving up and going to play with a candle. Because, what if I want to drill the hole parallel to the base surface? You keep saying I can drill the hole as I want! I didn't really care about techniques, centers, all the experts that turn off center, or all the other variables. Sometimes simple is good!
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I'm afraid that I didn't quite follow Kruger's somewhat roundabout explanation. My opinion is that the candle had better be plumb-bob vertical if you want it to burn cleanly and efficiently and not make a mess by wasting wax all over Mrs. B's furniture. That's the bottom line in my house.

Here is a picture of my one and only multi-axis candleholder. The finish is stone texture aerosol spray paint because the wood was ugly.

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Bill Boehme said:
I'm afraid that I didn't quite follow Kruger's somewhat roundabout explanation. My opinion is that the candle had better be plumb-bob vertical if you want it to burn cleanly and efficiently and not make a mess by wasting wax all over Mrs. B's furniture. That's the bottom line in my house.

Here is a picture of my one and only multi-axis candleholder. The finish is stone texture aerosol spray paint because the wood was ugly.

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Yeah, me either Bill. Tried to show my laughter and some humor about it though.
 
Bill Boehme said:
I'm afraid that I didn't quite follow Kruger's somewhat roundabout explanation. My opinion is that the candle had better be plumb-bob vertical if you want it to burn cleanly and efficiently and not make a mess by wasting wax all over Mrs. B's furniture. That's the bottom line in my house.

Here is a picture of my one and only multi-axis candleholder. The finish is stone texture aerosol spray paint because the wood was ugly.

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Hello everyone,
I believe I misspoke in my poor English (my French is much better ... lol)

Bill, I completely agree with what you write.
The fire candle receptacle must be perpendicular to the ground receiving the candlestick, otherwise the candle is more or less flowing nearby.
It is when the candlestick is finished.
the photo you show is explicit.

But when I start to shoot this kind of object, the piece of wood that I take,
is not always strictly parallel to the lathe bed, it can be positioned off center.

In the photos you can see that the top of the candlestick have two rights sides corresponding to the squares blanks used to turn these candlesticks and a round side corresponding at the off center turning.

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I'll do another one and I'll take some pictures that will surely clearer ... lol
 
Very nice pair of candelsticks James.


And i agree with you...one is funny...two or three, that are the same, is more fun...lol

Norbert
 
Thanks Bill, Gretch, and Norbert!

The shorter ones are African Blackwood, from Oboe bell rejects. It’s not a bad project. If anyone is interested in making some similar to this style, this is how I did it. After turning a cone I drill a candle size hole short ways in the top and on the bottom mark two points 180 degrees apart and the same distance from the center one (about ½â€). Then I just move between the points on a spur drive. The bottom and top of the candleholder are turned on center. African Blackwood cleans up nice with a sheer scraper. I usually have to deepen the hole for the candle when finished. If you make it too deep to start, the wood might hit the live center when turning offset.
 
Thank you for the explanation and stuff the cone is nice.

To prevent the tip moves, you can put a plug in the hole and re-point the center.
 
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