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Candle Holder

East Indian Soapstone and Cherry
1/4" thick approx.

3 3/4 x 5 7/8

First candle holder and added an area that allows for inserting candle and lighting, will probably do more of these.

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Larry Charlot

Registered: October 2005
Location: Yakima, WA
Posts: 1,225

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Date: Sat January 19, 2008
Views: 2,676
Keywords: soapstone candle

Comments

golfr

Now that is really nice!

#1 Sat January 19, 2008 4:36pm

Mark Damron

Very nice Larry! What type of finish did you use?

#2 Sat January 19, 2008 5:11pm

Larry Charlot

Carnuba wax buffed

#3 Sat January 19, 2008 5:13pm

Bob Hamilton

Very nice! It looks like it will glow with a candle in it.

#4 Sat January 19, 2008 6:51pm

Larry Charlot

It does glow, luckily my wife has a few pieces that glow so this piece I was able to pry from her.

#5 Sat January 19, 2008 7:25pm

Leo Frilot

Very creative. Nice presentation.

#6 Sat January 19, 2008 7:58pm

Lovely, Larry.

#7 Sat January 19, 2008 9:15pm

Chuck Beland

Larry your setting the bar mighty high for me.LOL

Did you get the soapstone from the guy you gave me a link to?

Chuck

#8 Sun January 20, 2008 12:13am

JimVH

Beautiful, Larry. Compliments from my bride also.

#9 Sun January 20, 2008 12:21am

wheels4

nice job Larry your be coming quite the cave man with all this stone but seriously i need to give it a try

#10 Sun January 20, 2008 12:35am

Twigs

Awesome job Larry. The concept is simple but WOW..... How is the stone to turn? Is it a pain with the dust?

#11 Mon January 21, 2008 8:42am

Larry Charlot

Hard stuff, wears you out till you get a cylinder. the worst is the dust, just a powder that is on everything in the shop. I turn a couple things and then dread the cleanup for a couple weeks.

#12 Mon January 21, 2008 3:14pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Saw this picture earlier and thought "How cool! Somebody's going to love getting this piece." Just now I realized that "somebody" is me. Way cool. Larry you did an excellent job with it. Would I be correct in thinking that you drilled that opening in the back side? Was that a difficult operation to do without chipping or breaking the stone? I can't wait for it to arrive so I can show it to the bride. She'll appreciate it I'm sure, until I take it to place it in my rogue's gallery. Now if I can only haul my sorry self to the basement to get a picture of the nice cherry I have for you. 8-)

#13 Fri January 25, 2008 10:45pm

Larry Charlot

I used an orbital sander to create the hole, worked well and was easy to do.

#14 Sun January 27, 2008 4:26pm