Project:Wood Beam Candlestick

ProjectInfoBox Wood Beam Candlestick
Status:	done
Initiator:	Martin
Materials Used:	Wood
Tools Used:	Handheld Router, Chop Saw, Handheld Sander

If you ever get your hands on an old wood beam, this is the perfect base for some nice upcycling project.

In this project, Martin made a candlestick out of an old wood beam coming from his sisters barn.

If you want to make your own, please follow the steps belo:

Cutting

Of course, the wood beam has to be cut to size. A length of 130 cm turned out to be a good length.

Since the wood beam had a size of ~15 × 15 cm, the only saw which could have cut through it in one cut would have been our bandsaw. However, the beam was just too large to use the bandsaw for this. Therefore, I decided to use the chop saw and cut the beam in multiple cuts. To do so, the following turned out to be successfull:

1. As always, mark the spot you want to cut and put the beam to the correct position on the chop saw
2. Cut approximately half way through the beam
3. Turn the beam by 90 degrees
4. Check that the beam is in the correct position. You can do so by pushing the saw blad down while turned off and check that it smoothly fits in the cut from step 2.
5. Cut approximately half way through the beam
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 until done

Sanding

Since those old wood beams are usually covered with dirt and dust, cleaning them was a neccessary step. If you want to have beams looking like new ones, you could use the Jointer-Planer to take some material off. However, in this project, the used look was preferred, so I just sanded the beams using our Sanders and 80 Sandpaper.

Sanding of the wood beam - left is original, right is sanded

Routing

Glacing

The Stand