Project:Tree Trunk Tealights: Difference between revisions
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|project title=Tealight Holders out of Birch Logs | |||
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|status=about 40 made, now documenting | |||
|date=spring 2018 | |||
|initiator={{£}} | |||
|team=Gesa | |||
|materials=birch logs, [[Coconut Oil|coconut oil]], steel tealight cups, [[tealights]] | |||
|tools=[[Chop Saw|chop saw]] (and [[Crosscut Saw|crosscut saw]] where too thick),<br>[[Drill Press|drill press]] & [[Forstner Bits|Forstner bit]], [[Eccentric Sander|eccentric sander]], [[sandpaper]] | |||
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''documentation unfinished, ignore this page for now ;-) '' | ''documentation unfinished, ignore this page for now ;-) '' | ||
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== Materials == | == Materials == | ||
=== Birch Logs === | === Birch Logs === | ||
* Bauhaus | * from Bauhaus, very wet! | ||
** better cut & dry in advance next time?? | |||
** cut & dry in advance?? | |||
** risk of mold forming at the cut faces... | ** risk of mold forming at the cut faces... | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 10 February 2019
| ProjectInfoBox Tealight Holders out of Birch Logs | |
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| Status: | about 40 made, now documenting |
| Release Date: | spring 2018 |
| Initiator: | Lukas |
| Team: | Gesa |
| Materials Used: | birch logs, coconut oil, steel tealight cups, tealights |
| Tools Used: | chop saw (and crosscut saw where too thick), drill press & Forstner bit, eccentric sander, sandpaper |
documentation unfinished, ignore this page for now ;-)
I made a bunch of tealight holders out of birch trunks as a wedding decoration and will now work on turning this project into a woodworking seminar for beginners.
Materials
Birch Logs
- from Bauhaus, very wet!
- better cut & dry in advance next time??
- risk of mold forming at the cut faces...
Tealights
- steel holders from <smile link>
- "eco" tealights without aluminum cases <smile link>
Making
Need to test whether this can be sped up - drilling into the wet wood was very difficult!
- cut with chop saw - log often too thick for the small Herkules saw...switch to bandsaw next time?
- sand cut faces with eccentric sander
- let dry - continue & seal ends immediately next time?
- drill with <specific> Forstner bit
- let dry/seal again so the bottom of the hole is protected
- insert steel holder before the log shrinks too much!
