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* sand cut faces with [[Eccentric Sander|eccentric sander]]
* sand cut faces with [[Eccentric Sander|eccentric sander]]
* let dry - continue & seal ends immediately next time?
* let dry - continue & seal ends immediately next time?
* drill with <specific> [[Forstner Bit|Forstner bit]]
* drill with 1-5/8" [[Forstner Bit|Forstner bit]]
* let dry/seal again so the bottom of the hole is protected
* let dry/seal again so the bottom of the hole is protected
* insert steel holder before the log shrinks too much!
* insert steel holder before the log shrinks too much!
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File:birch tealights 05.JPG|we then [[Sanding|sanded]] off the mold and force-dried the cut faces with a [[Heat Gun|heat gun]]
File:birch tealights 05.JPG|we then [[Sanding|sanded]] off the mold and force-dried the cut faces with a [[Heat Gun|heat gun]]
File:birch tealights 06.JPG|after superficial heating, we applied [[Hard Wax Oil|hard wax oil]] in an attempt to protect the wood
File:birch tealights 06.JPG|after superficial heating, we applied [[Hard Wax Oil|hard wax oil]] in an attempt to protect the wood
File:birch tealights 07.JPG|another week of drying on my [[CoMaking Benches|CoMaking bench]] with better spacing
File:birch tealights 07.JPG|another week of drying on my workbench with better spacing
File:birch tealights 08.JPG|there was still some new mold after all this, but it was easily sanded off by hand
File:birch tealights 08.JPG|there was still some new mold after all this, but it was easily sanded off by hand
File:birch tealights 09.JPG|finally, the logs were ready for drilling with a large [[Forstner Bit|Forstner bit]]
File:birch tealights 09.JPG|finally, the logs were ready for drilling with a large [[Forstner Bit|Forstner bit]]
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Revision as of 17:53, 31 December 2019

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Tealight Holders out of Birch Logs

Birch tealights 10.JPG
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, please just ask if you have urgent questions ;-)

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! Lots of unforeseen mold problems..

  • 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 1-5/8" Forstner bit
  • let dry/seal again so the bottom of the hole is protected
  • insert steel holder before the log shrinks too much!