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Title: Tea light 2
Post by: willstewart on August 28, 2019, 01:04:56 PM

A tidier version of the LED 'tea light' holder. Same concept but made from sections of rod shaped with a spindle moulder (& by hand) and then cut to lengths and glued whilst held with rubber bands (see picture).  Top and base yew, grille walnut.  w 120mm, h 100mm.  I should possibly paint the interior white. It is always hard to know how to use LEDs - see also two cup-shaped examples (mains powered so no small parts - and only low voltage at the lamp) as night lights pyroed by my daughter. FWIW my experiments to thin burr wood to make it translucent did not really work.  At 1mm (self supporting) it is not sufficiently translucent- then supported by a cast resin layer it tends to go through when sanded thinner.

Title: Re: Tea light 2
Post by: GBF on August 28, 2019, 04:29:28 PM

It is an interesting experiment

Regards George

Title: Re: Tea light 2
Post by: willstewart on August 28, 2019, 06:44:47 PM

FWIW with a string of multicoloured battery fairy lights rather than a tealight.  & thanks George!

Title: Re: Tea light 2
Post by: Bryan Milham on August 29, 2019, 09:48:25 PM

And there you go, already chasing new ideas. I like to see where people take their experiment and how they get to something new and exciting.

Great work