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  1. 03-18-2009, 6:38 PM #1
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    sycamore tea light holder

    this is a small piece of sycamore it wasnt big enough to make anything much so I made tea light holder..I havent seen one on here for a while and thought it would be nice to post but Leo beat me to the punch. mine dont look as good as Leo's but here they are..also the pictures arent great but I trying......comments and critiques welcome
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  3. 03-18-2009, 6:41 PM #2
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    I think they look quite nice. Great wood.
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    Dave, Very pretty wood and the flame is nice! Pictures are OK I started messing with my camera and change the settings a bunch to see what works best. I use the daylight setting with 200 asa and that works good most times. Then I can manipulate them on the computer also to correct any problems I have. I use a Roxio Photo suite program for that.

    Very nice little lights,

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    Wow those look way better than the one I made. How did you finish it and did you glue the candle in place or can you still remove it?
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  6. 03-18-2009, 7:06 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarrod McGehee View Post
    Wow those look way better than the one I made. How did you finish it and did you glue the candle in place or can you still remove it?
    Jarrod, that finish is laquer and you can remove the little bottles
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  7. 03-18-2009, 8:07 PM #6
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    Pretty wood and a very nice finish Dave, well done.
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    Dave,
    You have that lacquer finish down pat. Are you spraying it on?
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    Really like the contrast in the wood! Nice work! Beautiful wood - great finish!
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    These are mighty cool. The LOML would like to know where i can find the lamp inserts.
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  11. 03-18-2009, 10:58 PM #10
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    Thanks for the kind comments..

    Dewey it is deft spray can laquer

    John, my wife bought the lights at wall mart
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  12. 03-18-2009, 11:22 PM #11
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    Those are beauties and some beautiful wood. Great lacquer finish.
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    David those look great. Very nice form, and super job on the finish.
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  14. 03-19-2009, 8:43 AM #13
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    Dave those are very nice. Well done.

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  15. 03-19-2009, 10:00 AM #14
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    Awfully nice. GReat work.
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  16. 03-19-2009, 12:11 PM #15
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    WOW! Those are nice. Very good work!
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