Glass and branches
If you can't find logs for candlesticks, then just use branches. You can take a regular glass large enough to hold a candle, pick some branches and paste it over it. You can verify the elegance of this technique by looking at the photo below.
Yellow and pink
Easy to create handmade
Make the blocks first
1. For blocks A, prepare a piece of maple board measuring 16 x 48 x 381 mm (Fig. 1). To safely cut blocks from the workpiece, press a 51 mm wide piece of wood against the rip fence of the saw machine and place the workpiece between it and the saw blade (photo A). Move the longitudinal fence so that the workpiece lightly touches the teeth, but not the disk itself, and secure. Use double-sided tape to attach the scrap to the saw table in front of the blade (photo B). Attach a wooden plate to the cross (angular) stop. Pressing the end of the workpiece against the trim at the beginning of each pass, saw off six square blocks A .
To make the A blocks square, instead of measuring, use the workpiece itself as a template for setting up the rip fence and scrap boards.
The free space between the disk and the stop created by the trim, which serves as a stop-stop, will not allow the sawn block A to get stuck after the cut is completed.
Press block A against the cross fence and securely attach it to the cross fence pad. Make grooves on all edges and ends of the block.
2. Install a 6 mm thick mortise disc into the saw machine and adjust its overhang to 6 mm. Fix the longitudinal stop at a distance of 21 mm from the disk and make four short grooves A (photo C).
3. Insert a 22mm Forstner drill bit into the drill chuck. On three blocks A, mark the center by drawing diagonals. Clamp one of these blocks into a wooden hand vise, align the center under the point of the drill bit, and secure the vise to the drill table with a clamp. Drill the counterbore to a depth of 13 mm. Do the same with the other two blocks. Sand all blocks with 220-grit sandpaper, lightly softening the sharp edges and counterbore edges so that the edges of the brass inserts fit snugly into the wood (Figure 1). Check how the brass inserts fit into the counterbores and then remove them.
Sawn birch log
The final appearance of such mastery is like a birch branch falling from a tree. These candlesticks would look chic on the table. Look how the guys from Make+Haus dealt with this.
Oblong candlestick
Birch decorates the table
Mysterious piece of wood
Driftwood comes in different shapes and sizes. However, these factors only contribute to new experiments with candlesticks. You can drill at different levels of the wood surface. You can make this craft to your taste.
10 candles in one driftwood
Modest and beautiful
Wooden block candlestick
Another good way to make a candlestick with your own hands is to use a wooden block. Instead, you can use a dry log or a board of appropriate dimensions.
The following tools and materials are needed:
- a fairly wide dried wooden block;
- a drill with equipment of a suitable diameter (to make a place for a candle);
- square;
- hammer;
- gloves;
- roulette;
- stain and brush;
- pencil.
We make a candlestick from wood with our own hands:
- Cut a piece of the bar to the required length. Select sizes based on your needs. Determine how many candles should be placed, what is the distance between them, etc. Sand the cut area.
- Mark places for candles. Start by determining the length of the edge margins. Next, simply place the candles on the workpiece, as they will then be placed.
- Use a drill with a suitable attachment to make seats for the candles.
- If desired, the wood can be given the appearance of antiquity and careless processing by tapping the sides with a hammer.
Stain the wood. Regular paint should not be used, as it will mask the natural wood texture for which the block was used.
Heart cutouts
If you're handy with power tools, you can say goodbye to regular wood and get to woodworking. You can hollow out different shapes and then place a candle there according to your taste. For greater effect, you can add glass.
Candlesticks with heart-shaped patterns
Enlarged version
Photos of DIY candlesticks
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Logs across and in half
Cool idea for those who don't have a fireplace. Just take a regular log and cut it down the middle. After this, drill small pockets and place candles there. Outwardly, it is comparable to a small fireplace. You can even turn it over, and the pockets will be located on the reverse side.
Candles from the inside
Candles from the bark side
