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I worked on this batch of Christmas ornaments that I will be giving to friends and family this year. The light is a little tea light that utilizes a replaceable battery. The types of wood used are:

Walnut
Purple Heart
Snakewood
Bloodwood
Leopardwood
Spalted Maple
Oak
Ash
Wenge
Bocote
Canarywood

I still need to tie the bows through the loop on top. After doing 45 of these, I was glad to be done with them.

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DWasson said:
I worked on this batch of Christmas ornaments that I will be giving to friends and family this year. The light is a little tea light that utilizes a replaceable battery. The types of wood used are:

Walnut
Purple Heart
Snakewood
Bloodwood
Leopardwood
Spalted Maple
Oak
Ash
Wenge
Bocote
Canarywood

I still need to tie the bows through the loop on top. After doing 45 of these, I was glad to be done with them.

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Love production runs! What great gifts! Chuck
 
Wow! This look amazing. Maybe you should consider selling some. You seem to have the feeling for doing production work.
 
These look great! I just finished watching a couple of video's on making a similar design. Thinking about a couple for family members.
 
Great job. I’m sure they were a little quicker and easier as you progressed through that huge pile.
 
SNAKEWOOD!!!?
oh man I love snakewood! Where is it?

They all look great too. Very cool idea.
 
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barry richardson said:
Cool design! hollowed through the bottom?
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They were somewhat hollowed from the bottom. I created myself a cheat sheet as I was getting started so I wouldn’t forget to do a step. I also made a story stick to lay out my lines, that was a huge help.

A couple of notes.
The 7/8” call drilled on the sides, only goes partway in, not all the way through. You get a cleaner finish product if the Forner bit coming out from the bottom clears out the last section of wood in the middle.

Make sure you measure your tea lights, there is no standard size. I used a Forner bit that was just slightly smaller than the tea light, so I could sneak up on it to size it for the light. In the end, I ended up using hot glue to secure the lights in the lanterns.

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