A Lacewood Candle Holder

Posted in My Projects, Woodturning on Jun 04, 2008

Here’s a candle holder that I recently made out of Lacewood. It is about 3.5″ in diameter and 2″ tall. It’s finished with the Shellawax combo.

I bought a Lacewood bowl blank and was lucky to also find a small piece of it in the scrap bin. Since I hadn’t turned Lacewood before I thought I’d start with the piece of scrap. It was easy to turn and even though it has a coarse texture it finished up pretty nice.

A Lacewood Candle Holder

Lacewood is a wood that comes from Australia. It is also known as Silky Oak, likely because of the prominent rays that are similar to Oak. It is a reddish brown / pinkish color.


Here is a closeup where you can see the unique grain pattern:

A Lacewood Candle Holder

Of course, now I can’t wait to turn the bowl. :)

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