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Italiante Chandelier


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I do apologize for the crappy photos. I took some better photos with my wife's camera, but apparently, they are too large of a file size to upload here at Scrollsaw Village. If anyone would like to see the chandelier better, it can be seen, along with all of my work on my blog, at http://wddsrfinewoodworks.blogspot.com/

This is the Italiante Chandelier. I ordered the pattern for it from Wildwood Designs. It is four feet tall and thirty six inches wide at it's widest point. It holds twenty four candles. The main frame is made of luan plywood. The curved pieces are made of 10 mil veneer. Everything else is made of cottonwood.

This is the most challenging project I've ever done. The largest pieces were 18"x24" and had to be stack cut six at a time out of 1/4" plywood. The pattern had to be the worst pattern I've ever paid money for, but that's another story. It was like a giant jig saw puzzle. It took me around three weeks to complete it.

If anyone else want to order the plans and construct this, just contact me if you need advice and I'll help any way I can. I know Frieke was supposed to start this project some time ago. I haven't heard from her and would like to know how her's turned out. If you read this freike, my email address is greasemonkeyredneck@yahoo.com if you aren't ready to post results here. Let me know how you're coming along on yours.

I thoroughly enjoyed building this. Now I have to decide what my next "challenge" project will be. Any suggestions?

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WoW is all I can say , you should be able to make a living at this for sure ......

I wish! I am often asked by different people, "How can I make a living at woodwork?" My reply is always the same. You don't. I have never been able to sell one of my pieces for anywhere near what it is worth when you figure up the time I have in it.

Wow...No wonder you were MIA :lol: Fantastic work :thumbs: How many pots of coffee did that one take?

Once again, I wish. This is not what has had me MIA for so long. I'm afraid I don't want to go into that though. Actually, this project took a total of about three weeks to complete.

As for the coffee? My normal, three to four pots a day.

Now I have to decide what my next "challenge" project will be. Any suggestions?
You could always try the Grotesques Chandelier :shock:http://www.finescrollsaw.com/grotesques-chandelier.htm

I had looked at that one. I don't like it too much I'm afraid. I'm thinking about doing the Dome Clock from Wildwood Designs. They also have a cabinet on there with all kinds of scroll work. It looks like it would be a challenging, and lengthy, project. I don't know yet. I appreciate any and all suggestions, but I really have to look at each option. A project has to "speek" to me.

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I just got this within a message as a PM, but figured I'd post it publicly. The PM said:

"i know you like to modifie things to your likeing ,but i have'nt heard anthing about what you had changed on the chandelier"

As a matter of fact Kevin, I did change a few things. Here we go.

According to the plans, the thickest parts were supposed to be something like 4mm or something, equallyong out to about 1/8". One, I couldn't get that thickness material locally and couldn't afford to have it shipped. Therefore I used 1/4" luan plywood from Home Depot. This sounds easy. Using it involved changing the entire pattern though. Everything is slotted to fit together. So all those 1/8 slots had to be widened to 1/4". Because of the delicate, and close, nature of a lot of edges on various pieces, that meant I had to redraw a lot of it.

Also according to plans, the curned pieces (domes and fence pieces under each dome) were supposed to be about 1/16". Once again, couldn't get it. I though I could plane that though and do them out of solid wood. That didn't work. Long story short, I wound up making them pieces out of 10mil veneer. This stuff was thin as paper. It looks great though. It was interesting figuring out how to cut it, but I think I may make a point of incorporating this into future projects. To cut these pieces (veneer is very fragile) I stack cut (for example) the twelve identical pices for the bottom dome all at one. I cut twelve piece the size I needed for my pattern. You cut it using a razor knife. Then I sandwiched those twelve pieces between two pieces of 1/4" plywood and brad nail it all together. This held it all together and provided support under and over it so the veneer wouldn't tear to pieces on the scroll saw.

This chandelier holds 24 candles. I wanted an option to use something besides open candles on it though. However, I also wanted to leave the option open for someone to use candles if they wished. So I found some flameless candles that looked nice and run on little batteries. I made some little platforms for these battery operated candles to sit on. Under each platform is a little round stud that just fits into each candle holder. This keeps it in place while also allowing it to be removed to use real candles if one wished.

Speaking of the candle holders, they were changed too. There is supposed to be eight "legs" or sides to each candle holder. I used four. Because of my use of thicker wood, eight just wouldn't work good without making it look too "jumbled". So I redrew those as well and used four.

Well that's all the changes I can think of really. Of course there are small things throughout. I always think of a pattern as a road map. Just because there is a road there doesn't mean I have to take it. I can always chart my own course as I go. In other words, I make it up as I go along. This makes each project unique, even if it's the same. I've had people in the past want something "exactly like the other one" they have seen at someone's house or something. I always explain that I can make one similar, but because I change things in projects "at the saw", this means that no two pieces are ever EXACTLY the same. That's a good thing in my opinion though.

Have you went and looked at the photos on my blog, Kevin? They are better photos there. I tried to post those same ones here, but it gave me a warning that the file was too large. I'm sure there's some way to do it anyway, but I don't know how. You can see them at http://wddsrfinewoodworks.blogspot.com/ if you'd like. If you like seeing them there, please leave me a comment there. I've been trying to get readers there to leave comments. I'm trying to encourage more reader involvement on my blog by use of the comment button under each of my posts. *Sorry for the shameless plug here, Travis*

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yep i checked it out allright ,what a sight!everything is pristine,much better than new.everything is custom,no two alike. i tryed odifying effel tower as there were no ral patterns to work from.I can't even begin to fathom what all you encounter customizeing the chandelier,and make it all come together.the site of looking at this monster makes me shake my head in unbelief at the workmanship of william and in his busted up condition too.Must be something drinking 6 pot of coffee a day.It must excite every brain cell to do what he's got to do to make this chandelier come about.everything on your web site has been finely honed to perfection.W :) hat amazing talant

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i tryed odifying effel tower as there were no ral patterns to work from.

Ok. I got a challenge for you now Kevin. Go to http://www.wildwooddesigns.com/Eiffel-T ... 13C26.aspx

It's a pattern for the Eiffel Tower from Wildwood Designs. That stand three feet tall and the base is sixteen inches square. I have actually considered doing that one. I've seen that design made with small clock inserts on the top of the tower. It's a very nice designs. Are you up for it?

Oh. I got your email and saved your address. Let me get some free time and I'll write you back.

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Brett to the rescue with a free Eiffel tower pattern rotfl.gif

 

If you follow this link it will download a DXF file of an Eiffel Tower pattern

http://www.blechwelt.com/teil_des_monats/dxf/0410-Eifelturm-3mm.DXF

 

You will need a DXF viewer which you can get for free from:

http://www.edrawingsviewer.com/pages/products/eDrawingsViewerpage.html

 

It may not be as good as the Eiffel Tower pattern from Wildwood or Fine Woodworks .. but it is Free :thumbs:

 

Also if you browse through the following site, you will find a lot of Dinosaur and Insect 3D puzzles that you can download and print with the viewer program too. Might help if you know how to read German, but you can just work it out from the picture what it is

 

http://www.blechwelt.com/teil_des_monats/archiv.htm

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