Oak lamps I made (buy, installers, land)

[daniellefort]

Shows how much i know about trees. All i know is Cedar and Oak are the best things to make stuff out of because they both are a very hard wood.

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by daniellefort

Shows how much i know about trees.

Hang around a bunch of country boys from Tennessee and that will soon change. :-)

[JMT]

Originally Posted by daniellefort

Yes the wood did come from out lot. we have manyBig Cedar trees on our property but unfortuneately some will have to come down when we build. It is Red Cedar. I love the smell of it and also how it changes bright red in color when it gets wet. I'm going to try to make our own Log Bed frame next but will have to wait until we go back up in October to get the wood. The trees may have to come down but i'll put them to good use for our home. I'm sending these off to my family to have. I can't believe something so simple to make sells for $100 or $200 which i've seen online.

I love the smell of cedar, too! You are fortunate to have so much cedar on your property. Having a cedar bed frame will be awesome. I would love to be surrounded by that cedar smell. I think you've just found a new talent.

Does this mean we'll be able to see you at craft fairs...?

[daniellefort]

You know if i had time for craft fairs i would. I have a few other holiday crafts i like to make for people too specifically christmas balls with crocheted names on them which are a big hit with people but unfortuneately i have to work for a living too and somehow that just gets in the way of my hobby time.

Now growing up in N.H. i can tell you what a white birch tree, an evergreen and a maple tree looks like. Of course the maple trees have the tubing running through them collecting the tree sap so those are not hard to miss but it's funny to see people so puzzled looking at that wondering what the heck the tubing is for... maple syrup of course.

[TN Tin Man]

Are those laser cut shades ? Nice........ I know a gentleman that use coal slag for sand blasting,He buys the slag from a incinerator and sifts too his grit for wood working.

[daniellefort]

No it's just Paper art according to the web site i bought the lamp shade from but that's a great idea for darkening the laser cuts. I often wondered how they did that. I've seen them burn into wood before leaving the blackened fill look.

[mjb62676]

Those are awesome...i really like that!

Incidentally, we had our fence made of red cedar. It turned out great and the smell is a nice touch.

[TN Tin Man]

Originally Posted by daniellefort

No it's just Paper art according to the web site i bought the lamp shade from but that's a great idea for darkening the laser cuts. I often wondered how they did that. I've seen them burn into wood before leaving the blackened fill look.

Wrought Iron framed shade? Just a idea.......

[daniellefort]

Originally Posted by Tinman313

Wrought Iron framed shade? Just a idea.......

that would make it a bit expensive to ship though but i like the idea

[Jeff twohawks]

Hi I love how you did your lamps.
I'm trying to find info on how to make driftwood and log lamps can somebody help me.