Thread: A pair of George II Walnut Girandoles

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There were a few nervous moments cutting these two![/CENTER]

The page from the n/paper there with the headline, wasn't a piece of humour thrown in to see who noticed it was it?

No need to rush either, I enjoy your WIPs and am saddened when they come to an end.

[quote=Waldo;1252246]

Originally Posted by Woodwould

There were a few nervous moments cutting these two![/CENTER]

The page from the n/paper there with the headline, wasn't a piece of humour thrown in to see who noticed it was it?

No, I missed that, but having now looked back at the newspapers, I want to know more about the chef's bowel movements!

They come when things go crash.

Looking fantastic as usual WW, you're fine work makes mine look like BBQ furniture I'll keep practicing

I admire your multiplicity of skills WW.

Your information about the walls of older houses brings to mind the city hall in Hamburg, Germany.
This is a truly magnificent building. Many of its internal walls are leather or felt. stamped and painted. The idea of this method of construction was twofold,

Firstly it helps with sound deadening and secondly for a far more important reason. The building, which is huge and dates from the times of the Hansiatic traders, is built on what was swampy ground. As much water as possible was drained and thousands of Oak logs were used as foundations to support the main structure of the building which comprises large stone blocks. To keep the weight down the walls were were made as described.

The candle branches I ordered from the brass foundry on December 15th have arrived! Huzzar! Dealing with Marshall Brass is one of the most perfunctory experiences one is ever likely to encounter. Drawing blood from a stone would be a preferable undertaking, but despite the daunting ordeal, they do have an enormous inventory of brasses unrivalled by any other foundry which draws me back for those hard-to-find items.

The brasses as they arrived.

Marshall offers several surface patinas including a convincing antique colour, but as I invariably end up finessing the brasses, I normally buy them 'bright'. In this instance, core collapse had resulted in gross intrusions in the interiors of the candle sockets which would make it difficult to insert and withdraw candles.

Intrusions within the sockets.

The intrusions removed.

The backs of the mounting plates had been touched with a grinder, but not sufficiently to render them flat.

All in all, I spent quite a few hours die-grinding, filing, scraping and buffing the candle branch components to an acceptable degree and then placed them in my Chambre des Horreurs (a larger version of the Bucket of Wrath) to attain a colour appropriate to their supposed vintage.

Looking tanned and healthy…

… and with flattened backs.

Normally steel screws are employed at this date for attaching brassware, but because the candle branches are front and centre on the girandoles, it is customary to use brass screws to mount them. I really don't like brass screws, but in this application, they are necessary. I placed four slotted brass screws in with the rest of the brassware to be aged and I used these screws to fasten the mounting plates to the bottom frets of the girandoles.

Candle branch finally mounted to frame.

Top fret.

One of the finished girandoles.



The original girandole.

All you need now is the Ghost from Mrs Muir to make an appearance in the mirror.

Very nicely finished.

Now it was worth waiting to see that .
Do you place one each side of the bed for night reading?

Very nice indeed sire!!!

Is that a de=burring tool in the drill or some other implement.?

Thanks chaps!

Originally Posted by Peter36

Now it was worth waiting to see that .
Do you place one each side of the bed for night reading?

Absolutely!

Originally Posted by artme

Is that a de=burring tool in the drill or some other implement.?

Yes, it's a carbide burr which I use in the Dremel. I have a set of five or six; all of different shapes and sizes. I can't remember where I got them, but they're very useful for this type of work.

Fantastic WW. I have booked mt seat for the next one

Very nice work WW

should useful to identify vampires

PS
Artme
I think those deburring thingy's are available from carbies
here
or here
there is another set for $199 (tungsten carbide) but not on web only in cattledog (p295)
there are others as well

Top fret indeed!

Be wary of having them mounted opposite each other, in case you end up with a Georgian laser!

WW
Absolutely Superb