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Watch three tealight pockets and two small carved stars take shape in a soft maple candle holder in Easel, then see the design turn in the 3D preview.
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Choose a design for one candle, a centerpiece or a battery-lit decoration. Each maker’s project shows the finished object and links the shared design.
Honeycomb Tealight Candle Holdersby Fred HouselArrange separate hexagonal holders in a cluster or a row. Fred used cherry with white Corian bases, then glued the layers together. The shared design includes both the wooden rings and the bases. His instructions explain cutting each material and sanding the assembled edges flush.
Reversible Interlocking Candle Holderby John McWhirterSlide two walnut pieces together for a small freestanding holder. John designed one orientation for a tealight and the other for a pillar candle up to four inches across. The main file contains the interlocking base pieces; his instructions also link a separate acrylic top and a plain base for adapting the joint to another material thickness.
Carved Heart Tealight Holderby Paul SmallCarve a patterned heart around one tealight for a small table decoration or gift. Paul notes that his photographed display is poplar, although the file is set to pine. Two shared cutting stages separate the shallow decorative carving from the candle recess and outer heart. The design is intended for a one-and-a-half-inch tealight container.
Ribbed MDF Candle Holderby Beyond DesignBuild a cage of colored MDF ribs around a two-inch pillar candle. Beyond Design pairs the ribs with a Corian base. The gallery instructions link separate designs for the ribs, registration holes, top features and underside chamfer, and explain flipping the base and sanding the ribs for a snug fit.
Six-Tealight Heartby Andrew PetzoldGroup six tealights in a solid wooden heart. Andrew’s shared design combines the heart outline with the candle recesses in one file. Unlike Paul’s single-candle heart, this version leaves the grain plain and uses the arrangement of the candles as the decoration. Match the recesses to your candle containers before cutting.
Tri Hex Votiveby Eric PaveyDecorate a long wooden holder with hexagons around three candle pockets. Eric’s photographed build uses scrap redwood; he recommends harder wood to keep the fine details crisp. The shared file has separate stages for the V-bit borders, smaller honeycomb detail and endmill pockets. Allow enough stock around the detail pattern, and trim the board ends separately as his instructions describe. His safety note says to use self-contained metal-tin votives, not the bare candles in the photo.
Pineapple Light Boxby kadir ozkazancLet light show through pineapple-shaped openings in a painted box. Kadir’s gallery also shows heart-pattern variations. The shared file contains multiple panel and top designs, rather than a single assembled box layout. Choose matching panels, size them to your stock and plan the corner assembly separately. Use a battery-operated light inside this wooden enclosure.
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Rafi Bernstein describes cutting the outside with a one-eighth-inch bit and clearing the candle opening with a larger bit. Fred Housel replies that he recommends separating those operations, while keeping the shared beginner version simple. The larger opening does not need to be cleared with the same small cutter used around the ring.
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From Honeycomb Tealight Candle Holders by Fred Housel.
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