Building the chandelier still and decided today that rather than notching the bottoms of the stars, I would notch the arms, so I did that. Now I can get longer screws and put them through with some glue and fasten the stars down to the arms and hold the candle cups to the stars. Once that is done, I need a longer and larger screw to hold the bottom of the candle in the spindle. Once that is on, the only thing left apart from oiling it down is to put the eyelet in the top and hang it up. I want it at least two feet from the ceiling. That should keep it safe from burning the ceiling.
So that’s the progress for today. I got the notching done in my free time and set up one star for attachment to the final product. That establishes how the other three will be done. I’ll get to those tomorrow. If I get to town, I can pick up a couple of screws to finish the work up. Then I will set it up, photograph it, and set up a product page for the shop, and put it ready to sell for probably $250. Then I will make another, and do it better, then replace the photos and put it up for sale. I have a few improvements to do on production and design. But I think it will come out pretty good. And that’s it. When I get the pictures, I’ll post it here, too.
I called about the job today, but the manager was not in, so I will call again tomorrow. Perhaps. Perhaps.
Off to bed for now. I’ll probably write some more when I wake up at 2AM. What a laugh!