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[Random Orbital Bob]

Have been doing a few tea light bowls with big red inserts (£2 from Tesco for 4) of late out of a stack of old oak burrs I found buried behind some paint cans in the garage.

 

[Dalboy]

Blimey you have been busy I like all the tea light great job. Are the inserts the ones which are tapered on the outside

 

[woodfarmer]

Those are nice, I particularly like the form and figuring in the first one.
I have two small bits of twisted grain oak (very hard) just big enough for fruit. need to be in the mood for them though

 

[winemaker]

Very nice must check out Tesco

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Blimey you have been busy I like all the tea light great job. Are the inserts the ones which are tapered on the outside

They're basically a perfect hemisphere so the outside describes half a circle. They're quite deep and heavy (coloured glass) so I just scrape out a matching semi circle and sneak up on the edge till they seat properly. Tesco do two sorts, the red ones shown here and the same shape but clear glass. And at £2 for four they're very good value.

 

[Dalboy]

They sound similar to the ones I get but your are 50p cheaper. I get mine from Wilkinsons Part way down the page.
I find these better as the give a nice contrast to the wood

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

That looks pretty much them Dal. I think you're right about the colours. The greater the contrast the better they seem to look. I haven't used any of the clear glass ones for that reason, the red just looks way better. That also holds true for the tea light itself. I find those poncy floral ones or other decoration seem to dress the whole thing up so it lifts it. When I put the plain candle coloured ones in they look boring by contrast.

I remember someone on here recommending some from Ikea which I've never got hold of myself, might be worth checking out.

 

[Dalboy]

The first ones I did were the green ones.

 

[SteveF]

the wilko ones must be end of line
they were reduced today to £2 for 4
so i bought 12
hope u dont mind me copying these
particularly like the raised lip on the first one
Steve

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

No worries Steve - don't mind at all