Alun Saunders wrote:

Lobby Dosser wrote:
"Keith Young" wrote:

How can I duplicate candle holders etc.

2. Transfer the profile of the candlestick onto a piece of hardboard
and cut it out. Match the negative of the hardboard profile with the
positive of the candlestick as you turn it. To help transfer the
profile, get a profile gauge. Relatively slow.

Forgive my ignorance, but what's a profile gouge? And how exactly does
it help me to recreate an existing profile?


gAuge. Best way to describe it is to show it:

http://www.readersdigest.ca/homegard...repairs08.html

Depending on the length of your candlesticks, you might have to make
multipl impressions along their length.

Does that help?

LD