Altar Side Table
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Very nice work. I am also interested in that rocker in the background.
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You mean this one?
Don't have a skippy for that. It is built from the Hal Taylor http://www.haltaylor.com/ plans.
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Beautiful!
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Dear Sawduster,
Your sandbox is elegant and understated, and does not detract from purpose. I can imagine that you thought long and hard about this design and then followed your intuition. I can see why your minister liked it. The contrast between the simple, unadorned shape and the figure in the wood make it more than suitable as focal point for the act of remembrance. Sometimes less is more.
Kind regards,
Bob -
I never tire of seeing SU models next to the actual product. There's a kind of magic to it.
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Bob,
Thanks for your kind words.One thing that really came in handy on this was I exported a parallel 2D view of one of the end of one of the stretchers and used it to set my sliding T-Bevel to transfer the very small offset to the miter gauge on the table saw to match the taper of the legs when cutting the shoulders for the tenons.
The table now is used to hold the Baptismal Font, so I had to refinish the top as the spillover from the first Baptism ate right through the shellac finish I had used. Repaired it and put several coats of polyurethane over the dewaxed shellac, so that ought to do the trick.
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Dear Sawduster,
This is what a medieval Sawduster did at St. Peters (quote from church guide):
The font stands in the tower, surrounded by the bell ropes for the six bells. Carved out of a single block of stone with a diamond pattern around the rim, the font is Saxon in style, but probably dates from the 12th century. It provides a continuous thread between the different church buildings on this site, and it is remarkable to think of the number of children baptised in it over that period.
The above mentioned medieval Sawduster lined the interior with beaten lead and so probably had the same problem with water-proofing. Unfortunately, I don't have a decent photo of the font.
Nothing like stone for permanence!
Kind regards,
Bob -
Which (of so very many) St Peters Churches and/or Cathedrals are you referring to? 12th Century and Saxon style might likely mean the one in Hertfordshire?
The old Cathedrals and Churches have always amazed me.
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Dear Jerry,
St. Peters Wolvercote, Oxford
Ours is a modest church, but Oxford is full of amazing architecture.
I have posted this link in other places, but one more time won't hurt.
Regards,
Bob -
Wow, that is great stuff. Thanks for the links.
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