I gave away some church pew ends to a friend. His wife saw them in the shop and wanted him to make a 2 person bench for their hall. I went earlier this week and helped him glue it together. The bench ends had a Methodist carving on one end and a gothic window on the other. He measured it and told me to machine .5" oak 12’ wide by 16.5" tall with the Presbyterian logo. Got the blanks glued up and planned to the .5" and started carving a little while ago. I will paint the logo and the outside of the carving will be a gothic window with a point at the top.
Here is the jpg and the paint scheme. He will glue or screw the new carving over the existing carvings.
I will paint it with acrylic paint and he will finish it. I always put dewaxed shellac (Zinsser Universal Sanding Sealer on first to keep the paint from haloing and asorbing into the grain.
Will paint it tonight and 2nd coat of necessary tomorrow. Then sand off excess. The carving is .15" deep. I used a #251 to cut out and rest machining with #112 (1/16"). For some reason the rest machining did not go to the .15" depth but I already removed it so with the paint it wont really be noticeable. This will be on the end of a bench end so I doubt anyone will get down on their knees and inspect it. I will cut the second one tomorrow. I left off a board and had to glue another one on.
This recycled oak came from an out of business church furniture factory so the wood will end up in a church.
In the last few years I have helped in several community projects. Senior citizens centers, old folks home and this church. Of course I never charge for my volunteer services.
Will let it dry overnight and sand off the over paint tomorrow. First thing tomorrow is the first day of early voting in my county and I will be there voting then sanding.
These are glued up panels that were recycled from a woodworkers club project from last year. Our club provided cutting boards and had a finishing contest. Another member donated the material and I made 20 cutting boards. The oak used was from what was left over. I glued up all the pieces larger than 12" x 16.5" and cut it down after glue dried. I then planned all down to .5" and designed the project in CC. Cut with a #251 1/4" down cut bit with rest machining with #112 1/16" bit to get the details in the flames. Painted with Acrylic paint with 2 coats and sanded off over paint. The man I made them for will finish them after gluing and/or screwing them to the bench ends. As usual the SO3 with HDZ worked perfectly. The gothic window was found on google and made into an svg with Inkscape,
