Cliff Polubinsky
02-08-2011, 12:36 PM
I'm beginning the second version of a Paschal candle stand for some Benedictine nuns. This is the second edition since after I built the first one I figured out better ways to make it so the first one immediately became the full size prototype for the sisters to use until I could finish the "final" one.
The stand is to match the existing design of the other items in their chapel - altar, ambo (a lecturn or pulpit), side table, etc., which I believe are made from soft maple.
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Unfortunately to make some of the parts I need 8/4 stock and around here I can get that in hard maple, not soft. As you would expect, the hard maple is much paler than the existing pieces.
Would anyone have suggestions on ways to come up with a closer match to the light browns of the existing pieces? This would need to end in a satin finish.
Thanks for any suggestions. While it's not essential to the project, I'd like to match the pieces for the sisters if I can.
Cliff
The stand is to match the existing design of the other items in their chapel - altar, ambo (a lecturn or pulpit), side table, etc., which I believe are made from soft maple.
181814
Unfortunately to make some of the parts I need 8/4 stock and around here I can get that in hard maple, not soft. As you would expect, the hard maple is much paler than the existing pieces.
Would anyone have suggestions on ways to come up with a closer match to the light browns of the existing pieces? This would need to end in a satin finish.
Thanks for any suggestions. While it's not essential to the project, I'd like to match the pieces for the sisters if I can.
Cliff