Terry Hatfield
11-18-2006, 7:13 PM
Howdy everyone,
Hope ya'll are having a great weekend!!!
I got a start last evening on the new pulpit for our church. The pastor has a lot of "things" he apparently needs to see all at once whilst he is preaching and he says the current pulpit is too small for him to be able to lay everything out that he would like to... so on the heels of the sound booth project...http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=45612 ... a new pulpit is in the works.
We searched for pulpits online and found lots of nice ones. Man, if you haven't ever searched for ready made pulpits it's an eye opener. They are SUPER expensive!!! This basic design with the octagon top and bottom ended up being the favortie but it needs to be quite a bit larger and I'm doing raised panels instead of the applied moulding on plywood look.
50365
I began trying to figure out the proper proportions and that turned out to be a bit of a challenge. I made a few templates out of scrap plywood and finally got what I hope will be big enough without being over powering. Here's me trying to figure the dimensions on the lower template. A sketchup user I ain't. LOL. Measure, mark, allow for the crown moulding, try to get a good looking reveal on the base and still leave enough for the raised panels to look good...it was a bit of a head scratcher for me but I enjoyed figgerin' it out. The base ended up being 21 1/2X29 1/2 including the 3/4" edge banding.
50366
Here's the top template with the bible rest base template on it. The top is 28X36 plus the edge treatment which will make it 30X38 overall.
50368
I dug out some more of my big white oak boards that I've been hoarding and started sizing and milling. I do love being able to make nearly and entire project from one or two boards from the same tree. The consistent grain and color makes a project flow much better than a bunch of little boards that don't even know each other. :D The boards I'm using here range from 18" to 20" wide.
50367
Here's the board I selected for the bible rest itself. It'll be 18X30 finished. If that ain't enough room for him to lay out his goods, he's in trouble.:D
50369
That's where I called it a nite......................
Hope ya'll are having a great weekend!!!
I got a start last evening on the new pulpit for our church. The pastor has a lot of "things" he apparently needs to see all at once whilst he is preaching and he says the current pulpit is too small for him to be able to lay everything out that he would like to... so on the heels of the sound booth project...http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=45612 ... a new pulpit is in the works.
We searched for pulpits online and found lots of nice ones. Man, if you haven't ever searched for ready made pulpits it's an eye opener. They are SUPER expensive!!! This basic design with the octagon top and bottom ended up being the favortie but it needs to be quite a bit larger and I'm doing raised panels instead of the applied moulding on plywood look.
50365
I began trying to figure out the proper proportions and that turned out to be a bit of a challenge. I made a few templates out of scrap plywood and finally got what I hope will be big enough without being over powering. Here's me trying to figure the dimensions on the lower template. A sketchup user I ain't. LOL. Measure, mark, allow for the crown moulding, try to get a good looking reveal on the base and still leave enough for the raised panels to look good...it was a bit of a head scratcher for me but I enjoyed figgerin' it out. The base ended up being 21 1/2X29 1/2 including the 3/4" edge banding.
50366
Here's the top template with the bible rest base template on it. The top is 28X36 plus the edge treatment which will make it 30X38 overall.
50368
I dug out some more of my big white oak boards that I've been hoarding and started sizing and milling. I do love being able to make nearly and entire project from one or two boards from the same tree. The consistent grain and color makes a project flow much better than a bunch of little boards that don't even know each other. :D The boards I'm using here range from 18" to 20" wide.
50367
Here's the board I selected for the bible rest itself. It'll be 18X30 finished. If that ain't enough room for him to lay out his goods, he's in trouble.:D
50369
That's where I called it a nite......................