Finally I got a little more shop time for the pulpit project.....Updated pics..

[Terry Hatfield]

Howdy folks,

Well, I finally got a bit more done on the pulpit project. Ya'll probably remember the beginnings of it a few weeks back. Here's the thread.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=46125

I got the center section glued together one evening last week. Here it is.

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There is zero storage in the old pulpit, not even a place to set a bottle of water so hopefully this will serve those that preach a little better.

The construction of the upper octagon unit is a plywood top edgebanded with solid white oak. I have taken extra steps throughout this process to reinforce all these miters so hopefully they will stay tight. I actually pocket screwed the edge band to the plywood top.

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Today I spent a full day in the shop!!! It is so nice to be able to do that every once in a while!!!Here is the upper octagon together.

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continued.......

[Terry Hatfield]

I continued by putting the base octagon together. It is a bit different construction from the upper. It is 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood glued and screwed together with cove molding covering the edge of the top piece and 3/4" sides for strength. This thing is going to be really heavy!!!!!

Here's the base put together.......

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I could not resist setting it all together of course. It's just dry fit but I think it's going pretty well.

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The actual bible rest is sort of like a shaker writing desk. It will have a piano hinge so there will be more storage there also. The base of the bible rest is made from 1/2" white oak and it's dovetailed together.

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I have really tried to match everything up as best I could and made the wood wrap the corners everywhere possible.

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I'm going to try and get everything permanently together tomorrow and get the crown molding on it. I tell you one thing for sure about this project.....it gives new meaning to the phrase "I carefully mitered the corners"!!!! Man, it has been quite a chore to fit all this together and I am not really looking forward to doing all that crown!! I am cheating a bit through...my best buddy from church is a trim carpenter and he's coming over in the morning to assist. He's put up a few miles of crown so that should help.

I'll post some more soon.

Thanks for looking and everyone have a great Christmas!!!!!!!!

Terry

[Rick Gibson]

Looks great Terry. It will be appreciated.

[Jesse Thornton]

Looks really good. I've used pocket screws (and glue) in the same way for thick edge banding, and it worked really well. Sounds like it will be a huge improvement over the old pulpit - any chance you have pictures of the one it's replacing?
Thanks for posting, and a Merry Christmas to you too!

[Terry Hatfield]

Looks really good. I've used pocket screws (and glue) in the same way for thick edge banding, and it worked really well. Sounds like it will be a huge improvement over the old pulpit - any chance you have pictures of the one it's replacing?
Thanks for posting, and a Merry Christmas to you too!

Jesse,

Thanks!!! I do have a pic of the old one.

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Sure looks pretty wimpy compared to the new one.

[Jim Becker]

Very nice work, Terry....and yea, the angles have got to be killer!

[Terry Hatfield]

Very nice work, Terry....and yea, the angles have got to be killer!

It was/is quite a process my friend. I made a sled for the tablesaw that worked out really well for all these straight 22.5's but it is still a ton of trips back and forth to sneak up on every one of them and if you cut one too short then the grain wrap deal that I worked so hard on is out the window. No pressure of course.

BTW...nice "do" on the avatar.

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[Jim Becker]

If you don't have a slider, a sled is the way to go...and you can cut each angle on the opposing corner for an exact mate.

[Terry Hatfield]

If you don't have a slider, a sled is the way to go...and you can cut each angle on the opposing corner for an exact mate.

I used this sled for squaring panels before I got the Exaktor. It's a "Norm" one. I mounted a toggle clamp on the fence and just cut the edge to 22.5 with the first pass and it worked great.

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Turned out to be a good use for something that was just taking us space in the shop.

t

BTW....Cheryl sends hugs and kisses to you and your family. I just send a friendly wave and a hand shake. LOL....Hope ya'll have a great Christmas!!!!

[Jack Diemer]

Looks great!!!!, you coming up to KC for the woodworking show? Its Feb 2-4th this year. Let me know.

[Terry Hatfield]

Looks great!!!!, you coming up to KC for the woodworking show? Its Feb 2-4th this year. Let me know.

Hey Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am planning on coming to the show. I'm really looking forward to it!!! I'll shoot you an email a little closer to time so we can nail down the plans. Sure will be nice to hang out with you guys!!!! I really missed not getting to go last year.

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[David Duke]

Looking good Terry, my BIL has asked my wife if I would build one for his church............hasn't asked me yet but I think that I'd better be coming up with a design, yours looks great and will be a good place to start.

[Boyd Gathwright]

.... Looking good Terry, looking good .

Boyd

I continued by putting the base octagon together. It is a bit different construction from the upper. It is 2 pieces of 3/4" pluwood glued and screwed together with cove mouling covering the edge of the top piece and 3/4" sides for strength. This thing is going to be really heavy!!!!!

Here's the base together.......

122206 (4).jpg

I could not resist setting it all together of course. It's just dry fit but I think it's going pretty well.

122206 (16).jpg


The actual bible rest is sort of like a shaker writing desk. It will have a piano hinge so there will be more storage there also. The base of the bible rest is made from 1/2" white oak and it's dovetailed together.

122206 (14).jpg

I have really tried to match everything up as best I could and made the wood wrap the corners everywhere possible.

122206 (15).jpg

I'm going to try and get everything permanently together tomorrow and get the crown molding on it. I tell you one thing for sure about this project.....it gives new meaning to the phrase "I carefully mitered the corners"!!!! Man, it has been quite a chore to fit all this together and I am not really looking forward to doing all that crown!! I am cheating a bit through...my best buddy from church is a trim carpenter and he's coming over in the morning to assist. He's put up a few miles of crown so that should help.

I'll post some more soon.

Thanks for looking and everyone have a great Christmas!!!!!!!!

Terry

[Roy Wall]

Terry -

Hey man......that look terrific! Your carful attention to all the grain, miters, etc...really paid off - LOOKS GREAT! (Well, it's gotta .....lots of people looking at it every week.... )

Nice trick on the Pocket Hole Jig to hold the molding......that's a great tool isn't it!!!

Hey - just in case - I'll remind you to double check little holes and slots and such for electrical , microphone, lighting, etc.... If your doing any of that stuff..........

Last thing- glad your coming to the KCWW show this Feb 2-4 : that will be fun. I'll see you at breakfast, lunch, and in between at the LN BOOTH!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TERRY!!!!!

[Terry Hatfield]

Looking good Terry, my BIL has asked my wife if I would build one for his church............hasn't asked me yet but I think that I'd better be coming up with a design, yours looks great and will be a good place to start.

David,

We just googled pulpits and printed a bunch of pics for the pastor to look over. He picked one he liked and I reverse engineered it from the pic making lots of mods to suit his needs and to match the decor of the church. I have really enjoyed the project.

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