Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 19
Long day today, but I am starting to make some progress. I started the day sanding down the wood filler that I applied to the tops last night. With the … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 18
I received my new router table insert plate, that I ordered. Now I have dueling routers. This means that I can set up two bits, that work together, and swap … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 17
I had a little time, last night. Not enough to run the trim for the altar on the Carvewright (3.5 hours), but enough to cut down and install the trim … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 16
I have received a few software upgrades for the Carvewright CNC router. I now have the ability to import 2D and 3D images, instead of trying to create them in … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 15
I decided to start off the day yesterday (afternoon) by mixing up a bit more wood filler. Same recipe as before, stained wood flour and hide glue. I thought I … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 14
My goal today was to get the bases knocked out. I pulled the clamps from the tabernacle base and planed down the high spots and glue joints. Before I can … Continue reading
Adam’s Tardis
While I have been busy working on my altar project, Adam has been coming down to the shop and working on a project. He is a big fan of the … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 13
I was all set to return the Domino to my buddy Dave yesterday when I remembered that I completely forgot to build the lower base for the tabernacle stand. So … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 12
Today, I want to work on the base for the altar, so to make some room, I finished scraping and sanding the tabernacle top. It turned out nice, but that … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 11
I pulled the clamps off of the tabernacle stand top today. Learning from the altar top, I only use the router to flush trim the end grain. for some reason … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 10
Finally made a bit of progress today. I finished op on the top for now and was able to get most of the veneer done on the bottom and the … Continue reading
New CarveWright CNC router
I have acquired the use of a CNC router for my next couple of projects. It arrived yesterday, but I have been too busy to play with it. I had … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 9
Almost done the top surface of this thing. I pulled the clamps to see how the inlays turned out. Not bad, a little glue squeeze-out here and there, and some … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 8
I had an hour or two last night to play, so I decided to get the crosses inlaid on the altar top. Before I did that, wanted to see how … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 7
I had a few hours to work on the altar, so I pulled the clamps off of yesterday’s work and started sanding down the top. I set up one of … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 6
Well, I didn’t have much time to work last night, but I did pull the clamps to see how the repair on the veneer worked. Surprisingly some of my painter’s … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 5
I started out today with planing down a piece of walnut to 1/8″ thick. This piece will be for the cross that will be inlaid on the door I just … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 4
Long day today. We spent the day getting my oldest moved in to his college dorm room. By the time we got home and ate dinner, I only had a … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 3
It has been a busy week so far, but I was able to get all of my wood for the project. The majority of the wood was donated by Alex … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 2
Before I can assemble the top, I had a couple of filler pieces that need to be made for the back side. I left them out so I could squeeze … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 