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Church Projects
Children's Altar
This is one of my favorite projects. This
Children's Altar was created for Transfiguration Episcopal
Church in San Mateo CA for use in their new Children's Service.
The design is original. It is only 17" tall as was requested by
their priest. My small planer is behind it to give it some
scale.
Materials are Red Oak, finished with Minwax Tung Oil
finish.
Information Table
(a.k.a. "The UFO")
 
From my favorite to one of the most difficult
projects I have ever built! This octagon shaped rolling
information table holds brochures and info about our ministry
opportunities and also has a flat space for sign-up sheets. One
of our ministers of hospitality sit in the cut out to provide
'live' information.
 
Here is the fame. My woodworking buddies razz
me with comments like, "when the 'big one' hits, get in there!"
Actually, it is overbuilt for a reason. We store this rolling
beast in the church every night and there is quite a
large threshold. This rolling table has to survive thousands of
journeys over the threshold!
The frame is simply fir studs from Home Depot
and it is skinned in Baltic Birch plywood and solid birch. It
rolls on top grade 5"
locking casters. Finish is my home brew mix of
poly/Naphtha/Boiled Linseed oil.
Name
Tag Dispenser
Now that the information table is complete, we
needed something to dispense the parish name tags that come on a
roll. So, a couple hours in the shop and we have a name tag
dispenser. If the name tag folks would have printed the tags
going in the other direction, it would have been much simpler to
come up with a design, an over the top design. As it is, I had
to loop the tags under and back onto the writing
shelf--this created a problem!. The discerning viewer may notice
the filler in the holes close to the front of the dispenser. The
original design had the name tags sliding under the acrylic up
front so they
don't slip back in. But since these are adhesive backed, they
popped off the backer as the the tags are fed through. While this is
kind of cool, it does make it tough to write on them without the
backing, which defeats the purpose of the name tag! So, I moved
the piece of acrylic up and the tags simply slide under so they
don't fall back in. Oh well, so much for designing off the cuff. I
have the feeling that I will regularly be fishing out the roll
end from inside the dispenser. We shall see how it works in
actual experience.
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Mail
Boxes and Cabinet
My new parish needed some staff mail boxes and a simple
cabinet in the office. Therefore, here are 32 boxes with
cardboard inserts. The woodworking challenge was getting the 24
dados all glued up and clamped. Applying the FINISH took more
time that I would have guessed as well! The cabinet stands five
feet tall and about four feet wide and it took SOME TIME to get
finish in all 32 boxes!
The
countertop cabinet is the same materials and has a couple shelves
Materials: birch plywood and solid birch edging with Minwax
Tung Oil finish and a couple coats of wax.
Faith Chests
 
These boxes were created for another priest. She gave them to
her God Children. This is a first project I used a
soft down support. They are slick, close the lid for a soft
landing—no pinched fingers!
Here is a site to find more about the
Faith chests.
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Altar, Baptismal Font and Offertory Stand
  
These were my first three projects! My naval chapel community
needs these basic furniture pieces for our new service, and
would have cost the tax payer thousands of dollars! Ridiculous,
since I had no idea how long it would be before anther Episcopal
priest would be stationed at my base. So, off to Home Depot I
went and then out to the garage. The average tempo in my garage,
OVER 100 degrees--I lived in the desert.
The altar and find are Poplar with a oil based Poly finish.
Original design. The altar is collapsible so it can be stored
and moved easily. You'd think I would have straightened the bowl
before I snapped a picture of the font! It just sets in there!
Below is a fountain with bubbling water over rocks.
The Offertory Stand is actually the design of Norm Abram, his
Tall Plant Stand.
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Chalice Case
  
I made this chalice case for one of the priests that works
with me at my parish for an Easter gift. The paten shelf and
chalice shelf are removable and can be fitted with new wood
inserts to fit another chalice/paten if this set breaks. She is
a regular retreat leader, so I think this case will be well
used. The wood is Alder and is finished with my
favorite home brew mix of naphtha, boiled linseed oil and
polyurethane.
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