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The Book of the Pulpit
veneer to make sure it will all work correctly. It takes us two hours to cut the first
template and adjust the height of the router bit (micro-adjustable is wonderful). By now
it’s late afternoon and we both have life-maintenance tasks that need to be done so it’s
time to stop.
All in all it was a good day. We solved a hard problem by creating some templates and
verified that they will work. Life in the Shop is good – it feels like flying!
Sunday, January 22, 2006
We can’t stand it! We had such success Saturday that after services we decide to cut the
two back pieces. This is a little unnerving because it has to be just right but it actually
goes very quickly and they fit perfectly.
Next we have to cut the top side pieces to length and bevel their back edges. We are
feeling good but decide to exercise discretion and leave this task until next week.
Time to clean up the Shop and then watch the end of the NFL playoffs.
We have two more cuts to make and then we can glue up the last four boards on the base.
With the completion of the base so near, we have started turning our thoughts to cutting
the walnut rails that edge the corners of the pedestal. Life in the Shop is just fine!
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Glue up time – first we did the top left (you can never have too many clamps):
We are on a roll, we break for lunch to let the glue set. We repeat the process to glue up
the right top. It all goes very nicely and we are done in short order.
As we clean up the Shop, we continue our discussions of what comes next. We still have
to put the end boards on the back of the base. But after that it seems like we should
return to working the curved sides. These have to be cut to size so they can be used to
guide the cutting of the front and edge pieces.
Here is real food for thought: how to cut two large pieces of curved wood accurately?
There are only two of them, so we can make no mistakes!
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