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Home 2010 Archives for August 2010

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August 16, 2010 By Al Navas

The new altar, delivered and in place

In an earlier article, I promised to show photos of the altar in place once we delivered it to the client. The delivery went flawlessly, and the altar now is in place at Fr. T’s private chapel in the Rectory of a local church. I requested permission to snap some photos; the lighting proved difficult, but I was able to capture the images below by using shop lights reflected off the ceiling, in addition to the lights in the chapel.

The little chapel used to be a plain, ordinary room in the Rectory; but two parishioners led the renovation project and created a wonderful place of worship, with the help of volunteer parishioners, who are also carpenters. The walls were modified somewhat by the carpenters; and the leaders, artists in their own right, “antiqued” the room and also created a wonderful window illusion, where Fr. T placed an old crucifix:

The altar in place at the chapel.

The tabernacle door is a very old door that Fr. T rescued from another church. As part of the project, we built a box to hold the door.

I included the corner shot above, to allow visual comparison with the computer rendition I created using eCabinet Systems software:

Final design - dimensions were obtained from this model.

A photo of the altar in the sanctuary — the small table on the right will be used to hold the cruets used during mass, and a missal in the center shelf:

Front view of altar in the chapel.

Due to difficulty getting proper exposure, I had to get a close-up to show the detail of the characters placed on the raised panels — Chi-Rho in the center panel, Alpha (the Beginning) in the left panel, and Omega (the End) in the right panel. The following photo also shows a little more detail of the gradines (the long, short boxes on either side of the tabernacle), the altar stone inlaid in the mensa (altar top), and the door detail of the tabernacle:

Detail of top portion of altar.

I carved the characters in the shop (maybe “shaped” is a more appropriate word?):

Symbols as work-in-progress.

The characters were finished in a lighter color than the altar base, to provide contrast; depending on how the brain perceives the characters, sometimes they appear as low-relief carvings, and other times they appear as onlays, which they are:

Symbols, with finish applied -- attached to panels.

I snapped the following while in the shop, as a work-in-progress (the wood is lyptus):

Altar base cabinet in progress.

As I have received requests for the dimensions, I include the following measured sketches for anyone wishing to use them to build their own altar (extracted from the eCabinets software):

Dimensions obtained from the computer model - front view.

The side view dimensions:

Dimensions, side view.

Our daughter was involved in the fund raising activities that funded this project. All parishioners involved in the fund raiser will be invited to attend a function in the near future, to view the new chapel in the Rectory. Already plans are in place for Brother A., currently living in the Rectory, to sew new cloths for the altar.

I thank Dan, my partner in this job, for his help in building this project in his shop. This was such a huge project, I would not have been able handle it alone in my shop.

I also thank Fr. T for placing his confidence in me to design the new altar, and for giving us the opportunity to make it a reality.

— Al Navas

Filed Under: Blog, Design, furniture Tagged With: altar, furniture

August 12, 2010 By Al Navas

Woodworking in America 2010 is sold out

I am just catching up with the latest news about the conference. As of two days ago, it is completely sold out — great news for the ever-expanding conference! However, if you still want to attend, there is a waiting list for which you can sign up. Read the details at the Popular Woodworking Editors’ Blog. In addition, you can plan to attend the Marketplace, with a record number of vendors invited this year (more than 60!). Instructors? You can read about the sessions each is presenting, at this link. The following image (from the conference web site) is a summary of the impressive talent that will lead the sessions:

The instructors for Woodworking in America 2010.

Sandy and I have been extremely fortunate to attend all conferences to date. We are planning to attend this one — I am looking forward to seeing all the action! I hope to be able to share some video highlights once again.

You can read all the articles I have written about previous conferences at this link.

— Al Navas

Filed Under: Conference, Popular Woodworking, Woodworking in America, Woodworking Magazine

August 11, 2010 By Al Navas

Price increases at Leigh Industries

I received the following e-mail message from Leigh late yesterday. You may want to visit their web site, and look around. Note: I am not paid on a per-click basis by Leigh, or any other sponsor.

Disclosure: Leigh is one of my sponsors; I am never paid for promoting the use of their products. I sometimes receive tools, for evaluation purposes. I never receive or accept cash, or any other form of payment, from Leigh or any other of my sponsors, for the reviews I do.

I want to share the announcement, because it might save you a little cash — the price increase is effective September 1, 2010:

Super Jig 12″ Dovetail Jig: The 12 ” Super Jig list price will increase to $275 from $259

Super Jig 18″ Dovetail Jig: The 18″ Super Jig list price will increase to $375 from $359

Super FMT Mortise & Tenon Jig: The Super FMT Jig list price will increase to $499 from $449

FMT Pro Mortise & Tenon Jig: The FMT Pro Mortise & Tenon Jig list price will increase to $989 from $929

In the announcement, Leigh stated:

Fortunately, we have been able to hold our prices steady on 95% of our product line for the Fall 2010 season. However, the US and Canadian list price of the following four products will increase effective September 1, 2010.

If you have been on the fence about buying one of the jigs, now might be the time to do it. I have been a very happy user of several of the Leigh jigs for many years; they are an essential part of work in my shop.

Request: If you buy one of the jigs, take the time to learn its use. Have plenty scrap on hand, and learn the ins and outs — you will be glad to did. However, this might result in dreams about jig setup and use (not bad for critical projects).

— Al Navas

Filed Under: Blog, FMT Pro, Jigs, Leigh jig, Super FMT, Super jigs dovetail jig Tagged With: FMT Pro, jig, Leigh, Super FMT, Super Jig

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