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A friend wanted to donate a special item to his Synagogue. – A chair or stand upon which the Torah would be held during services when not in the Ark. The design for this item is my own. It is based on the Jewish Star of David and picks up on the six sided chandeliers in the Synagogue. It is constructed entirely of solid cherry. The points of the stars are joined with number 20 biscuits. The “V’s” that make the points are joined with half lap joints. The legs are joined with dowels for the three short legs. The longer legs that extend to the top of the curved back are dadoed into the three points of the star. Finish is with several coats of dark orange shelac protected witih spar varnish.
Sorry but I didn’t take any pictures of it during construction.
-- Abe Low, Fine furniture, Sacramento, CA






























17 comments so far
cajunpen
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posted 705 days ago
Abe, your piece is beautiful. It looks like a very complicated project, with all the angles. Well done.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 705 days ago
I agree with Bill. beautiful and complex.
The design is amazing.
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rikkor
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posted 705 days ago
That is stunning. Very nice work, sir.
snowdog
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It looks great, I bet that was a lot of work.
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Colin
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Stunning work, very intricate and very precise
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rpmurphy509
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posted 705 days ago
Very unique design. And agree with the others, beautiful and the degree of difficulty
is inspiring.
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lobbster
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What a very lovely piece. And so worthy of holding such an important document. There is much to be said about good design and I think you nailed it (or biscuited it).
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miles125
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Very handsome chair…great job.
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Gary
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That’s a wonderful piece—well designed, well executed, and beautiful looking.
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Karson
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A great piece of furniture. Nice job.
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Douglas Bordner
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Beautiful piece. Hope your holidays were wonderful.
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Betsy
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posted 705 days ago
Wow. I think it is worth of the Holy treasure it will hold. You did a great job.
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Abe Low
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posted 704 days ago
Thanks for all the great kudos. Although no one asked, I try to keep track of the time on a project so I can learn to estimate better. This project took 35 hours. So far, I have learned to break every project down to it’s smallest parts, then estimating each part, adding up all the small estimates, then apply an adjustment multiplier of 1.5 to 2.0, depending on the degree of uniqueness.
-- Abe Low, Fine furniture, Sacramento, CA
dennis mitchell
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posted 697 days ago
That is some interesting design work! Very creative.
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mot
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posted 697 days ago
Beautiful detail.
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Blake
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posted 697 days ago
Beautiful design, craftsmanship, detail, and joinery. Very nice.
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Randolph Torres
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posted 419 days ago
one of the nicest chair designs I have ever seen
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