| Project by Abe Low | posted 346 days ago | 331 views | 1 time favorited | 17 comments |  |
Embed This Project
Abe Low's Projects
Everyone's Projects
Project tags/keywords
 |
 |
|
 |
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
Your Online Shop - Your Support Is Greatly Appreciated - Your Woodworking Showcase - 3 Ways To Help, Financially - Your Woodworking Community
17 comments so far
cajunpen
home | projects | blog
5345 posts in 603 days
posted 346 days ago
Abe, your piece is beautiful. It looks like a very complicated project, with all the angles. Well done.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
MsDebbieP
home | projects | blog
12282 posts in 698 days
posted 346 days ago
I agree with Bill. beautiful and complex.
The design is amazing.
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
rikkor
home | projects | blog
8574 posts in 412 days
posted 346 days ago
That is stunning. Very nice work, sir.
-- Maplewood, MN
snowdog
home | projects | blog
688 posts in 520 days
posted 346 days ago
It looks great, I bet that was a lot of work.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
Colin
home | projects | blog
153 posts in 458 days
posted 346 days ago
Stunning work, very intricate and very precise
-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"
rpmurphy509
home | projects | blog
292 posts in 392 days
posted 346 days ago
Very unique design. And agree with the others, beautiful and the degree of difficulty
is inspiring.
-- Still learning everything
lobbster
home | projects | blog
23 posts in 398 days
posted 346 days ago
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).
-- lobbster, Oregon, www.michaellobby.com
miles125
home | projects | blog
992 posts in 543 days
posted 346 days ago
Very handsome chair…great job.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
Gary
home | projects | blog
334 posts in 862 days
posted 346 days ago
That’s a wonderful piece—well designed, well executed, and beautiful looking.
Karson
home | projects | blog
13640 posts in 938 days
posted 346 days ago
A great piece of furniture. Nice job.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Douglas Bordner
home | projects | blog
2735 posts in 601 days
posted 346 days ago
Beautiful piece. Hope your holidays were wonderful.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Betsy
home | projects | blog
1886 posts in 433 days
posted 346 days ago
Wow. I think it is worth of the Holy treasure it will hold. You did a great job.
-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!
Abe Low
home | projects | blog
40 posts in 384 days
posted 345 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
home | projects | blog
3048 posts in 852 days
posted 338 days ago
That is some interesting design work! Very creative.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
mot
home | projects | blog
4859 posts in 574 days
posted 338 days ago
Beautiful detail.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Blake
home | projects | blog
2243 posts in 412 days
posted 338 days ago
Beautiful design, craftsmanship, detail, and joinery. Very nice.
-- Check out my new website! http://www.theeasellife.com
Randolph Torres
home | projects | blog
105 posts in 66 days
posted 60 days ago
one of the nicest chair designs I have ever seen
-- another tip from cooperedpatterns