| Project by Rick Sergi | posted 1881 days ago | 978 views | 1 time favorited | 9 comments |  |
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When our church decided to convert a seldom-used small chapel into a multi-purpose youth center, they decided as well to donate the old pews that were in there to another church. However, they wanted to honor those that had donated the pews many years earlier. Each pew had a brass plate mounted on it to acknowledge the giver. We removed the plates from the pews and I made this plaque which incorporates all the plates to display them. The center piece onto which the plates are mounted is walnut which was fashioned with some lighter sapwood on the edges to blend into the frame which is made of butternut. The finish is polyurethane.
-- Rick Sergi - Bethlehem, PA
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Mario
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#1 posted 1881 days ago
Very classy. Nice workmanship.
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#2 posted 1881 days ago
Very nice! Did you make the letters also?
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#3 posted 1881 days ago
Very nice indeed!
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#4 posted 1881 days ago
Rick,
This is a wonderful project that I am sure the original pew donors appreciate. Your joinery looks solid and the beading looks crisp.
Thanks for the post.
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#5 posted 1880 days ago
Very nice, did you make the letters as well? There is a lot of interesting details in this piece.
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#6 posted 1313 days ago
Thats a great idea Rick. Nice job.
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#7 posted 1311 days ago
well done
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#8 posted 1311 days ago
It is said ”God does not take from us the time which is spent working with wood”
Lovely rewarding job.
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#9 posted 776 days ago
Great job! What a nice way to honor those people..
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