So it has been slow this year other than the non profit building I have been doing. A few weeks ago a customer asked me to build a podium for the Knights of Columbus organization that he belongs to. They had a KofC plaque hand carved/painted and I also attached that to the podium. The podium is made with solid white oak and cherry plywood. Old Masters gel varnish.
Beautiful work, Leon? Especially that perfect transition from slope to level. Why the boxes on the sides?
Mike
Thank you. The boxes on the sides are to be banged with a gavel. What the customer wanted.
Sure, good story. Pint of vodka and bourbon on the other side.
Of course there has to be one pedant in the audience. What you made certainly looks nice. A nice lectern that is. Using it as a podium, which would require standing on it might be more than a bit clumsy and would almost certainly scratch the finish.
It saddens me to envision this fine piece of work sitting on a beat up folding table.
Now I'm going to have to change my price! :-). I'll blame you. LOL
Perhaps, they will cover the table with a table cloth. :-). Thank you!
I like the straight, square edges on it. Nice, clean, flat lines. I've always liked that and do it on many of my projects.
Too many people would be tempted to route the edges with an ogee or cove. Those types of edge profiles just always scream "high school shop class" to me.
Thank you
Agreed, I used to decorate edges and corners but mostly now feel it is used to draw attention away to a glaring detail.
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