November 25, 201114 yr Lst week I walked into the church office to borrow a Sharpie. The church secretary said, "Hey look at this, you're a woodworker." The Trustees wanted two folding display easels but didn't want to drop $156 apiece (plus shipping) into them. All I had was a heighth and a picture. Here's the end result. I have less than $40 in materials in them. They were a bit trickier than I thought they'd be.   Ron DudelstonAbove and Beyond WoodWorks  Ron DudelstonAbove and Beyond WoodWorks
November 25, 201114 yr Ron,Those look great!I know the "Hey, your a woodworker! Can you build us ______________?" line as I get that from church and from some of the teachers at my wife's school all the time. I was talking with our Administrative Pastor on Sunday and he wants me to build a couple of benches to go in the foyer/entryway of the church and also some wood display frames to go down the main hallway to put up things on with the different sermon series as they come up. I told him to get me a photo of what he wanted and we can go from there.I really like those display easels and would love to see a few more photos and some measurements as I have been asked to make some easels down the road for my wife and church. Nice work Ron!  Allen WorshamCorona, CAallenworsham@earthlink.nethttp://www.awcreationsandwoodcrafts.com'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk' J. Vernon McGee
November 25, 201114 yr Author OK Allen, here are your measurements and a couple more pictures. The rails were cut from a 3/4 X 3" piece of white oak. The overall heighth is 72" and the foot length is 23 1/2". The rail tapers from 3" to 1 3/4 with the taper cut on the front side of the vertical rails and the top of the feet. The vertical rails run clear to the floor and I cut the feet at 17 degrees, biscuit joined them and ran two poctet screws on the inside and then added the gusset on the inside of the legs. The store bought version didn't have a gusset but it significantly stabilized the joint.. I later hid the pocket screw holes with oak plugs and softened the edges with a 1/4" roundover. There's only on critical dimension on the whole thing. After the glue up I used a 4 ft drywall square with 3 foot steel rule clamped to it and held the rule square against the back of the leg and where the rule intersected the front rail I marked it and cut the back of the rail parallel with the back of the foot. It has to be parallel ofr the hinges will fight each other. It is assembled with 2 - 1 1/2" hinges. I bought 2 5/8" shakers for the front. They have a 3/8" tenon and fit nicely. I drilled the 5 - 3/8" holes with a Fortsner bit at 18, 24, 30, 36 and 42" from the floor.  Hopefully these instructions are clear enough.  Ron DudelstonAbove and Beyond WoodWorks
November 26, 201114 yr Rongreat job. I really like the design.Thanks for sharing.  Wayne MahlerGod bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.
November 29, 201114 yr Ron that is awesome. I love the flow of the easels. They look very elegant. You did an outstanding job on getting all of that from just the picture. Â Nice finish also. Â Â John MoodyJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
November 29, 201114 yr Author Thanks John. The easels are white oak with a mahogany stain. I then shot 3 coats of Deft on it. Ron DudelstonAbove and Beyond WoodWorks
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