I was ask to build this lectern for a friend that got his first teaching job.

 

It is made with a solid Cherry center post, base and the top is Cherry, Walnut and Maple.

 

The top is 24" wide and 16" tall. The Lectern is about 34" tall and top is at a 20 degree angle.

 

 

 

The pencil holder at the bottom of the top is walnut.

 

I sprayed it with four coats of clear Shellac and then three coats of Enduro-Var Satin Finish.

John, did you sketch this out?  I need to make 3 or 4 new lecterns for the church.

I can if you want them.

Nice lectern, John. Any teacher would be proud to have this in their classroom!

That there is one cool piece John, I love the grain and figure in the Cherry near the pencil holder area. Job well done. Did you take a beading tool to the edge of the center post?

That there is one cool piece John, I love the grain and figure in the Cherry near the pencil holder area. Job well done. Did you take a beading tool to the edge of the center post?

 

I wish I was good enough with on of the hand tools to do that, but I must confess, I used a beading bit in the router.

I wish I was good enough with on of the hand tools to do that, but I must confess, I used a beading bit in the router.

Actually that is what I was referring to John, the router bit. That is the way would have done it! Cherry burns easy though don't it.

Actually that is what I was referring to John, the router bit. That is the way would have done it! Cherry burns easy though don't it.

 

 

Oh yeah it will burn if you aren't careful and then it will still burn.

 

It was presented to the young man Sunday morning and he stopped me twice in the hall at church to thank me for building it. He was so excited. That is what makes going to the shop really fun, to see the excitement when you complete a project and they see it for the first time.