March 1, 201511 yr After a slight (2") mess up on my part the last time I took these out to the customer to install, this time it went in well. Had to cut out around the molding but other than that, it was all ready to go. These are old Oak pews from a local church. They wanted to keep the original finish so I had to make all my cuts where there was not new wood showing. I took the hymn book racks off the back, cut them down a little and installed them on each end so as there four year old said, "A place to put my iPad." So now I just have to get the table that goes with this finished. I had the top all glued up and ready and had it standing next to the cabinets in the back of the show I hit something that hit it and caused it to fall over and it busted in two of the old glue joints. So I will be getting it glued up and ready to deliver in a couple of weeks.
March 2, 201511 yr Nice! like the little magazine holders on the end. My brother would have used them to hide the food he didn't want to eat!!
March 2, 201511 yr Nice work John. Saving the hymnal racks was a great idea and beautiful way to re-purpose them.
March 2, 201511 yr it must have been quite a challenge to rebuild them with without having any exposed new cuts.
March 3, 201511 yr Author it must have been quite a challenge to rebuild them with without having any exposed new cuts. John, It was! I'm not used to worrying about that much. But I didn't want to have to match stain and old finish. I don't think I would have gotten the patina back that was already there.
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