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Title: Church font
Post by: thebowlerhattedturner on February 12, 2011, 08:57:55 PM

Can't remember if I showed you this one.A font made for my local church.

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: Philip Greenwood on February 12, 2011, 09:09:42 PM

What a nice piece of work

How many segments did you use to make this, and what size is the font.

Philip

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: John D Smith on February 12, 2011, 09:15:57 PM

Hi John A beautiful piece of work,I like the way you have put the crosses in. a few questions for you.What is the size? What finish did you use? How many segments in total? Regards John

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Title: Re: Church font
Post by: thebowlerhattedturner on February 12, 2011, 09:51:45 PM

The size is about 600mm diameter and stands 1050mm high
There are 470 pieces in the whole thing.

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: thebowlerhattedturner on February 12, 2011, 09:59:20 PM

Here's a view of the whole thing

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: Philip Greenwood on February 12, 2011, 10:00:08 PM

Do you make a lot of segment work, i don't make segment work at the moment don't think i have the Patience to make all the segments.

Philip

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: thebowlerhattedturner on February 12, 2011, 10:10:13 PM

I make a few segmented bits a year Philip but it is so time consuming, but they do sell well.

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: woodndesign on February 13, 2011, 08:03:58 PM

Hi John,  Oh what a blessing, what a wonderful piece, not just any piece, but something that will bless many in the future to come.
Regards.       David

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: Andy Coates on February 13, 2011, 08:11:19 PM

That's a stunning piece of work, John.

I tried to change the text of tihs post to "church font" but we haven't got it!

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: Martin Lawrence on February 15, 2011, 09:55:12 AM

Hi John,

 A wonderful piece of craftmanship, it must be a nice feeling to know that this will be in use for many many years for generation to come.

Cheers Martin.

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: simon on February 16, 2011, 04:50:38 PM

I echo the comments above. 

Btw - what finish did you use and will it be necessary to reapply / maintain the finish over time or is it very robust?

Great job!

Simon

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: thebowlerhattedturner on February 16, 2011, 08:08:42 PM

Thanks for all your comments. It was certainly the most daunting comission I have had so far. When I was planning it I enquired on this site what finish to use on the inside to make it waterproof. Andy, I think it was you that advised me to talk to Tobias Kaye as he had done something similar in the past. I also had advice from other forum members and eventually I plumped for applying one layer of fibre glass mat with polyester resin. I sent the bowl to a local GRP specialist to apply it as they had all the spray equipment. I left it mounted on the faceplate for easy remounting to polish it. It took me nearly 8 hours to polish it to a glass finish but it was worth it. The rest of the font is finished with Danish oil. The whole thing took 8 weeks to manufacture.
Regards
John

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: simon on February 16, 2011, 09:57:33 PM

Thanks for the info John - I could have been guessing a while before I got to that solution!

Simon

Title: Re: Church font
Post by: ken rodgers on February 17, 2011, 07:54:37 PM

Hi John
That is one great piece of work.
Glad you explained about the finish applied as I was wondering how you managed to seal the wood from the water
Regards
Ken