<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Bill<div>Just a note, the 15th (as well as the other 14) station are awesome!</div><div>If you are going to stain the cross, you may want to use Animal Hide Glue, the glue lines are smaller and the glue will accept stain. </div><div>Blessings</div><div>Lynn<br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 10/21/09, Hans <i><hans@msdesigns.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Hans <hans@msdesigns.net><br>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Crucifix construction...<br>To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver@carverscompanion.com><br>Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 3:50 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Friends in Carving: Please support our List - visit carverscompanion.com/List/Support.html to donate.<br><br><br>Bill-<br><br>On my website, I have a pictures of the gluing process I
used for a<br>Christ the King Crucifix. Since this one is dressed in the robes of<br>priest and king, the sleeves provide enough strength to allow the<br>grain in the arms to be vertical. The hands were added with the grain<br>following the primary direction of the fingers. You can see it here:<br><br><a href="http://msdesigns.net/projects/kogf.html" target="_blank">http://msdesigns.net/projects/kogf.html</a><br><br>Most traditional large scale crucifixes are glued up with body as one<br>piece and the arms separate so the grain can run the length of the<br>arms. If the grain in the arms does not match the direction of the<br>grain in the body, it is important to use dowels (or something<br>similar) in these joints.<br><br>Many large crucifixes are built with a cavity in the back. This can be<br>open in the back, but narrow enough to be hidden by the cross. This<br>would primarily be done to reduce the weight of the finished piece.<br>You will want to be
sure you know where and how it will be mounted. A<br>cavity does need to be well planned to ensure you will not carve into<br>it. Building in a cavity may also mean more glue joints than you would<br>otherwise require. If this piece is going to be stained, you want to<br>try to reduce the number of edge glue joints as they will be more<br>visible that surface glue joints. This will be less of an issue if it<br>will be painted. If it was not necessary for weight, I do not think I<br>would build in a cavity.<br><br>When gluing up the layers, perhaps the most important part is making<br>sure each surface was smooth and matched the surface it would be glued<br>to. I find a piece of paper to test for gaps and a good hand plane<br>very helpful.<br><br>I hope some of this helps. If you have any additional questions,<br>please let me know.<br><br>Thanks!<br>--<br>Hans Schwalm<br><a href="http://www.msdesigns.net"
target="_blank">http://www.msdesigns.net</a><br><br><br>On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Bill Judt <<a ymailto="mailto:bjudt@sasktel.net" href="/mc/compose?to=bjudt@sasktel.net">bjudt@sasktel.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Friends in Carving: Please support our List - visit<br>> carverscompanion.com/List/Support.html to donate.<br>><br>><br>> Gentle Carvers:<br>><br>> Having received a commission for a six foot tall crucifix from a local<br>> Catholic Parish, here in Saskatoon, I am researching various methods for<br>> constructing the corpus efficiently.<br>><br>> Ivan Whillock was ever so kind as to offer feedback in this regard, but I'd<br>> like to extend the call for information to the List community at large.<br>><br>> Q. What methods are most effective for laminating the wood together for a<br>> large crucifix?<br>><br>> Q. Is there a "coffin" type of construction for crucifixes similar to
what<br>> is used for carving carousel horses?<br>><br>> If any of you have information, especially links to websites containing<br>> diagrams/plans and photos of crucifix construction, I'd be most appreciative<br>> of your help.<br>><br>> Blessings and Peace,<br>><br>> Bill Judt<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Woodcarver mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Woodcarver@carverscompanion.com" href="/mc/compose?to=Woodcarver@carverscompanion.com">Woodcarver@carverscompanion.com</a><br>> <a href="http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver" target="_blank">http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver</a><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Woodcarver mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Woodcarver@carverscompanion.com" href="/mc/compose?to=Woodcarver@carverscompanion.com">Woodcarver@carverscompanion.com</a><br><a
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