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   mrles | Apr 27, 2003 08:04am | #1

   I haven't built any from scratch but I did make 46 replacement holders for our visitor cards. The biggest problem is attaching them to the backs of the pews. You don't have a lot of thickness to put a screw in. If you don't have anything on the pews now I would visit a few churches in your area and get a pattern there. I have visited a lot of Churches in this great country and have seen so many different ways pews are built. I saw folding chairs with kneelers on the back in one chapel. I love woodworking and I love the Lord and I find it so rewarding when I can work on His house.

   Gods Peace

   les 

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   creekwood | Apr 28, 2003 03:24am | #2

   Les, thanks for your words on working on His house. It's a pleasure, and I can attest to that personally. I built 10  pews to match the originals in an old church for an expansion they added. It was a blessing. The originals were over 125 years old and made out of cypress. The seat and back were each one plank, very wide. I had cypress  plywood made especially for the job, as each pew was just over 9 feet long. Also for stability reasons in the movement. They turned out great, and you could hardly tell the difference between the old and the new. For June, yes, look at other pews for the ideas you need to make the holders. I also made a communion table for the same church to match the design of their antique pulpit. Also out of cypress. I'm currently building a tiger oak pulpit and communion table, and it is an honor to have a hand in something God's word will be spoken from.