United Christian Church
Eastern shore of virginia
ALTAR RAIL PROJECT
Construction of a 32' wide altar rail with kneeler is now complete!
It starts with a dream...
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Brother Billy sketches out the design by hand.
and raw lumber.
Cutting the shape of the uprights
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Shaping the edges of the uprights
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The very first uprights
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The members of the church build the rail from scratch.
All the pieces of the altar rail and kneeler
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A stack of uprights
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The basic pattern
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assembling The uprights
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Attaching the legs
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sanding
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finishing preparations
Filling the rail top
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staining
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4 coats of lacquer
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final assembly
Left kneeler
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Left center kneeler
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Right center kneeler
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Right kneeler
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Left upright
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Left center upright
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Right center upright
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Right upright
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before & after
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new view from the pulpit
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