anyone ever build one?

no

You starting a ministry?

I have about 200 bd/ft of rough cut red oak.

My wife wants a "bench" type seat.

"Antique" stores (read: junk shops) want around $500 for a horse **** bench with paperbacks under the legs.

I have a friend with a massive heated wood shop.

The combinations of these things has me thinking I should build a pew.

^

No, he's converting to Amish.

#3.........interesting...........maybe.

Would you join?

I figure we could work some Judaism into the rap as long as we steer clear of the Talmud.......'cause that stuff has no end.

RE #4

Andy,

Remember TrannyMK? I seem to vaugely recall him poping in for a few days a few years ago and posting that he just built or rebuilt some pews for his church.

I have no idea how to reach him though, so that makes my comment kind of useless.

^he seemed to be quite a craftsman.

I plan on building something a little more "half-assed".

Check Craigslist they sell these used alot

TG, I remember the beautiful offertory table that Mike refinished for the altar. May have done some work on the tabernacle as well. That man was truly gifted.

Andy, you may want to get ideas from USAHog. He knows a thing or two about craftsmanship & carpentry tools. ( ;

Be careful with building a pew though. I've heard it can lead to a pulpit and then a baptismal font.

Why not just a porch swing?

^no porch

patio swing?

One of the churches my father was an associate pastor at when he first got started in the 60's was beautiful. It was in New Haven, CT, lot's of stained glass, old wood, that sort of thing.

It was turned into a condo complex in the late 90's I think. Great architecture.

Bloody wants Andy to be a swinger?