I'm making progress on the baptismal font. This video is a bit less technical and shows the process that I use on most of my projects. I begin with rough cut lumber from my local hardwood dealer and mill it into a usable size. Sometimes I just need two flat and parallel sides (like when carving a beer tap handle), but for this project I need what is called S4S. S4S stands for "surfaced on four sides". This means that the surfaces of the lumber are all jointed flat, the op

I'm still working on the method for cutting the finger joints (also called box joints) for the octagonal baptismal font. If you watched part 1 of this series, you saw my first attempt. It worked pretty well, but it didn't have the repeatability that I am looking for. To get that, I decided I needed a couple more features for the jig. First, it had to have a larger support face. The first jig was too small and it was a bit unstable which could cause the workpiece to shift

Well it's groundhog day...again. But I'm doing new stuff in the Flying WoodShop! Today I'm beginning the preparations for the Baptismal Font (or pool) that I've been asked to make for my church (Precious Blood Catholic Church in Culpeper, Va). The overall plan for the font is for it to be octagonal in shape and about 3 feet wide. It will be approximately 6 to 8 inches high and will be able to hold about 20 gallons of water. There are going to be about 15 baptisms at our ch