Chalice and Patens

[TellicoTurning]

I'm not a big church goer, but I like some things about the churches... especially like the communion sets I see at some of the churches I have visited... here are a couple I finished this past week... I actually started them back in 2013... did the patens except for taking the tenons off the bottoms.... they sat on the work bench all of last year.... finally decided to try to finish and took a couple of pepper mill blanks to make the chalices....
the plates are both about 10 1/2" dia x 1 inch high. They were turned from
a 1 inch thick board.... the finish is tung oil and buffed with carnuba. The chalice's have a coating of a plexiglas solution inside so they are sealed and ready to be used.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking items.

 

[Dan Masshardt]

Nice. I need to make a set for myself to use.

I do have a turned and carved chalice that was given to me as a gift.

 

[jcm71]

What beautiful instruments from which to serve the body and blood of our Savior.

 

[oneleggimp]

I have a wooden ciborium that's about 35 years old . I Treasure it. A friend, now deceasd, turned it for me.

You might consider turning ciboria as well as chalices and patens. You do nice work on Sacred Vessels.

I'm not a big church goer, but I like some things about the churches... especially like the communion sets I see at some of the churches I have visited... here are a couple I finished this past week... I actually started them back in 2013... did the patens except for taking the tenons off the bottoms.... they sat on the work bench all of last year.... finally decided to try to finish and took a couple of pepper mill blanks to make the chalices....
the plates are both about 10 1/2" dia x 1 inch high. They were turned from
a 1 inch thick board.... the finish is tung oil and buffed with carnuba. The chalice's have a coating of a plexiglas solution inside so they are sealed and ready to be used.

 

[wyone]

That is beautiful. So tell me more about the plexiglas solution finish please. I am very curious

 

[lwalper]

I've wondered about using something like this pour on finish

Rust-Oleum Parks 1-qt. Gloss Super Glaze Finish and Preservative-241352 - The Home Depot

 

[TellicoTurning]

That is beautiful. So tell me more about the plexiglas solution finish please. I am very curious

Mitch
It's nothing more than broken up pieces of plexiglas in an acetone bath... drop the plexi in a jar that will seal good, pour acetone over them and let them sit for a few days... check periodically and shake to get the mixture blended well.... adjust the amount of acetone to get the viscosity of the solution to what you want... I then just paint it inside the goblets like any other finish... I use the little foam brushes I get from Hobby lobby and throw them away after use... you may need to sand between coats just a little... the first coat sometimes raise the wood grain and makes it rough... we had a pen turner on here or on another pen forum I frequented that used it as a pen finish... never got that to work for me and preferred the CA finish... same principle though.

just be sure it's plexiglas and not lexan... lexan will not dissolve in acetone. I buy scraps from Lowe's.

 

[TellicoTurning]

I have a wooden ciborium that's about 35 years old . I Treasure it. A friend, now deceasd, turned it for me.

You might consider turning ciboria as well as chalices and patens. You do nice work on Sacred Vessels.

I'm not a big church goer, but I like some things about the churches... especially like the communion sets I see at some of the churches I have visited... here are a couple I finished this past week... I actually started them back in 2013... did the patens except for taking the tenons off the bottoms.... they sat on the work bench all of last year.... finally decided to try to finish and took a couple of pepper mill blanks to make the chalices....
the plates are both about 10 1/2" dia x 1 inch high. They were turned from
a 1 inch thick board.... the finish is tung oil and buffed with carnuba. The chalice's have a coating of a plexiglas solution inside so they are sealed and ready to be used.

I had to google to see what a ciborium was... they are beautiful and I just put one on my to do list....

 

[TellicoTurning]

I've wondered about using something like this pour on finish

Rust-Oleum Parks 1-qt. Gloss Super Glaze Finish and Preservative-241352 - The Home Depot

Appears to be same principle... not sure if a pour on application would work, but you might be able to paint on the inside... you probably have acetone in your shop and the plexi scraps are pretty cheap at the big box stores for.... you would only need a few pieces to make the solution... first time I made up a batch, I used an old acryllic salt grinder we had laying about... smashed it with a hammer and poured the acetone over it... fortunately it was plexi and not lexan....