Small Hindu Temple
Intro: Small Hindu Temple
Recently I made a portable Hindu temple as a present for my mother. Something that is easy to carry it in a big suitcase.
Overall it took me around 2-3 weeks from gathering the wood from a local lumber store to finishing with the final coat.
I used my favorite American Cherry for the top and base of the temple.
STEP 1: Raw Materials
- Crown Molding (American Cherry)
- 4 ft of Cherry 1x6
- Thin table legs
- Finial 3-1/4'' x 1-1/2'' Birch Turned Finial
- Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue
- Sandpaper - 80,120, 220 and 400 grits
- General Finishes Arm R Seal Top Coat (Semi Gloss)
- Nails
- Mitre saw
STEP 2: Cutting the Crown Molding (build the Top of the Temple)
Cutting the crown molding was not only frustating but scary as well. Plan was to cut
- 2 pieces of 1ft (front and back)
- 2 pieces of 6 inches (sides)
Each piece needed 1 Outside Right and 1 Outside Left crown molding cuts
For Outside Right cut, I used mitre saw following settings:
- Top against mitre fence
- Right piece is keeper
- Bevel Left at 33.9 deg
- Mitre Right at 31.6 deg
For Outside Left cut,
- Bottom against mitre fence
- Right piece is keeper
- Bevel Left at 33.9 deg
- Mitre Left at 31.6 deg
Following website was very useful in guiding and understanding with crown molding angles
STEP 3: Building the Temple Top
- Glue the Crown Moldings
- Attach a small piece of cherry board to fit the top
- To fill the gaps between the edges, I prepared a mix of saw dust and glue and applied it with hand
STEP 4:
Cut the legs to 1 ft each
STEP 5: Basic Structure
- Glue the legs and base boards
- Glue and nail the top as well
STEP 6: Sand and Finish It...
- Sand it with 80,120, 220 grit till smoothness desired
- Then apply General finishes Arm-R-Seal Semi Gloss coat
- Few hours later light sanding with 400 grit paper
- Repeat Step 2 and 3 multiple times
STEP 7: Sun It Up
Glue the finials
Kept it in the sun as Cherry gets darker and richer with sunlight till the desired color
9 Comments
SathyaA2 3 years ago
rohit.ralhan 4 years ago
ImanA21 5 years ago
Great Tuturial. Cutting the crown moulding was probably the hardest part of the entire project but in the it came out well.
Gadisha 5 years ago
I like the way you used the existing shapes of the material to build something new.
I've been wanting to make something like this for a while now, so I'll keep this instructable in mind when I get to it (so many nice projects to make and so little time...)
SriWoodWorks 5 years ago
Thanks
DIY Hacks and How Tos 5 years ago
That looks very nice. You should enter this into the wood working contest that is currently running.
SriWoodWorks 5 years ago
Applied for the contest
peachandlilac 5 years ago
SriWoodWorks 5 years ago
Thanks