Horace Staph, one of the elder statesmen of our Guild, came up with this idea and did all the necessary coordination with the museum as well as creating the conceptual design.
Prior to us getting the lumber, there were several planning meetings between Horace, David Essary, Keith Hansen, Frank Ezell, Gene Fairchild and Michael Faurot.
Michael Faurot took photos of existing benches at the museum.
Keith Hansen did the initial drafting/drawings based on what Horace designed.
David Essary obtained the Red Oak at a nice discount from Allen & Allen Lumber and Hardware Co. They milled the lumber to the required thickness and width.
Eugene Fairchild built the bases out of Mesquite that he provided.
Horace supplied the Mesquite for the spacers in the form of two small logs. Michael milled those two Mesquite logs and made all the Mesquite spacers.
Michael, David, Horace, and Gene cut the oak spacers and rails to size.
Michael and Keith did the first dry-fit/test of all the pieces to see what it would look like and what issues that might present.
Michael, Horace, David, Gene, Phil Starcovic and I got together at Michael’s to discuss the technical details of assembly. I took the materials to my shop for assembly and finishing.
The slide show tells the rest of the story.
The bench is now completed and has been delivered to the San Antonio Museum of Art. It resides on the 4th floor.