Worked for a patternmaker out of high school back in 75-76 Germantown section of Philly.
His bread and butter was large valve patterns. Small crowded 2 man shop and wood was standing up in corner.
All mahogany, 8/4 to 12/4 and 10-12 ft. long. I hated wood delivery days. Wore me out.
He also specialized in patterns for ornate castings like antique street light bases or fancy cast table legs or brackets. Watching him carve some of these patterns was cool. He usually had broken originals to replicate.
I did mostly block glueups and finish sanding and primering. He needed a more experienced guy to do turnings and more detailed work so he let me go. Fun job, good experience.

 

Nice work as always! Back in the late 80s I was a carpenter in the maintenance department of my shop. The carpenter shop was over the pattern shop, had some of the best power tools to use. The limber room was full of mahogany and sugar pine for the patterns. All of it was 8/4 16 foot lumber without a single knot and pretty much all of was wide. Some of it something like 18 inches. Really nice wood to work with. Wish I had a bigger lunch bucket!

 

No, I get this from "alderferlumber.com", I was just there a picked up a board 4/4 x 12" x 8' in Sapele, $150.00, that is what the top is made from. The throne is all Sapele except the back and the seat. That is why I won't discard my mistake cuts, I too poor!

 

Save the sawdust, reconstitute it😆
Looking good. Put some led strip lights on top behind the arched piece, gives the padre a halo effect. Clap on, clap off.

 

NICE!

 

What kind of wood?

 

Sapele