I just finished this commission. A pair of "Bible Cases." These cases will each hold a copy of the entire Bible translated from English to Korean. The translations were hand written by Suk Hun Kim-a 94 year old Korean woman for her church and for her family posterity. Two Case on Stand designs to hold Korean Transcriptions of the Bible. Mahogany and Sapele Brass. Shellac and Wax Finish
This is Suk Hun Kim-standing next to one the cases that holds one of her hand written transcriptions of the Bible from English to Korean
Suk Hun Kim has had written seven of these Korean Bibles. She is working on an eighth!
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This is Suk Hun Kim's daughter-SoYoung Kim who commissioned these two cases
Not in my wildest dreams would I attempt something like that. How long did it take you to develop the plans for those?
Hi Pat -I've bee modifying this design for a few years. I first made one of these Bible Cases in 2012 for a Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan-A dark stained Oak with Brass and gilded detailing. I made a second case @2015? for a church in Little Rock Ark. Pretty much the same design but I used dark stained Mahogany with similar Brass and gilded detailing. For this latest version a changed the base and used Mahogany and Sapele but untoned shellac ie Sealcoat with Brass and gilded detailing.
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Ellis Walentine wrote:
Great work, Alan. Your design is wonderfully complex yet flowing. I love the little gothic arch windows and the brass work.
How on earth do those lid stays work?
Thanks for posting. Ellis
Thanks Boss- My first lid supports were 1/4" rods with rods attached at right angles. Each piece was inserted into brass blocks on the lid and carcass mounted at points that kept the lid open at what I thought would be an ideal open setting.
There were a couple of problems with this design-1-It was very difficult to mount the left and right rods at equal points so they would stay in place.
2. Even when I got "even tension mounting" the first one had a tendency to fall out when I put the second rod in place. I decided that one rod would be enough. But there was still the possibility that the single rod could be bumped and come out-causing the lid to fall-and the rod could be some how miss placed as an unattached component. So after some discussions with my brother who has had many years of product design I implemented a single rod solution. Now the lid supports swing from a buried barrel Bolt inside the carcass. There is just enough "play" to insert the upper right angle 1/4" rod into the lid block.
Pardon the poor quality photos---
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Suk Hun Kim has had written seven of these Korean Bibles. She is working on an eighth!
These are all hand written?
Yes! All hand written! And she is working on an eighth edition!
