Percy Jackson and the Olympians Classic Greek Temple

Classic Greek Temple made of wood with printed column ends.
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Printed column ends are from: Classical-Era Temple of Pallinis Athena (at Gerakas, Attica) by LeonidasVasileiosManiatis March 24, 2023. Import column STL file into slicer and use cutting tool to select the end to print

Columns: ¾" diameter x 6" length wooden dowel rods. Number of columns: 20 (4 x 6 on outside and 4 interior).

Temple base: 17" x 11" x 3/8" plywood

Temple ceiling: 17" x 11" x 5mm underlayment plywood

Sanctuary walls: 5 mm thick underlayment plywood

Roof bottom: 17 ¼" x 11 ¼ " (overhang allows fascia to cover edges of the temple ceiling)

Rafters: 11 ¼" x 2 ¾" x ¾" pine (angle 17.3 deg). Squared ends of rafters: 1"

Roof fascia (2 of each required): 1 ¼" x 11 ¼” and 1 ¼" x 17 ½ ” (trim to match at corners)

Roof shims: 5 mm (used to allow roof fascia to cover edges of the temple ceiling)

Roof panels (2 required): 6 ½" x 18 ¼" x 5mm under-layment plywood

 

Step 1: Glue room walls to the floor

Note the pencil lines used to show where the room walls are to go.

Note the door, which should go on the floor.

Turn the room upside down and put a little TiteBond glue along the edge that goes against the floor.

Turn the room back over and carefully position the walls over the pencil marks on the floor.

Set the room down on the floor and press it against the floor.

You can wipe up any glue that squeezes out with a damp cloth.

Do Steps 2, 3 and 4 while letting the glue dry for 4 hours.


Step 2: Cut 20 columns

 Clamp the cutting box to the workbench.

Note the colored end of the dowel and the price sticker. Lay the dowel rod in the groove with the colored end far away.

Press the end of the dowel rod against the stop.

Lay something heavy on the dowel rod so it will not flip onto the floor after it is cut.

Hold the dowel rod down while cutting so it does not roll.

Put the saw in the slots and cut the dowel by pulling the saw towards your body.

Only cut through the dowel, not through the box.


Step 3: Put ends on the columns

Note the red and blue ends (red on the bottom end of the column and blue on the top)

Barely slide the ends on the column.

Set the column with the edges of both ends flat against the table so they are not twisted.

Use a squeeze clamp to press the ends completely on the column.

 

Step 4: Glue the column bottoms to the floor

Put a dab of the Quick Grab glue in the hole in the bottom end (red end).

Turn the column over and place the white square on the floor in one of the pencil squares. Press the column down against the floor.

Do this for each column

Do Step 5 while letting the glue dry for 24 hours.

 

Step 5: Attach rafters to the roof underside

Lay the roof underside on the table.

Note the pencil marks that show where the rafters go.

Apply TiteBond glue to the flat side of the rafter.

Turn the rafter over, line it up with a pencil mark and the edges of the plywood.

Press it against the underside of the roof.

Repeat for all four rafters.

Do Step 6 while letting the glue dry for 4 hours.

 

Step 6: Attach column tops to the ceiling

Lay the ceiling on a table, with plenty of room all around.

Set the floor with attached room and columns upside down on the ceiling (the picture here does not have the columns and shows the room walls touching the ceiling). When you do this step the columns will be attached and the room walls will not touch the ceiling.

Use a speed square to line up the edges of the floor with the edges of the ceiling. Do this at 8 places around the temple (twice at each corner).

Use a pencil to mark around the white square at each corner column. Use four pieces of masking tape to label the columns A, B, C, and D. Then use four pieces of tape to label the pencil marks A, B, C, and D.

Turn the floor right side up with the columns pointed up.

Put generous dabs of Quick Grab glue in ALL the holes of ALL the top ends (all the columns). Curl the dab of glue around the inside, and completely fill, of the circular opening of the white block.

Turn the floor and columns upside down, line the tops of the corner columns A, B, C, and D up with the pencil marks A, B, C, and D on the ceiling, and set the column tops down on the ceiling.

Set something heavy on the floor to press the tops of the columns against the ceiling (bags of sugar, flour, potatoes, bottles of water…)

Do Steps 7 and 8 while letting the glue dry for 24 hours.

 

Step 7: Attach fascia to the rafters

Put the roof shims down on a table.

Set the roof underside with attached rafters on top of the shims.

The purpose of the shims is to make the roof fit down over the edges of the ceiling. This hides the edges of the ceiling and makes a pocket that keeps the roof from sliding off the temple.

Note that the fascia on the sides of the roof (the longer pieces) is exactly the length of the roof. Glue this on first. Use TiteBond on the ends of the rafters. You will need to clamp the fascia tight against the rafters.

Note that the fascia on the ends of the roof is long enough to cover the end of the rafter and the fascia on both sides of the roof.

Glue the end fascia to the side of the rafter and the side fascia. You will need to clamp.

Let the glue dry for 4 hours before gluing the end fascia and before doing Step 8.


Step 8: Glue the roof panels to the rafters

Note that one edge of each roof panel is square and the other edge is mitered. The blue tape is next to the mitered edge. The mitered edge goes at the peak of the roof with the blue tape visible.

Note that the roof panel goes out over the end rafters and over the fascia.

Use three strips of tape as hinges to hold the two roof panels together. Put some TiteBond glue on the sloping rafter tops and in the underneath side of the crack between the roof panels. Then carefully center the roof panel over the end. Lower roof panel onto the rafters and press down.

Let the glue dry for 4 hours.

 

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Model origin

The author remixed this model.

The Classical-Era Temple of Pallinis Athena (at Gerakas, Attica)
by LeonidasVasileiosManiatis (thingiverse.com)
 

Differences of the remix compared to the original

Used wood for flat surfaces and columns

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