Tracing of profile:
http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The best the guys at our local
*real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box retailer) can do is a brick mould that is the right width,
but noticeably thinner with a diferent profile -- close enough that with the original moulding on
one end of the house, and that stuff on the other end, nobody will ever notice, but definitely
not anywhere nearly close enough to mix on the *same* gable end.
Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match this, is to replace *all* the
moulding on that gable end, about 34 feet of it, with the brick mould from the local yard. At six
bucks a foot.
I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed to making it myself
if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can mill my own from poplar, soft maple, or
something similar for around two dollars a foot -- which would make me more comfortable
with replacing all 34 feet.
Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get it? Or where I can find
a shaper cutter or router bit that will make a similar profile?
Thanks in advance.
Doug - you are up against it. If you buy a molding kit of good bits for yo=
ur shaper, you will spend about $400. No doubt you would need more than on=
e bit to make that profile, but even if you came up with something that onl=
y required two bits, good shaper bits are usually about $100 (plus or minus=
) a piece. Regardless, your new moldings will NOT match the profile you ha=
ve and you will have a quite an investment in bits and wood to make 34' of =
molding.
The bad news is that if you found an EXACT match of that profile, it still =
won't match. The cutters for making these moldings are cut and ground to a=
n exact size, and then sharpened/reground as needed. Each sharpening remov=
es a bit more metal, then a bit more, until the molding only closely resemb=
les the first runs from the same bit. Side by side, not the same.
Different molding manufacturers make close approximations of classic patter=
ns, but they do not match one another's moldings in dimensions or profile. =
You can see where this is going; chances of anything close a match is almo=
st impossible. Chances of you buying cutters that would duplicate the exac=
t profile are almost impossible.
As a contractor that does this kind of thing, I would simply buy the moldin=
g. If it was not thick enough, then I would simply add a piece of thick la=
th on the back to get it where I needed it to be.
When I run into something like you have, and need to repair more visible ar=
eas with one of a kind moldings, doors, windows, or anything else like that=
, I remove what I need from a less conspicuous area. Could you take the mo=
lding carefully off one side and use it on the other, then only buy what yo=
u need after that?
Regardless, that is some really CHUNKY molding. You would be making it out=
of 2X4 stock if you did it yourself, so I would wonder about the $2 a foot=
cost. At any rate, looking at the size of the stock needed, the purchase =
of cutters, the inability to match the profile needed EXACTLY and the time =
it would take to do it, I would just buy it and be done with it.
Robert
On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 1:02:11 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
> You're right, it's rare that you get that lucky.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> On that job above, and as the new stuff was ever so slightly different=20
>=20
> (your aforementioned sharpened cutter heads in action), I carefully=20
>=20
> saved the old crown and used enough of it to cope to the inside butt on=
=20
>=20
> the adjacent walls that still had the existing old crown
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Used the old stuff all the way to first outside corner miter; where I=20
>=20
> transitioned to the new stuff, and it was off to the races.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Just a couple of gentle swipes at that outside corner joint with a file=
=20
>=20
> made the new crown perfectly match the old.
>=20
Nice! It's great when it works. And for me there is a certain satisfactio=
n out of using some crafting skills like you point out above. Sadly, unles=
s it is a one of a kind job with pretty big piggy bank, we don't so much of=
that kind of work these days.
And at the cost of labor... yikes! It is too expensive to match up molding=
s and installation patterns so we wind up replacing most of the time. Besi=
des, unless I do it myself I only have one "go to" guy that I can call to d=
o really good job site moldings and trims.
Robert
On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 8:25:19 AM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
> The deceptively simple crown was my only worry as the rest was easily=20
>=20
> duplicated with off the shelf material and, sure enough, six blocks away=
=20
>=20
> was the lumber yard/building supply company that had been in business=20
>=20
> when the house was built, and they were still milling that exact crown=20
>=20
> profile ... no one else in town had a match that was close enough to=20
>=20
> cope and fit.
A one in a million shot! It is good for people to speculate about getting =
something close, or making something close, or modifying something close, a=
s they simply don't understand what it takes to make a really good joint in=
molding.
^^Close^^ might as well be a total miss. Many years ago we had an old, old=
lumberyard that specialized in moldings, and from time to time you could g=
o over there and find something they had left from years ago. This place w=
as old enough they actually made all their own moldings (except large crown=
) from clear white pine, starting back in the early 1920s. They had a gian=
t old 12" table saw, a 12" radial saw (the same DeWalt ALL lumberyards had =
pre HD) and a couple of home made sanders. Try matching their moldings! T=
hey had an old man that sharpened the cutter heads with little stones every=
few hundred feet!
It was suggested somewhere in this thread that Doug have cutter heads made.=
I had a client that insisted that his moldings match exactly, and he was =
"willing" to pay for cutter heads to be made. There is only one place here=
in the city that will do that, and they charge by the size of the bit made=
, and his was $1200. OK, but it was only for a couple of hundred feet of s=
mall crown. After that, he still needed to buy the wood, have it cut sande=
d and prepped before running the profile, and then pay them to do the handl=
ing.
He decided within 30 minutes of the quote from them that a new profile woul=
d be acceptable, and the new profile would become a "feature of the room" r=
ather than blend in.
> IME, brick moulding patterns are, if not standard, at least widely used=
=20
>=20
> and can usually be matched pretty closely, but I've never seen one like=
=20
>=20
> Doug's profiles. It appears to be custom.
I agree. I haven't see one that wide before. I have personally made extra=
wide crown before with saw and router, but didn't have to match anything w=
hen I did it.
Robert
Doug Miller <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Tracing of profile:
> http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
>
> I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The
> best the guys at our local *real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box
> retailer) can do is a brick mould that is the right width, but
> noticeably thinner with a diferent profile -- close enough that with
> the original moulding on one end of the house, and that stuff on the
> other end, nobody will ever notice, but definitely not anywhere nearly
> close enough to mix on the *same* gable end.
>
> Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match
> this, is to replace *all* the moulding on that gable end, about 34
> feet of it, with the brick mould from the local yard. At six bucks a
> foot.
>
> I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
>
> I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed
> to making it myself if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can
> mill my own from poplar, soft maple, or something similar for around
> two dollars a foot -- which would make me more comfortable with
> replacing all 34 feet.
>
> Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get
> it? Or where I can find a shaper cutter or router bit that will make
> a similar profile?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
If you get close, maybe you can make a profiled scraper (they have a
name, I can't remember it) and finish the job. A piece of old saw blade
can make a pretty decent scraper, but if you're doing more than a couple
feet it'll get tiring fast.
I'm sure someone will have a name if I describe what I'm thinking of. A
piece of metal is filed to the profile desired and then scraped along the
wood to reveal the exact profile you're looking for.
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
"Doug Miller" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have been looking extensively, including at all three of those sites,
>without finding anything
>that matches closely enough to avoid needing to replace the entire gable.
>:-(
I'd anticipate that a large full service millwork shop would have a millwork
catalog that lists/shows pretty much every molding ever made... A
molding/shaper cutter manufacturer such as W&H may have such a catalog
also--they've been at it a long time!
Since you have a shaper it may be worth identifying a long standing shaper
cutter manufacturer and send them your sketch to see if they can identify
the standard molding number. They can likely provider cutters for either the
entire profile or the middle section (in the latter case the table saw and
round over cutters would suffice for the "edges"). It may not be the
cheapest solution but from a satisfaction standpoint it may be the best! I
speak from experience here as I've ordered molding knifes to make single
picture frames to get just the right look!
John
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in news:lp0n16$a5e$1@dont-
email.me:
> Puckdropper wrote:
>> I'm sure someone will have a name if I describe what I'm thinking of.
>> A piece of metal is filed to the profile desired and then scraped
>> along the wood to reveal the exact profile you're looking for.
>>
>
> Doug is handy enough (if I recall properly...) that it would not surprise me
> to see him report that he did this at some point.
>
Thanks, Mike, yes, I have done that before. Not real keen on trying to produce thirteen feet of
moulding this way, though...
Looks like I'll probably have to suck it up and replace all 34 feet on that gable end. :-(
dpb <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>
> <http://www.truittandwhite.com/~truittwh/sites/default/files/uploads/twmoulding_and_add-
web.pdf>
>
> <http://www.dykeslumber.com/wp-content/themes/dykeslumber/Dykes%20Moulding%
20Catalog%202012.pdf>
>
> <http://www.curtislumber.com/pdf/mouldingcatalog.pdf>
>
> There are many others available as well...I've not searched inside any
> of these for your specific brick-mould but wouldn't be surprised if you
> look extensively you'd find something pretty close.
I have been looking extensively, including at all three of those sites, without finding anything
that matches closely enough to avoid needing to replace the entire gable. :-(
On 7/1/2014 11:14 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> At any rate, looking at the size of the stock needed, the purchase of cutters, the inability to match the profile needed EXACTLY and the time it would take to do it, I would just buy it and be done with it.
Exactly what I do. I occasionally get lucky finding a molding match when
the lumber yard in the town where the house is located is still in
business, but that is getting more and more unlikely.
This small BR remodel earlier this year, in a house 90 years old in the
Heights area of Houston, the owner wanted base, shoe, casing and crown
to exactlymatch the 90 year old existing:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopBRRemodel2014?noredirect=1#
The deceptively simple crown was my only worry as the rest was easily
duplicated with off the shelf material and, sure enough, six blocks away
was the lumber yard/building supply company that had been in business
when the house was built, and they were still milling that exact crown
profile ... no one else in town had a match that was close enough to
cope and fit.
IME, brick moulding patterns are, if not standard, at least widely used
and can usually be matched pretty closely, but I've never seen one like
Doug's profiles. It appears to be custom.
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 00:22:21 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tracing of profile:
>http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
>
>I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The best the guys at our local
>*real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box retailer) can do is a brick mould that is the right width,
>but noticeably thinner with a diferent profile -- close enough that with the original moulding on
>one end of the house, and that stuff on the other end, nobody will ever notice, but definitely
>not anywhere nearly close enough to mix on the *same* gable end.
>
>Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match this, is to replace *all* the
>moulding on that gable end, about 34 feet of it, with the brick mould from the local yard. At six
>bucks a foot.
>
>I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
>
>I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed to making it myself
>if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can mill my own from poplar, soft maple, or
>something similar for around two dollars a foot -- which would make me more comfortable
>with replacing all 34 feet.
>
>Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get it? Or where I can find
>a shaper cutter or router bit that will make a similar profile?
>
>Thanks in advance.
Looks a lot like a heavy 3 1/4 inch colonial casing. How much would
it cost to have a set of shaper knives ground from your pattern??
There are so many different "colonial" profiles finding one to match
will likely be a problem. Could have been locally made by some company
no longer in business.
On 02 Jul 2014 02:39:17 GMT, Puckdropper
<puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>Doug Miller <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> Tracing of profile:
>> http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
>>
>> I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The
>> best the guys at our local *real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box
>> retailer) can do is a brick mould that is the right width, but
>> noticeably thinner with a diferent profile -- close enough that with
>> the original moulding on one end of the house, and that stuff on the
>> other end, nobody will ever notice, but definitely not anywhere nearly
>> close enough to mix on the *same* gable end.
>>
>> Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match
>> this, is to replace *all* the moulding on that gable end, about 34
>> feet of it, with the brick mould from the local yard. At six bucks a
>> foot.
>>
>> I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
>>
>> I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed
>> to making it myself if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can
>> mill my own from poplar, soft maple, or something similar for around
>> two dollars a foot -- which would make me more comfortable with
>> replacing all 34 feet.
>>
>> Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get
>> it? Or where I can find a shaper cutter or router bit that will make
>> a similar profile?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>If you get close, maybe you can make a profiled scraper (they have a
>name, I can't remember it) and finish the job. A piece of old saw blade
>can make a pretty decent scraper, but if you're doing more than a couple
>feet it'll get tiring fast.
>
>I'm sure someone will have a name if I describe what I'm thinking of. A
>piece of metal is filed to the profile desired and then scraped along the
>wood to reveal the exact profile you're looking for.
>
>Puckdropper
It's called a moulding plane or a profile scraper
"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
BTW, I believe that is known as a shingle molding...
On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 00:22:21 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tracing of profile:
>http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
>
>I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The best the guys at our local
>*real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box retailer) can do is a brick mould that is the right width,
>but noticeably thinner with a diferent profile -- close enough that with the original moulding on
>one end of the house, and that stuff on the other end, nobody will ever notice, but definitely
>not anywhere nearly close enough to mix on the *same* gable end.
>
>Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match this, is to replace *all* the
>moulding on that gable end, about 34 feet of it, with the brick mould from the local yard. At six
>bucks a foot.
>
>I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
>
>I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed to making it myself
>if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can mill my own from poplar, soft maple, or
>something similar for around two dollars a foot -- which would make me more comfortable
>with replacing all 34 feet.
>
>Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get it? Or where I can find
>a shaper cutter or router bit that will make a similar profile?
>
>Thanks in advance.
I'll second what clare said about colonial casing.
Try here for a start:
http://www.colonialmanufacturing.com/products/pine-hardwood-mouldings/pine-casings/asymmetrical-casings
Doug Miller wrote:
> Tracing of profile:
> http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
>
> I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The
> best the guys at our local *real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box
> retailer) can do is a brick mould that is the right width, but
> noticeably thinner with a diferent profile -- close enough that with
> the original moulding on one end of the house, and that stuff on the
> other end, nobody will ever notice, but definitely not anywhere
> nearly close enough to mix on the *same* gable end.
>
> Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match
> this, is to replace *all* the moulding on that gable end, about 34
> feet of it, with the brick mould from the local yard. At six bucks a
> foot.
>
> I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
>
> I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed
> to making it myself
> if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can mill my own from
> poplar, soft maple, or something similar for around two dollars a
> foot -- which would make me more comfortable
> with replacing all 34 feet.
>
> Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get
> it? Or where I can find
> a shaper cutter or router bit that will make a similar profile?
>
> Thanks in advance.
I just never understand why people can't accept that any given profile might
cost them some money to replicate - either by buying new material (close
enough), ot by spending money on cutters. Geeze - do you really think there
is everything out there for everything you have? Just buy the new pieces.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> I just never understand why people can't accept that any given profile
> might cost them some money to replicate - either by buying new material
> (close enough), ot by spending money on cutters. Geeze - do you really
> think there is everything out there for everything you have? Just buy the
> new pieces.
Or if it were me, I would think that this is just the time to make that new
router duplicating machine I have been thinking about building. Then I
could take down a stick of the old profile, and start duplicating!
--
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Puckdropper wrote:
> Doug Miller <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Tracing of profile:
>> http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
>>
>> I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The
>> best the guys at our local *real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box
>> retailer) can do is a brick mould that is the right width, but
>> noticeably thinner with a diferent profile -- close enough that with
>> the original moulding on one end of the house, and that stuff on the
>> other end, nobody will ever notice, but definitely not anywhere
>> nearly close enough to mix on the *same* gable end.
>>
>> Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match
>> this, is to replace *all* the moulding on that gable end, about 34
>> feet of it, with the brick mould from the local yard. At six bucks a
>> foot.
>>
>> I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
>>
>> I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed
>> to making it myself if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I
>> can mill my own from poplar, soft maple, or something similar for
>> around two dollars a foot -- which would make me more comfortable
>> with replacing all 34 feet.
>>
>> Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get
>> it? Or where I can find a shaper cutter or router bit that will make
>> a similar profile?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
> If you get close, maybe you can make a profiled scraper (they have a
> name, I can't remember it) and finish the job. A piece of old saw
> blade can make a pretty decent scraper, but if you're doing more than
> a couple feet it'll get tiring fast.
>
> I'm sure someone will have a name if I describe what I'm thinking of.
> A piece of metal is filed to the profile desired and then scraped
> along the wood to reveal the exact profile you're looking for.
>
Doug is handy enough (if I recall properly...) that it would not surprise me
to see him report that he did this at some point.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> Tracing of profile:
> http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg
>
> I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The best
> the guys at our local *real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box retailer) can
> do is a brick mould that is the right width, but noticeably thinner with
> a diferent profile -- close enough that with the original moulding on one
> end of the house, and that stuff on the other end, nobody will ever
> notice, but definitely not anywhere nearly close enough to mix on the
> *same* gable end.
>
> Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match this,
> is to replace *all* the moulding on that gable end, about 34 feet of it,
> with the brick mould from the local yard. At six bucks a foot.
>
> I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.
>
> I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed to
> making it myself
> if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can mill my own from
> poplar, soft maple, or something similar for around two dollars a foot --
> which would make me more comfortable
> with replacing all 34 feet.
>
> Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get it?
> Or where I can find
> a shaper cutter or router bit that will make a similar profile?
The profile ofthe colonial molding here is close, no idea about the
dimensons...
http://www.koskowoodproducts.com/profiles.asp
I doubt you'll find cutters or a bit for it but one should be able to get
very close with standard router bits. I could do it with a saw and multiple
passes with bits I already have...2 sizes of 1/4 round, a point cutting
round over and a largish core box bit. Cost maybe $0.40 per foot using
white wood 2x4s, around $2.00/ft with poplar.
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On 7/2/2014 6:09 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
> "Mike Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote in news:lp0n16$a5e$1@dont-
> email.me:
>
>> Puckdropper wrote:
>>> I'm sure someone will have a name if I describe what I'm thinking of.
>>> A piece of metal is filed to the profile desired and then scraped
>>> along the wood to reveal the exact profile you're looking for.
>>>
>>
>> Doug is handy enough (if I recall properly...) that it would not surprise me
>> to see him report that he did this at some point.
>>
> Thanks, Mike, yes, I have done that before. Not real keen on trying to produce thirteen feet of
> moulding this way, though...
>
> Looks like I'll probably have to suck it up and replace all 34 feet on that gable end. :-(
<http://www.truittandwhite.com/~truittwh/sites/default/files/uploads/twmoulding_and_add-web.pdf>
<http://www.dykeslumber.com/wp-content/themes/dykeslumber/Dykes%20Moulding%20Catalog%202012.pdf>
<http://www.curtislumber.com/pdf/mouldingcatalog.pdf>
There are many others available as well...I've not searched inside any
of these for your specific brick-mould but wouldn't be surprised if you
look extensively you'd find something pretty close.
The old Stanley #45 combination moulding plane is the cats' meow for
such things...
<http://www.antiquetools.com/perm-col/south-wing/stanley41-45.html>
If you were around the corner you could drop by here and use mine...
--
On 7/2/2014 11:42 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
> dpb<[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>
>>
>> <http://www.truittandwhite.com/~truittwh/sites/default/files/uploads/twmoulding_and_add-
> web.pdf>
>>
>> <http://www.dykeslumber.com/wp-content/themes/dykeslumber/Dykes%20Moulding%
> 20Catalog%202012.pdf>
>>
>> <http://www.curtislumber.com/pdf/mouldingcatalog.pdf>
>>
>> There are many others available as well...I've not searched inside any
>> of these for your specific brick-mould but wouldn't be surprised if you
>> look extensively you'd find something pretty close.
>
> I have been looking extensively, including at all three of those sites, without finding anything
> that matches closely enough to avoid needing to replace the entire gable. :-(
Well, they are probably at least another 10 or more besides those
online; never meant that to be an exhaustive list.
Or, go to a local small mill shop and see if they'll custom-run it for
you if it's that important to actually match. Then again, for only such
a small run they'll probably want enough of a set-up fee that it'll not
be worth it.
Alternatively, given the size you might have reasonable luck in getting
close looking at casing profiles and then getting the thickness by
gluing to a solid backer section instead of looking for the full brick
mould. Using a polyurethane or resorcinol glue or epoxy will give
plenty of weather resistance; likely in a gable area with good
primer/paint even TB-III would work but for this purpose I'd go w/ one
of the former instead.
--
On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:46:05 -0500, dpb <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 7/2/2014 6:09 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
>> "Mike Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote in news:lp0n16$a5e$1@dont-
>> email.me:
>>
>>> Puckdropper wrote:
>>>> I'm sure someone will have a name if I describe what I'm thinking of.
>>>> A piece of metal is filed to the profile desired and then scraped
>>>> along the wood to reveal the exact profile you're looking for.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Doug is handy enough (if I recall properly...) that it would not surprise me
>>> to see him report that he did this at some point.
>>>
>> Thanks, Mike, yes, I have done that before. Not real keen on trying to produce thirteen feet of
>> moulding this way, though...
>>
>> Looks like I'll probably have to suck it up and replace all 34 feet on that gable end. :-(
>
><http://www.truittandwhite.com/~truittwh/sites/default/files/uploads/twmoulding_and_add-web.pdf>
>
><http://www.dykeslumber.com/wp-content/themes/dykeslumber/Dykes%20Moulding%20Catalog%202012.pdf>
>
><http://www.curtislumber.com/pdf/mouldingcatalog.pdf>
>
>There are many others available as well...I've not searched inside any
>of these for your specific brick-mould but wouldn't be surprised if you
>look extensively you'd find something pretty close.
>
>The old Stanley #45 combination moulding plane is the cats' meow for
>such things...
>
><http://www.antiquetools.com/perm-col/south-wing/stanley41-45.html>
>
>If you were around the corner you could drop by here and use mine...
That's what you call an "early cordless router"
On 7/2/2014 6:09 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
> "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in news:lp0n16$a5e$1@dont-
> email.me:
>
>> Puckdropper wrote:
>>> I'm sure someone will have a name if I describe what I'm thinking of.
>>> A piece of metal is filed to the profile desired and then scraped
>>> along the wood to reveal the exact profile you're looking for.
>>>
>>
>> Doug is handy enough (if I recall properly...) that it would not surprise me
>> to see him report that he did this at some point.
>>
> Thanks, Mike, yes, I have done that before. Not real keen on trying to produce thirteen feet of
> moulding this way, though...
>
> Looks like I'll probably have to suck it up and replace all 34 feet on that gable end. :-(
>
And might this be an exterior application? You will want to use a
weather resistant material and probably painted on all four sides if so.
On 7/2/2014 12:30 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> A one in a million shot! It is good for people to speculate about getting something close, or making something close, or modifying something close, as they simply don't understand what it takes to make a really good joint in molding.
You're right, it's rare that you get that lucky.
On that job above, and as the new stuff was ever so slightly different
(your aforementioned sharpened cutter heads in action), I carefully
saved the old crown and used enough of it to cope to the inside butt on
the adjacent walls that still had the existing old crown
Used the old stuff all the way to first outside corner miter; where I
transitioned to the new stuff, and it was off to the races.
Just a couple of gentle swipes at that outside corner joint with a file
made the new crown perfectly match the old.
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