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Weekend moulding project
jim_reed@marietta
>I am making a cornice moulding for a repro secretary desk (cherry). Here is the first rough moulding (two required-one for the front and one to cut up for the sides). I am using a Stanley #45 with 1/8" plow to cut starter grooves, a #93 to square them up, and an H&R set for curves. Just start at the top and work your way to the bottom.
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Ed Falis
>Really nice, Jim!
- Ed
Looks good!
Steve Kubien
>Too much ambition for me. The idea of working on a desk is pretty daunting to someone who only just figured out to hang up his brace collection. And, it's only 4 braces!!!
I wish I had the gumption to do that kind of work. It looks really good from where I'm sitting.
Steve Kubien
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Jack from Maine
>That's encouraging seeing a complex molding like that broken down into the method of creating it.The most I've attempted so far is scraping out a cove with a handmade cutter and stacking it over a curve created with block plane and scraper.It made an interesting but simple edge detail after 45ing the sides out of the same stuff.---Jack
Wow that's incredible
Jim in Burlington Ontario
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Angelo in Cornwall, NY
>Unbelieveable! I wish I was at thet level! For now I'll stick to the routah for mouldings.
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Brad in Ottawa
>Jim,
That's great work! I thought you might have used your 46 on it though!
One quick question: How do you hold mouldings while you plane them. Wide strips seem easy but simple/narrow profiles seem like they would be hard wih a plane that requires a fence to register them.
BTW, you'll have to post pics of the finished project now!
Brad
Tie me down mate
jim_reed@marietta
>Good question. I clamp the board between two bench dogs. That is why I needed to make two pieces--the total length exceeded the length of the bench. So clamp it down, and use the sides of the board for references and fences. After I cut the front profile, I cut off the waste width and planed the edge and back.
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Chris Knight
>Moldings can be held by nailing a couple of boards together to create a sort of long shooting board, then putting a nail in one end of the lower board, close to the step created by the upper board against which you lay your molding.The nail acts as a planing stop.
Chris
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Chris Knight
>Looks terrific, thanks for sharing.