making a match to old moulding pattern

[JDarvall]

Show off a bit of hand work that I'm proud of. enjoyed doing. Little different so I thought it was worth remembering.

the job was to create a 3m of cornice matching a bit I was supplied.

The problem was its of an old pattern that was too fiddly for most joinerys to bother doing. too much work for too little money sort of thing.

pic 1- so what I've done it dress up 3m of hoop pine...about 21x91....dock off the end at an angle to match the piece supplied ( couldn't cut up the supplied piece. gota go back). Screwed the 3m length to the bench from underside. Bit too long for my bench so I had to exstend the bench a bit temperarily first.

pic 2 and 3 - ....with the ends matching on angle I could simply scribe the profile over........then to get to depth instead of using my plough plane as usual, I tried a small trimmer router with a laser point bit.....just kept making repeatitive passes, exstending the fence gradually; changing depth to near profile.

pic 4 - then just planed to the line with a hollow and round, and a rebate plane, cleaning it all up.

pic 5 and 6 - then ran sandpaper up and down a bit.

haven't bothered taking a photo,,,,but I then ran a chamfer router down both sides of the back and planed up clean. uno how it sits up there in the ceiling there.

the whole job took 4hours on the dot and 15 bucks of timber.

[Scribbly Gum]

Awesome work Jake.
Mate we have missed you.
Have you got a new worksop?
Looks to have more room than the old one.
I am really impressed with your windsor chairs and your website is superb.
Congratulations
SG

[artme]

Now that is really worth skiting about!! Wonderful work.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[kevjed]

Well done Jake.
You should be proud of that. I like the method you used to duplicate the moulding. I'll store that one away for down the track.
Thanks again for sharing.
Kevin

[munruben]

Terrific work Jake, great feeling when you achieve something like that. Very satisfying., thanks for sharing with us.:2tsup:

[Waldo]

Great looking chairs on your site Jake. :2tsup:

[Bob38S]

Nice job matching the cornice.

Your chairs look really good.

[Woodwould]

Nicely executed Jake! :thyel:

[Arron]

Just looked at your website for the first time. I love your chairs.
Arron

[AlexS]

Nice work Jake - well thought out.

[Hardenfast]

I haven't been here for ages, Jake. Like yourself I've been busy with new ventures etc, but I'm glad I managed to view your moulding project. You make it look too easy, my friend.

I checked our your website - also most impressive! Your Windors I mean - not the website - although that's impressive too. Next time I'm up in your neck of the woods I'll make a point of calling in to say hello and put my hands on some of your creations. You know, to see if can absorb some of your craftsman's mojo.

Most inspiring to see that you've managed to create a business which incorporates your passion. I hope it goes well for you.

Wayne

[underfoot]

clever bugger :oo:.very nicely done Jake :2tsup:

[JDarvall]

ta. hope not too much of a showoff.

I've got a new shed. things finally coming together now.


thanks.

[Clinton1]

As usual, great work.

Gotta say, the learning curve goes up higher when you start a thread. :)

[Christos]

That is some very nice work. Really like it. Just goes to show what hand work can do and not to fully depend on the machine to complete a task.

[JDarvall]

ta. but it ant that flash when you break the proceedure down.

its just not practical to make short machine runs of unusual profiles.

still cost the lady a fair bit for it. she paid $100 for it. about $30/m .....better than the alternative I spose.....she was told by a joiner that if she pulled down the existing moulding they'd do up cornice to cover the whole room for her for $230 ..but in one of their set profiles.