Anyone know how to make architrave/skirting

**benurbanescapes** · 4th August 2010, 10:25 PM

I havent photos at the moment but i will get some in next fortnight when i go to the house.

To answer some questions and address some points in response to you guys:

the posts for verandahs are 3m long and over 100. i love old period buildings so this wont be the first and last project i use a lathe on but 100k is a little bit too much to handle. but i dont have patience or time for carving by hand so i need the setup to copy originals with minimum input from myself.

the posts are turned for 80% of posts - in middle before returning to square at either end and these have a router carving in the square part

so a lathe is good i do a lot of period fencing and to produce my own in long run would be awesome and the possibilities to complete other work for myself are endless. but within reason!

Also with regards to the skirtings etc you guys talk about spindle moulder - i am not so aware of this tool and thicknesser which i do know. cool please tell me what do i need and when you talk about getting knives milled what does this costs 100 or 1000 or 10000?? i personally would prefer to learn to do this for myself so in future i know how to do it for next time etc stubborn maybe but one cannot learn too much and open the horizons. so put simply i want to create this myself what do i do.

also one more for you all, i am looking at combination machines - i have found many but am unsure of what it should have, what i should pay and who would you guys recommend getting one from?

as you can see i am a novice ask me to pave you 200m2 i will complete in a week but this stuff is all foreign! i really appreciate your help people

ben

**Ashore** · 4th August 2010, 10:51 PM

Never miss a good reason to buy a new machine
Mate a tool you will never regret buying , a thicknesser & moulder , probably get out of it for under $ 1300 with the blades you need. When you have run your skirting's you can use it as a thicknesser check out the carba-tec cattle dog on line and type in 'thicknesser & moulder' or if you can get to a carba - tec showroom
Stay away from a spindle moulder -cost - and it will scare ( with good reason ) the hell out of you as a novice
For the posts your in gelong , contact . Pm him (here he's the axe swinging moderator , ) I'm sure he can offer real advice
Rgds

**Manuka Jock** · 4th August 2010, 10:57 PM

Ben ,
check out this outfit for machinery . They make good stuff.
I have had one of their early samwills for over 15 years .

PLANERS= & moulders etc.

**benurbanescapes** · 4th August 2010, 11:30 PM

is this the type of lathe i need for posts?

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**China** · 5th August 2010, 11:10 PM

With that lathe you have to stand in front and wind the cutter left and right by hand, it would do the job but it is not automatic have a look here http://www.copylathe.com/SciFi_page-prod5.php or here http://www.cncmotion.com/lathe.htm

**benurbanescapes** · 5th August 2010, 11:46 PM

i got a price for the first link $70000 USD!! i nearly had to call a doctor to get the ticker started again!! i have just emailled re column master.

when you say this one would do the job is it simply a case of turning wheel or would you have to make heaps of passes etc? ta

**ian** · 6th August 2010, 01:13 AM

Ben
I must admit that my first reaction to reading your post was "you cheap lazy B..."
but that's not what you want to hear

With a house as old as yours you can sometimes get lucky and find a joinery that has the cutters for the exact profile you need -- however, more likely you will find that you need a profile cut with with imperial dimensions including curve radii and the only find profiles available have metric dimensions and metric curves.
Then your choice is to pay someone to make what you need, make it yourself or replace all the architrave in a room with standard metric dimension stuff, using any salvaged stuff in another room.
Making yourself requires a significant investment in tools, machinery and learning -- running significant lengths of molding would usually mean several large machines, each of which have the potential to take a hand off if you make a serious mistake.

Everything you want to do is relatively straight forward, it just takes time and money -- either yours or someone else's
just remember that for the people who make automated machines, their market is primarily interested in investing in a machine that unlike an employee doesn't get sick or take days off so the machines are priced arround what an employee would cost a business over two years or so.

**China** · 6th August 2010, 03:10 AM

Ben yes you would have to make multible passes

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