Thread: Reproducing Moulded Skirting Boards

Hi Dan,
Seems like making multiple passes using appropriately rounded bits set at the necessary depth is the go. Bear in mind that after painting or staining and at ankle level no-one will know they are newly made.

cheers
conwood

Hi Dan,

Do you have a picture of the profile, I have a number of catalogs for reproduction skirts and archs that I have gathered while restoring our house.

Dave

Dan,
how many meters of skirting do you need and can you show a picture.

I have used wooden hand planes to match profiles and even made a plane to a specific profile with a piece of power hacksaw blade ground to the shape as a blade. It wasn't that hard and only took about 4hrs to do including time spent thinking about it

Hi Guys, thanks for the prompt reply's.

I only need about 2 Meters of skirting to replace what was removed when 2 X original fireplaces were replaced with an oil and wood heater. I will take some photo's and post them this evening.

Assuming someone has a moulder and matching profile, what might it cost roughly for someone to provide a 2 Metre piece of timber moulded to match ?

Alternatively, I have a friend who has a set of about 10 hand made hand planes with various profiles which he wishes to sell, it may be possible to do the initial rough profile with my router and finish them with hand planes. What migh a set of such planes be worth ?

Thanks again for your interest, and as mentioned, will post some pics of the profile, with a ruler alongside, in the hope that someone has a matching.profile

Thanks and regards

Dan

A few years back, I asked at the local timber yard, how much a metre for matching some skirting I have (house is c.1920, skirting is 300mm high) I only needed 2 or 3 metres.
Price I was quoted was $25 per metre, in MDF, plus $280 to set up the device used to produced said skirting.
I didn't go ahead.
I've since looked at what would be required and I'm sure I could do it with a router and multiple bits. Most of the profile is stepped with a few small diameter rounded sections. Biggest problem is there is one rounded section about 70mm across with a very low profile (based on the arc, the circle would be about 250mm across) and I don;t have anything suitable to cut it.

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for your input on my project.

With regard to your project, I suggest you post a request on the metalworking forum on this site seeking someone with a lathe and milling machine to fabricate a router bit to match the 70mm curved profile you requre.

Given that the material you are milling is not particularly hard, and you only require to mill several metres, I believe a bit made out of mild steel would outlast your requirements.

Thanks for your input, and good luck with your own project.

Thanks and regards

Dan.

Have you tried Stepney's, Bones, Moyle Bendale

Hi All,

Thanks for your input.

The Skirting is atually 10&1/4 Inches High, with the profiled portion at the top being approximately 5".

Here is a photo of the board with a 12" ruler leaning against it, but I don't think the ruler increments are legible, but the profile should be easily recognised

Attachment 91651

Thanks and regards

Dan

I'm at work now and don't have the profile book with me but I'm pretty sure bones have that profile.

I will check when I get home tonight

Hi Rat52,

I had been to Stepney's without joy, but I wasn't aware that Bones carried this sort of stuff, and had never heard of Moyle Bendale.

I Look forward to your advice re Bones having a match, and will visit Moyle Bendale if they don't, otherwise, it is out with the router to the annoyance of my neighbours.

Thanks for your interest

Regards

Dan.

I just looked at the Bone timber moulding book and from your picture it appears to be Federation BC71 style, size 240 x 19

Check them out as I'm not sure when they close for xmas and worse they don't open on the weekend. They deal mostly with the trades so ring first to find their opening hrs

Hi Dan,

Looks very similar to a "Victorian" profile as made by Period Moldings, see link below.

http://periodmouldings.com.au/home.home.ews

Good luck.
Dave

Hi again Rat52 & Droog

Thankyou both for your input, It looks like you may have solved my problem,

Bones are only a cople of K's away from Where I live and Work, I will visitthem someday soon with a piece of the original skirting, and if they do not have a match, I will chase up Period Mouldings.

Thanks again for your innput.

Dan.

Late Victorian about 1870-1890
This could be the perfect excuse to buy a thicknesser that does profiles as well