Curved moldings

[Leo G]

Here are the moldings from the bonehead thread I was working on today. The bottom molding (in the stack) is done with a router. The top is done on the W&H molder. This is the swoop section on a staircase but not in the typical position. It is to make for a less awkward transition between the landings.

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[Leo G]

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The fence setup for the W&H
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[ChrWright]

Nice and clean.

You doing the install?

[Leo G]

Yep, I'm doing the install. Might have my buddy help me. I have some MDF beaded wainscot to install too. Here is the arrangement

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[Absolute Basements]

Very nice work, Leo.
I LOVE my W&H Molder.
Does everyone who hasn't heard it before take a couple steps back when you first turn yours on?
I love watching peoples expressions when I fire it up with a set of big knives installed.

[Leo G]

What is the biggest cutter you have for yours?

[Absolute Basements]

5 1/4" base and 5 1/4" crown knives, but one I have for a 3 1/4" bar rail hogs a ton of material and makes wicked noise.

[Bodger]

Nice work. Gotta have the right gear.

[Leo G]

I have a couple of different 5+" crowns and a baseboard cutter that is 6 3/8" tall, uses 5/4 stock and brings down the wood at the thinnest point to 3/8". The machine can barely handle it. Two passes using the electronic speed control set at 2' per minute. And I can only do 4 16'ers before I feel the motor gets too hot to do more. I run the motor for 1/2 hour before running more.

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[Absolute Basements]

WAY cool profile.
My dinosaur has no speed control or multi pass.
Some day.....

[ChrWright]

Love that base profile. Very cool. Have you run any of that in stain grade hardwood?

[Leo G]

WAY cool profile.
My dinosaur has no speed control or multi pass.
Some day.....

The speed control is a must have. I mean MUST.

The 500 clams you put out is the only hard part. The rest makes it easy. The W&H is setup at 17 FPM through the transmission. This is generally to fast to do any moldings over 3-4" in one pass. Plus, try to do moldings out of Hard Maple at that speed. With the speed control I usually run my moldings at 5-7 FPM. It is slower to make the moldings, but the time savings come when you go to sand the moldings. It is a breeze, 150 grit and a few minutes and the job is done. I sand all of my moldings, no mill marks allowed.

I have made a little setup to reduce chatter that occurs when using larger cutters. It works so well that I use it on smaller moldings too. I can show it to you if you'd like.

[Leo G]

Love that base profile. Very cool. Have you run any of that in stain grade hardwood?

I have only run it in Poplar. Another use for it is as a mantle profile. One molding wrapped under the mantle and you are done. I haven't done it yet, but it does look like it would look real nice.

I made this profile quite a long time ago, probably 12 years. Originally it was made from three pcs from different moldings. You can see the separate moldings in this picture. I made this and glued it together for this one room. When he said he wanted it in his whole house I just cringed. Then I said I would just make a cutter for it. To really use this cutter I need to replace the 2HP motor with a larger one, 3HP might do it, but 5HP would be the ticket.

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[SLS-Construction]

Nice work like always Leo :2thumbsup:

[neolitic]

I have only run it in Poplar. Another use for it is as a mantle profile. One molding wrapped under the mantle and you are done. I haven't done it yet, but it does look like it would look real nice.
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Looks perfect.....

[Leo G]

Now that's funny. I just closed that picture out in my editor. I had flipped it over just like you have here. :laugh4:

[neolitic]

Now that's funny. I just closed that picture out in my editor. I had flipped it over jsut like you have here. :laugh4:

I thought it was perfect,
pilaster, brick,...

[Winchester]

Nice ceiling

[Absolute Basements]

The speed control is a must have. I mean MUST.

The 500 clams you put out is the only hard part. The rest makes it easy. The W&H is setup at 17 FPM through the transmission. This is generally to fast to do any moldings over 3-4" in one pass. Plus, try to do moldings out of Hard Maple at that speed. With the speed control I usually run my moldings at 5-7 FPM. It is slower to make the moldings, but the time savings come when you go to sand the moldings. It is a breeze, 150 grit and a few minutes and the job is done. I sand all of my moldings, no mill marks allowed.

I have made a little setup to reduce chatter that occurs when using larger cutters. It works so well that I use it on smaller moldings too. I can show it to you if you'd like.

I'd like to see the chatter reducer setup. The speed control is on my list. Just bought a 14x7 enclosed trailer, so it got a little lower on the list.:mad: But the trailer is nice.:)

[Leo G]

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[Absolute Basements]

Great idea. I'll print that out so I can use it when I get the variable speed control.
Thanks!!