Round corners - Woodworking Talk

Leakygoose · 02-15-2009, 01:06 PM

I'm the new guy here today ,sent by Leo ,and I have a question for the brain trust here .

I'm a trim carpenter by trade and it seems that lately,and maybe it's because the the freaking economy is so bad around here that all I have been doing is built-in's ,i don't have a problem with that at all,good money and more of a challenge ,keeps me thinking .

The newest one on my plate is more of a armoire type cabinet that will be more like a kitchenette . It will have a small fridg. ,microwave and sink.
My question ; This picture of the thing the lady has for me to go off of has round corners /crown and rounded base . My thought was to miter the crown many times ,like 11 1/4 ,11 1/4 and so on then carve /sand to become rounded,same method for the base .

I'll see if I can get a pic on here to show what I'm talking about .
Any impute would be appreciated ,thanks Mike

Rob · 02-15-2009, 01:09 PM

Painted or stained? Just thinking if it gets painted, the flexible molding might be the ticket.

BHOFM · 02-15-2009, 01:11 PM

Welcome and we need pictures, we ain't real smart.

We get most of our news from the funnies.

12penny · 02-15-2009, 04:10 PM

dude....gotta have pics.

Leakygoose · 02-15-2009, 09:54 PM

Damn it ,I scanned a pic this lady gave to my documents,my pictures and thought it was cool and went to photo bucket ,hit browse and it won't come up in my pictures ?? I'll try something and get it here to look at .

Leakygoose · 02-15-2009, 10:05 PM

I think i got it ;

Leakygoose · 02-15-2009, 10:08 PM

Check out the cabinet not the girl . Those corners af the crown and base are what i'm after . I will be using a different crown .

BHOFM · 02-15-2009, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leakygoose

Check out the cabinet not the girl . Those corners af the crown and base are what i'm after . I will be using a different crown .

Band saw and drum sander. Or I would just start with
a 45`.

Draw the radius on the top edge and go for it.

**Leo G** · 02-15-2009, 10:25 PM

You can approach it a few different ways. The correct way to have it done is to have your corners turned on a lathe. Bring the crown and base to your turner and tell them you need those pcs of molding copied and done in whatever diameter is require of the pc. Have him do a glue up with paper as a cross section of four. After they are done being turned you just whack them with a chisel and hammer to end up with 4 corners. Depending on your design you may need to band saw an inside diameter.

The second way is to make the moldings out of stacks of smaller molding done with a router or shaper. Make the blanks the proper radius and while using a template you can router/shape them. After each piece is done they get stacked on top of each other to produce a molding that is the same as the straight sections.

The 3rd option is what you had said. This is a lot of work and if not properly glued might show the glue lines down the road. Not recommended for stained pcs.

Good luck.

Leakygoose · 02-15-2009, 10:57 PM

See ,it's easy just to ask some times . I will go with the lathe / band saw ,very simple and tools at hand .

Boy ,what was i thinking ,to much on my table right now i guess .

Thanks Leo

**Leo G** · 02-15-2009, 11:03 PM

Sometimes you over think something and get fixated on a method. Happens to me, heppens to the best. I have another woodworker close by and we talk out differedt ideas and procedures. Sometimes we agree, and sometimes not. Depends on the equipment you have/use.