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How to match this moulding? aaronfude 07-24-2006
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Posted by Al Bundy on July 26, 2006, 9:38 pm
@tornado.texas.rr.com:

>
>> aaronfude@gmail.com wrote in news:1153793193.035264.276830
>> @m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The previous owner cut part of the crown moulding so he could fit
>>> built
>>> in closets. Now the closets are gone (good riddance) and I would like
>>> to repair the moulding. Also, I'm adding an internal door that I
>>> would
>>> like to have the same moulding. The following is not a good picture,
>>> but you can tell the shape:
>
>
> Duplicate it as close as you can. The cove part is easy enough.
> Match the ogee with a router bit profile that gets close. Replace the
> entire closet's worth.
> I've been replicating interior door and window casing treatments in
> a 1923 Montrose house here in Houston. It turned out to be a two-part
> deal, one for the cove and one for the ogee.
>


> 1923 Montrose house

There's a good reason to put the time and effort into it.

Posted by on July 26, 2006, 9:04 am
Go and visit you local tech school with a sample piece and ask them if
they could make you the footage you need. You may end up buying them a
tool or two in barter and furnishing your own lumber but a lot of times
it works out well.
All the ones I have seen are always strapped for supplies.
aaronfude@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The previous owner cut part of the crown moulding so he could fit built
> in closets. Now the closets are gone (good riddance) and I would like
> to repair the moulding. Also, I'm adding an internal door that I would
> like to have the same moulding. The following is not a good picture,
> but you can tell the shape:
>
> http://i.math.drexel.edu/~pg/moulding.jpg
>
> What is my best strategy for finding moulding like that? I have visited
> every single lumber yard and every mill shop in the 10 mile radius (I'm
> in Philly) with now luck. One mill shop said they would do it for $200
> + $40/lf. Obviously, this is unaffordable.
>
> Thank you in advance for your suggestions!
>
> Aaron Fude


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