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MOLDING sa BASEBOARD MOLDING sa CHAIR RAIL sa COVE & CROWN MOLDING sa DENTIL MOLDING sa DOOR TRIM sa SCRAPER & BEADER sa SIDING & TRIM sa WINDOW TRIM x MOULDING x TRIM MOLDING x WOODWORK & TRIM Jig to aid in marking and holding short lengths of molding for hand carving. Hand carving egg and dart molding. University of Virginia alumnus illustrates the techniques necessary to pattern and carve large wooden molding. Carving repeat moldings. Hand-carving techniques for carving picture frame molding with repetitive lamb's-tongue and berry pattern. Jig for cutting a quarter-round piece out of a turned spindle. The resulting spindle is used to form a decorative guard where two interior walls meet to form a protruding corner. Period furniture moldings. Learn how to recognize and make them with this historical guide to William & Mary (1690-1720), Queen Anne (1720-1750), Chippendale (1750-1790), and Federal (1785-1820). Tip on attaching a molding across the grain of a solid-wood carcase. How cock-beading was made and applied to drawer fronts in the 18th century. Tip on using keyhole slots and screws to attach molding on cross-grain panels. Jig and technique for fabricating reeded moldings using a router. Sketches show four common types of moldings that can be added where the walls meet the ceiling. How to install moldings to give a room a finished look. Covers preparation and measuring, trimming doors and windows, and how to treat corners. Molding makeovers. Tips on applying stock moldings to plain walls and cabinets to add personality. (1) Break up a long, tall wall with both vertical and horizontal strips. (2) Flat screen molding with panels of wallpaper are applied to flat cabinet doors. (3) Windowsills and colonial casing create built-in plate racks. (4) Verticals, created with screen molding, hold prints framed in 1x3s. (5) Headboard with shelf and patterened panels. The molding maze. An introduction to the various materials and shapes available in stock moldings. The charming quirk bead. How to cut this unique rounded profile using a bull-nose router bit. Shop-milled trim. Techniques and tips for making consistent wooden molding on a router table. How to form decorative molded edges without a router by using combinations of various circular saw cuts and commercially available moldings. Architectural embellishments. Tips on selecting and installing decorative molding, pilasters, columns, etc. Decorative work with a table saw. How to make elaborate moldings, repeat patterns and textures, open grill work and a host of other shadow-catching and eye-pleasing designs. Making wide frame molding with a hand router. Includes instructions for building a wall mirror. Geometric techniques for producing curved woodwork from solid wood. A guide to moldings that can be used to add interest to a room. The geometry of miter joints for moldings of different width and for curved moldings. Safe shaping on the table saw. Safety tips, set-up instructions, and a list of required fixtures for cutting moldings on your table saw. Jig for creating flat-sided moldings with the planer. Right on the nose. Uses for bullnose trim on cabinet face frames, doors, in crown molding and woodwork. Make unique wooden moldings by combining store-bought profiles in various ways. Several ideas shown. Tip on building a removable "crown surround" to top freestanding cabinets. This will overcome seasonal expansion and contraction problems and facilitate moving the cabinet without damaging the molding. Making miniature moldings. Using small routers and jigs to shape wood moldings for miniature houses. Molding profiles. Using moldings to date early American woodwork and furniture. Some tips. A look at what's available in wood, metal and plastic moldings and tips on how to use them in finishing. How to apply carved moldings for unusual decorative effect. Four pages of photos show how moldings can be used on walls, doors, drawer fronts, shelf edges, mirror frames and tables. Photos show tips on decorating with wood and moldings. Includes information on cutting and fitting. Create elegance with moldings. How to make your own wooden molding on a table saw or radial arm saw by means of a molding head with interchangable cutters. Decorate your home with wood trim. Some tips on selecting and installing. Trimming tricks for remodelers. Make your trim work more precise and enjoyable using these tips, techniques, and ideas from a professional carpenter's notebook. Tip on getting a good color match between old and new wood molding. Finishing touches for walls. (1) How to install synthetic trim molding. (2) Complete guide to hanging borders and wallpapers. (3) Special paint finishes (glazes, sponging, etc.). Tip on removing quarter-round molding without breaking it or damaging the molding behind it. How to cut molding with a coping saw at angles other than 90 degrees. Installing wood trim. Tips and techniques to make finish woodwork look great. Technique for getting perfect coped (butted) corner joints when working with decorative molding. How to tighten loose woodwork using trim screws. Table saw molding. How to cut large size decorative moldings using a table saw without the need for special molding heads. How to form curved trim for arched windows by cutting straight trim (with correct profile) into thin strips and then laminating back together in a curved jig. Tip: Cut a three-face brick molding in one pass on a table saw by placing two different diameter saw blades on the saw at the same time. Period moldings. A primer on these touchstones of Neo-Classical architecture. Includes Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival. Tip on trimming out a window or door. Tips on making casing for a curved window. Involves using a trammel with a router, plus a good deal of hand work. Casing a door. A look at the tools and special techniques needed to do a good job of applying trim to door casings. Trimming out the main house. A look at the molding and paneling styles being used in the Victorian-style headquarters of George Lucas. Molding character. Using a Williams & Hussey molder/planer to create a formal 18th-century interior. Tip on wet sanding interior woodwork prior to repainting. How to apply wooden trim pieces to masonry walls using finish nails. The technique requires drilling holes and installing wood plugs in the wall. Simple jig for cutting moldings using a router. Molder-planers. Multi-purpose tools that plane wood, cut moldings, etc. What is available and tips on their use. Estimating and buying molding. Off-the-shelf or custom, the main considerations are quantity, quality and cost. Technique for coping the end of a piece of quarter-round molding using a Forstner bit. Making trim from MDF (medium-density fiberboard) that mills and paints well whether you're creating straight runs or curves. Laying out and making custom moldings for an arched passageway is illustrated. Making heart-pine kitchen cabinets from recycled wood. Includes tip on making a zero-clearance router fence for use when cutting moldings. How to cut Ogee wooden molding on a table saw. Tips on preventing molding separation as clocks (or furniture) expand or contract. Tips for holding molding pieces at the edge of a workbench so they can be worked with a plane. Tip: Fabricating an oval molding for a marble top coffee table using the "bricklaying" method for building a stacked segmented molding. The scribed joint. Used to mask (hide) wood movement in molded frames. How to route wide moldings on a Shopsmith set up in the drill press configuration. A shop-made jig serves as a guide that lets you go slowly enough to get a clean cut at 5500 RPM. Two jigs which, when used with a portable router, can produce both semicircular and straight molding in patterns difficult to produce with a shaper. Make matching semicircular pieces for sectional moldings by attaching the molding head cutter blade to a handle and forming the molding on wood mounted on the faceplate of a lathe. Use an auxiliary fence (equipped with an adjustable pressure shoe) and a horizontal hold-in when shaping thin stock on a table saw equipped with a molding head. How to cut elaborate curved moldings on the radial arm saw. How to cut the swan-neck or sweeping ogee moldings. Jigs to improve your radial arm saw. (1) Roller head clamp allows small incremental movement of head. (2) Planing with a saw blade stiffened by an aluminum disc. (3) Jig for making radiused molding for clock tops. How to hand-carve "gooseneck" molding, a type of cornice found on scrolled pediments in period architecture and cabinetwork. Moldings. Applying geometry with style. A look at the use of classical moldings, their geometry, manufacture, miters, etc. Carving running patterns. How to chop out picture-frame moldings by the yard using "production" hand carving techniques. Safer method for using a molding head on a table saw to shape short vertical boards. Making and modifying small cutting tools (molding cutter, router bit, or shaped lathe tool) to make those unique profile cuts. How to fabricate a veneered ogee molding with the grain of the veneer at right angles to the substrate grain. Tips on duplicating old convex moldings. Ripple molding. Reinventing a 19th-century mechanical marvel. Two articles look at the design and use of machines to cut ripple or wave patterns on molding. Stop molding for glazed crowned-frame doors is made by laminating veneer strips in a simple mold. Making custom-contoured sanding blocks to get a perfect finish on intricate moldings. Joining molding. Coping with corners and complex miters. How to convert a common fly-cutter to form interesting circular patterns (rosettes) using an interchangeable blade from a table saw molding head. Tip on bending shoe molding without cracking or breaking, and without the need for soaking, steaming, kerfing, etc. Making elliptical mirror or picture frames out of wood which require molding a profile on a curved surface. Uses techniques and fixtures developed for making arched door trim and oval window casings. Designing with moldings. Dressing up a basic case with classic profiles. How to measure and reproduce period moldings. Tips on shaping furniture cock beading after the case is glued together and the drawers are done. Molding on a radial arm saw. An auxiliary fence and table provide safety and versatility when using a molding head. How early cabinetmakers made swan-neck molding. Furniture molding that stays put. Using dovetailed keys to attach case-work furniture moldings. Cock beads dress up a drawer. A 17th-century detail that stands the test of time. How to shape and install these small molding strips to the edges of drawers. Tip on protecting surrounding area when nailing and concealing the nail holes of prefinished molding. How to paint woodwork. Tip: Make glue channels in the backside of molding to prevent squeeze-out when solid wood molding is glued and nailed to a flat wood surface. Stripping interior woodwork. A guide to the safest, most effective methods. Replicating moldings in older homes. Tips on making a pattern and cutting with a router or combination plane. A return to moldings. Advice on selecting and installing interior trim. Samplers describe appropriate installations for classical, country and contemporary home styles. How to select and install metal moldings. Makeovers with moldings. Use stock moldings or make your own for elegant decorative trims on walls, ceilings, etc. Tip: Eliminate unsightly caulking seams around doors and windows by covering them with molding. How to measure molding and miter, cope or splice it. Four pages of tips on how to add decorative touches using molding. How to add decorative moldings to walls, doors, etc. to make a room appear more elegant. How to cut molding to get corner fits. The Belsaw planer-molder-saw and how it works. How to work with standard and special molding heads that turn your table saw into a special wood shaping machine. How to apply moldings to walls, around windows, and between wall and ceiling to create the "colonial" look which combines wallpaper and wainscoting. Evaluation and tips on using the Belsaw Model 684 Jointer, Planer, Molder 3-in-1 shop tool. Using Manila hemp (rope) instead of wooden molding to conceal the corners between walls and ceilings, etc. All about moldings. How to cut moldings. How to decorate with moldings. A chart of the various shapes. Five low-cost decorating ideas. (1) Create a paneled look with molding. (2) Make wood look like marble. (3) Build an eye-catching cornice treatment. (4) Build homemade panel doors for your cabinets. The removable panels can be wallpapered, wrapped, or painted to match room decor. (5) Add mirrors to stair risers to create the illusion of no risers at all. This trick visually enlarges small foyers. How to add a decorative touch to plain walls with molding strips at ceiling and chair-rail heights. Wallpaper above and below the chair rail is different, but harmonious, patterns. Wood moldings in early American detail. Part 1. Wall treatments with wood moldings. Wood moldings in early American detail. Part 2. Doors, mantels, furniture, etc. Refinishing paint-stripped woodwork. Woodwork refinishing clinic. Hints on stripping and refinishing. Making wood moldings the old way using molding planes. Remedies for "dark, ugly" woodwork. How to clean and revive woodwork and paneling made of walnut, mahogany and oak with less effort than stripping and refinishing. Adding storage to the old house. Part 2. Dramatic effects that can be achieved with stock moldings. Tip shows how to make a series of cuts in molding so it can be curved. Tip: How to rejuvenate woodwork and furniture with a good washing, linseed oil/turpentine, and paste wax. Refinishing clinic. Using logic and good preparation when refinishing woodwork. Decorative plaster. Part 1. Running plaster moldings. Bench work from mixing to mounting. Selecting a clear finish for paint-stripped woodwork. How to remove interior woodwork without destroying it. Includes tips for removal and identification of each piece, reinstalling trim and using new molding. Describes two techniques for making coped joints. Tip: Patch plaster ceiling moldings with drywall joint compound. The hand-rubbed finish. How to create a silky smooth finish on interior woodwork and furniture. Woodwork repairs. How to remedy all the problems revealed when woodwork is stripped to prepare it for a clear finish. (1). Open joints. (2) Cracks and checks. (3) Warpage. (4) Damaged veneer. (5) Mismatched or missing pieces. (6) Scratches, gouges and dents. (7) Stains and discolorations. Duplicating short molding sections using ad-hoc carpentry techniques. Includes a directory of sources for period molding patterns. Restoring and caring for composition ornament (compo), a mass-produced casting that simulates decorative woodcarving or marble. Caring for carvings. How to carve small replacement pieces and apply them to original, ornamental woodcarving in an old home's woodwork. Molding your own. How to make knives for running (cutting) moldings on a table saw or radial arm saw when creating reproductions of historic millwork. Tip describes making and using a reveal gauge when installing moldings. Ghost story. Re-creating lost parlor trim in a Greek Revival mansion. How to use the incidental outline left by an architectural feature. A three-step guide to reproducing the capitals on top of pilasters. Bolection (deep-relief molding) perfection. How to make custom millwork on a table saw. Matching woodwork in an old house. How to age the appearance of new wood, add fool-the-eye grain patterns, choose a stain, etc. How to shape your own moldings with a portable drill and bench using rotary wood rasps. How to work magic with moldings. A look at ways to use moldings on walls and doors to achieve interesting decorating effects. Includes instructions on how to miter and cope moldings, how to make right angle cuts and how to do blind nailing. Wooden storage rack for molding-head cutter blades. Create an unusual room with strips of wood (lattice). Contrasting color lattice is attached to walls and ceilings, in various patterns, to decorate a room. Matching coffee table is made from plywood and lattice. How to make your own large-size concave molding using a saw, a small shaper, and a belt sander. More about finish carpentry looks at installing door trim, window trim, outside corners, etc. How to closely duplicate period moldings using stock lumber. Coping saw technique for joining decorative moldings at corners without mitering. Create a room in the Shaker tradition. From cabinet to moldings, how to reproduce the functional simplicity of a Shaker room. The cabinet measures 74" tall, 18" deep, 29" wide. Cutterhead closeup. How to mill your own moldings using a molding cutterhead on a table saw or radial arm saw. How to install trimwork (molding) around doors, windows, floors, etc. Tip on repairing decorative carved picture frames (or moldings) by casting replacement pieces using a modeling material that can be baked hard in a kitchen oven. Tips on installing moldings, door casting trim and baseboards. Simple jig to cut half-round moldings from dowels on a table saw. Special section illustrates full-size profiles of wood moldings. How to use plastic woodlike moldings and carvings to transform doors and furniture. Sand moldings the easy way. Shape a Polybond wheel to the profile of the molding being sanded using the method shown. Especially suited for jobs requiring a lot of this kind of sanding. How to enlived drab walls with wood moldings. Make eye-catching wall graphics and room dividers from stock moldings. Tip on making a reverse molding sanding block for sanding the profile of molding. Collecting and using antique hollow planes and round planes to cut moldings. A collection of shop built jigs and accessories for combination planer/molder machines. Turn scraps of molding into bracket feet, trivets, drawer pulls, box corners, and other decorative elements. The molding cutterhead. Advice on using molding knives on a table saw or radial arm saw. How to remove wood molding without damaging it. Some tips. Architectural model moldings. How to fabricate intricate molding for a model Georgian house on the scale of 1"=1 ft. Includes an easy-to-assemble shaper table for use with a Dremel tool, fabricating one-bladed miniature shaper heads that are chucked in a drill press, and cutting rope moldings using a lathe. How to fit and attach moldings. Built-up moldings. All it takes to create detailed molding is a router, three bits, and this simple technique. Tip on cutting and using a "glue moat" to trap excess glue and prevent squeeze-out, especially when making built-up moldings. Molding makeover. Molding adds character and flair to any room. Here are the 8 major types and where to use them. Four pages of photos show how to bring rooms and furniture alive with molding. Make 'em yourself moldings. Multiple-pass router techniques for making custom moldings for a fraction of the cost of milled ones. Six patterns include: (1) Table edging, (2) base molding, (3) picture frame, (4) continuous drawer pull, (5) picture rail and (6) chair rail. Tip on turning perfectly-matched radiuses (corners) for use with stock moldings. Cabinet cleanup tricks. (1) How to make a molding flush with a surface. (2) Sanding molding profiles. (3) Correct a mismatched miter. A look at multipurpose planer/molders and tests of 7 models. Advice on fastening trim moldings all around the outside of a solid-wood chest so that expansion and contraction can be accommodated. A tip for safely routing narrow moldings. Hardboard spacer strips keep decorative moldings in proper alignment during installation. V-grooves in back of trim molding control glue squeeze-out. A technique and jig for holding long boards securely so the front face can be routed to produce molding. Distinctive interior trim. How to decorate your walls with moldings. Design ideas include country, colonial, arts-and-crafts, and 19th-century. Includes information on choosing, cutting, fitting, and installing decorative molding. Tip on attaching prefinished molding and filling the countersunk nail hole without getting any filler on the surrounding wood. Hand carving a length of "guilloche" molding will teach you how wood responds when cut with, against, across, and along the grain. Molding matters. Part 1. Production hand carving of molding with a waterleaf pattern. Molding matters. Part 2. Production hand carving of molding with an egg and dart pattern. Molding matters. Part 3. Production hand carving of molding with an acanthus leaf pattern. Tip: Table saw jig for cutting a single bead on the outside edge of a square table leg using a molding head. Joinery and molding tips. Cutting quarter-round stops. Stopped molding cuts. Routing rabbets. Compound miters. Tip: How to "square-off" inside corners left when cutting decorative profile moldings using a router. Tip on clamping Roman ogee molding while glue dries. Arched molding. Using jigs and a router to machine a one-piece curved molding for the top of a decorative armoire. Use flexible plastic tubing as a sanding block when sanding the narrow coves in molding. Tip on using the blade from a molding head as a scraper to clean up rough spots in the work piece. Making quarter-round molding in small sizes using a router table and table saw. Three tips for cutting and fitting of small mitered molding strips (such as those used to hold panels in a raised-panel entry door). Advice on matching grain when laminating two pieces of wood for wide moldings. Making your own wooden picture frame moldings using a router table. Moldings include (1) accent strip, (2) wide accent strip, (3) single bead profile, (4) double bead profile, (5) veneered, and (6) two-piece veneered. Carving on turning. Part 10. Turning a patera (a circular ornament found on the ends of a frieze or decorating the tops of pilasters in fireplace surrounds) and carving its high-relief design. Running carving. A repeatable pattern makes it easy and efficient. Tools and techniques for carving the decorative edges or moldings found on picture frames, around tabletops, etc. Tip on using sharp, embedded nail points to keep small moldings from slipping out of position during the gluing and clamping process. Diagram for a sticking board which holds strips of wood being shaped with an "English" type molding plane. Using a router to cut moldings, stair tread housings, louvered ventilating frame, and stopped rebates. Includes a jig for cutting decorative panels. Wooden molding planes. How they work, typical shapes, and tips on their use. Making moldings (moldings) from scrap wood using molding planes. Some tips. Planes for re-molding. How to rejuvenate old molding planes. Tips on the proper way to go about nulling or gadrooning edges of table tops. Easy-to-make gadget for marking out the pattern to be cut when joining molded sash frames. Tips on cutting compound miters when fitting dado rails around a stairway. Where scribe and miter meet. Solutions to the eternal problem of joining moldings at mitered corners. Simple template used to mark cutting lines on all sides of ready-molded sash glazing bars or other pre-shaped moldings. Simple jig for cutting large hollow molding (cavetto) on a table saw. Turning circular moldings on a lathe. Part 1. Uses of circular moldings, laminating the turning discs, the backing disc, and turning tools. Turning circular moldings on a lathe. Part 2. Turning of an inlay molding and its corresponding bolection for a Victorian door. Making specialty moldings with the table saw and scratch beader. Shaping on a table saw. Using molding cutter heads along with simple jigs and fences. Shop test of the Jet JPM-13 planer/molder. Caulking your bathroom and the use of caulking for moldings. How to strip paint or varnish from woodwork. How to turn a table saw into a molding machine for shaping moldings. How to set up molding head on a table saw. Removing paint from household woodwork using paint remover and steel wool. Refinishing with a stain will change appearance of a room. Photos and tips show how to remodel a room by adding touches of molding. Versatile molding head makes saw a shaper. How to cut moldings on a radial arm saw. Includes several jigs you can build to make the job easier. Tips on using the Wagner Safe-T-Planer to make molding for picture frames, serving trays, etc. Also use to plane lumber, cut rabbets and tenons, shape raised panels for doors, and make fancy rosettes. Tips on finishing a room addition. How to install door jambs, doors, and moldings. Use-test of the Belsaw jointer-planer-molder. Two storage cabinets for the molding knives, gibs and counterweights for the Belsaw jointer-planer-molder. May be adapted to other cutting heads. How to install extruded styrene plastic ceiling moldings. Use-test of the Woodmaster jointer-planer-molder. How to make a guide board for molding and a planer chip receptical, accessories which will also work with the Belsaw unit. Custom made storage case for Woodmaster molding heads. Magic of wood molding makes a plain room "pretty". Moldings. Part 1. Moldings enrich a stark room. How to fabricate and install an early-American cornice, a simple wall-ceiling trim molding, and other moldings. Moldings. Part 2. Common molding shapes (profiles), their names and typical uses. Tip on how to nail molding to a wall without damaging the wall or splitting the molding. Shop made molding. Tips on the options that can be created with a set of router bits. Jig for ripping dowels into half-round molding using a band saw. | |||||||||
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