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03/31/2019
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COLUMN (ARCHITECTURAL) x PORCH COLUMN xx HOUSE xx POST (SUPPORT) Tip on gluing up many-sided frames or columns without having to make fine adjustments at each angle. Architectural embellishments. Tips on selecting and installing decorative molding, pilasters, columns, etc. Tip on preventing exterior wooden porch posts from rotting where they rest on concrete. How to repair wood columns. How to save existing architectural columns using the methods described here. Installing decorative indoor columns. How to remove a wall between two small rooms and replace it with a false header, pedastals and columns to make one large room. Classical style in a porch addition. Tips from a restoration expert on deck construction, column building and weatherproof design. Jig for cutting large flutes in a Corinthian column. Included in an article on restoring the east portico of Montgomery Place (Barrytown, NY). Making classically detailed, load-bearing, fluted columns. This interior column combines a 24-flute Ionic shaft with an Attic base, plain necking and a Roman Doric capital. Constructed using a lathe and a router. Tip: How to make fluted half-columns that are longer than the capacity of your lathe. Coopered columns. How to join and turn large staved constructions, such as porch columns, using ordinary small-shop machinery and tools. How to fabricate hollow, reinforced wooden columns which are then covered with plywood and veneer. Improved technique for making a staved cylinder involves cutting the miter joint using a dado blade. Router-cut columns. With two simple jigs, you can make large, hollow, wood cylinders without a lathe. How to glue up the octagonal blank and round it using a router. Making both cylindrical and tapered columns shown. Tip on using pieces of solid-surfacing countertop material to keep a wooden porch column from rotting at the base. Tips on installing replacement fluted, extruded aluminum porch columns. Preserving wooden columns. Exterior wood columns. Practical repairs for do-it-yourselfers. Shopping for architectural columns. What is available and how to make the measurements and drawings needed to get exact replacements. Installing architectural columns. Pillar talk. Restoring columns. How to remove, repair, and/or repaint large, hollow wooden columns. Tip on using exterior caulk to restore decorative details on the plaster capital of a porch column. How to cast replacement porch column capitals in fiberglass. Steps for fabricating wood column bases. How to overcome splits in wood bases with construction and materials that give long life and low maintenance. Wheels of fortune. A technique for turning large column bases without a lathe. How to fabricate your own hollow, square wooden porch columns to replace those that have rotted. Guide to sizing up staves and segments. Understanding the mathematics involved when fabricating staved cylinders or segmented rings. Architectural art. Introduce a classic look by constructing an archway flanked with wooden columns. Bird's-mouth router bits. Using these unique bits to make the strong edge joints found in hollow wooden cones, columns, or cylinders. Curved woodwork. Part 1. Tips on both fabricating and working with curved surfaces. Looks at circular columns, curved paneling, and the edges of curved table tops. Curved woodwork. Part 2. A twisted tale. Using a router and jig to fabricate 6-ft. twisted (spiral) columns for a four-poster bed. | |||||||||
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