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Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
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02-25-2009, 10:22 PM
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Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
These were taken from 2000 to 2002 when I was still ran trim everyday.
An oak one copied from a picture the builder had. It was suppose to be from some place in Boston from the late 1800s. There was a mirror that was going to be put in the center. Fluting the curved corbels was a bitch. |
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02-25-2009, 10:25 PM
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Not real happy with this one,......too top heavy. This was from a builders personal house. He was a F'ing crook. He burned a friend of mine for 90 grand!
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02-25-2009, 10:27 PM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
Nice job
 Did you do the built-ins too?
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02-25-2009, 10:28 PM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
I tried a different way to make legs on this one ,got tired of straight and square.I cocked them out at 30 degrees. (Picts kinda suck but....)
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02-25-2009, 10:29 PM
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Yep sure did. They were nothing to write home about though. |
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02-25-2009, 10:36 PM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
Another one I wasnt too sure about, but I had limited space between the doors. The routed 1x corbels on this one were too either wide across or the 1x was too thin. Something about it I didnt like.
I did want to use the angled face with the 30 degree legs at one time but never got around to it. |
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02-25-2009, 10:51 PM
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Better camera!
This one was part of a kitchen remod I did last year. It was the designers,...design? All maple with hard maple corbels. |
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02-25-2009, 10:52 PM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
Those are some nice pcs. Out of the ones you showed I liked the 1st. I got a few of them myself.
       
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02-25-2009, 11:06 PM
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Thats the one thing I miss about trim, the detailed things you can do to an otherwise ordinary window or door.. or fire box.BTW,Did you make this profile?
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02-25-2009, 11:13 PM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
Beautiful trim.
Nice work fella's. |
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02-26-2009, 08:55 AM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
that's the key in that surround. Yes, I made it. Mostly router work. Some bandsaw and spindle sanding. The bottom returns to the marble. Made the parts seperately and then glued them together. I thought it looked cool.
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02-26-2009, 04:35 PM
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And yeah, its pretty cool. |
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02-26-2009, 05:40 PM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
A couple of boring ones...
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02-26-2009, 08:39 PM
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Re: Some Picts Of Mantels From Days Gone By
Wow some nice work! How come I only get the simple ones...LOL
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