Some picts of mantels from days gone by - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

OW! My thumb · 02-25-2009, 10:22 PM

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.

OW! My thumb · 02-25-2009, 10:25 PM

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!

**loneframer** · 02-25-2009, 10:27 PM

Nice job

Did you do the built-ins too?

OW! My thumb · 02-25-2009, 10:28 PM

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....)

OW! My thumb · 02-25-2009, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by loneframer

Nice job

Did you do the built-ins too?

Thanks man.
Yep sure did. They were nothing to write home about though.

OW! My thumb · 02-25-2009, 10:36 PM

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.

OW! My thumb · 02-25-2009, 10:51 PM

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.

**Leo G** · 02-25-2009, 10:52 PM

Those are some nice pcs. Out of the ones you showed I liked the 1st. I got a few of them myself.

OW! My thumb · 02-25-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo G

Those are some nice pcs. Out of the ones you showed I liked the 1st. I got a few of them myself.

Very cool stuff!!

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?

Magnettica · 02-25-2009, 11:13 PM

Beautiful trim.

Nice work fella's.

**Leo G** · 02-26-2009, 08:55 AM

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.

OW! My thumb · 02-26-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo G

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.

Awesome!!!

And yeah, its pretty cool.

OW! My thumb · 02-26-2009, 05:40 PM

A couple of boring ones...

Snobnd · 02-26-2009, 08:39 PM

Wow some nice work! How come I only get the simple ones...LOL