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10-13-2006, 06:58 PM
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Dream Maker
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aluminum facia on an elipse
I'm doing some facia on an eliptcal main entrance. the customer wants the facia done in aluminum. any cool ideas without piecing the heck out of it. I want to do it as seemles as possible.
I tried cutting slits in the facia so i could get my L bend covering the soffit like normal. then, took some flat coil stock and traced the arch, cut it out and glued it to the sub facia. looked prety good except the framers made a crappy arch to start so you can see the irregularities of the curve. does that make sense?
any ideas?
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10-13-2006, 11:19 PM
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that is usually the way I do it when I don't want a bunch of 12" pieces wrapped around it. Also wrap round windows that way.You will find that the more often you make relief cuts in the L piece the more naturally it lays,you can even correct a little inconsistancy in the arch by slightly over bending the L and letting it hang down slightly. The over bend makes the back side contact the surface while the front side can make slight corrections more visible to the eye. Depending on the radius of the arch I usually make reliefs about every 1 1/2".I have tried other ways but this seems to look the best.
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10-14-2006, 12:58 AM
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I built this one and wrapped it in (PVC) aluminum, - - two 'face' pieces with a separate, independent (1") lip on the underside. The face pieces underlap the lip by about 1 /32" . . .
Last edited by Tom R; 12-01-2006 at 04:33 PM.
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10-14-2006, 06:54 AM
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Dream Maker
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cool, thats what i was thinking. the framers were the biggest hacks i've seen in a while. i fixed the framing at the wall so my freise would look good. i probably should tell this so called contractor i'm working for to pay me to fix his wacked out sub facia too.
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10-14-2006, 08:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom R
I built this one and wrapped it in (PVC) aluminum, - - two 'face' pieces with a separate, independent (1") lip on the underside. The face pieces underlap the lip by about 1 /32" . . .
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nice work Tom, looks good!
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10-14-2006, 09:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom R
I built this one and wrapped it in (PVC) aluminum, - - two 'face' pieces with a separate, independent (1") lip on the underside. The face pieces underlap the lip by about 1 /32" . . .
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A good carpenter would have had it down to 1/64"... 
That looks nice Tom .... I likey.
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10-14-2006, 02:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peladu
A good carpenter would have had it down to 1/64"...
That looks nice Tom .... I likey. |
Thanks, - - I think . . .
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10-14-2006, 02:42 PM
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DGR,IABD
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Originally Posted by Tom R
Thanks, - - I think . . . |
Jeeze Tom, what a bunch of crap work. If you would have used something finer than a CNC laser to cut that facia with, you could have had tolerances less than .0003". You should have used one of those new fangled turbo encabulator GPS elipe machines I invented 20 years ago. You obviously didn't give a crap what the end product looked like.
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10-14-2006, 05:03 PM
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Silly, intolerant me . . . 
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10-15-2006, 03:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom R
I built this one and wrapped it in (PVC) aluminum, - - two 'face' pieces with a separate, independent (1") lip on the underside. The face pieces underlap the lip by about 1 /32" . . .
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I think it looks outstanding Tom. 
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10-23-2006, 08:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mdshunk
Jeeze Tom, what a bunch of crap work. If you would have used something finer than a CNC laser to cut that facia with, you could have had tolerances less than .0003". You should have used one of those new fangled turbo encabulator GPS elipe machines I invented 20 years ago. You obviously didn't give a crap what the end product looked like.
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Tom's a hack!!! If we're not within .00000001, we tear the house down and rebuild it cuz all of our customers can afford that!! oh wait, I was having flashbacks of another member on this site LOL!!
That looks outstanding Tom, very nice work there.!!  Nothing like a bright bold grand entrance. 
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10-25-2006, 08:31 PM
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CRAZY4X4DAD
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looks good tom,nice trim work. 
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