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   VomSorb | Mar 19, 2005 02:07am | #1

   Prepare a curved blank and start carving.

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   rrww | Mar 19, 2005 05:03am | #2

   I have done this by using 1/8" strips, each cut to the profile needed and then laminating them togeather using a form made out of stacked plywood laminations in the correct shape.  Pertty complicated.  I recently used this method to make the equivelent of a crown moulding but used as the to of a king sized bed headboard.

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   Floss | Mar 19, 2005 06:23am | #3

   I think it is issue #166 where Phil Lowe explains using a router and several different bits to cut the profile in a swan neck pediment moulding after he cut the desired shape in solid stock.

   How big is the moulding? What type of curve?

   J.P.

   http://www.jpkfinefurniture.com
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   KeithNewton | Mar 19, 2005 04:29pm | #4

   Without knowing precisely what you are wanting, I will take a guess that you are wanting something that is more sculpted than linear molding.

   Start with thicker material, then band-saw the blank to shape, then using a right-angle grinder with a chain-saw tooth blade, do the rough bulk removal. Replace this with the coarsest grit disk, which will help you fair the contours, follow this with a finer disk, follow this with progressively finer grits on a random-orbit sander.

   Go for it man. It is easier than you think.