I am a builder/ remodeler in southern illinois. recently i have had quite a few jobs restoring/ remodeling several homes built in the 1800’s. I would like to be able to make the mouldings i find in these homes so i can replace missing or damaged mouldings, or trim new additions in the same style. i have a dewalt 13″ planer, a ridgid portable table saw, a portable shaper, and a router. what blades/ knifes/ books/ catalogues are avalible to help me replicate the widest variety of mouldings with the least number of extra tools? ( i try to ‘site build’ everything i do)
agordon
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I think taunton has a book on historic moldings. They wont tell you how to make them but they will show you them and describe them to ya. You can always get custom bits, molding head blades made to help you recreate the profiles.
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I know its another tool, but Jet still makes a molding planer. You may be able to find an older one on ebay or your local used items booklets. Im sure if you do do a lot of this work it would quickly pay for itself.
What Zendo said, also Grizzley makes one that's about $100 cheaper. I got that one. Works great but it's heavy as h_ll.
Dan
I'd second a molder. With custom knives you can do just about any profile. The Williams and Hussey molder seems pretty popular among restoration people I've seen. http://williamsnhussey.com/index.html If you want more feed back on the W&H molder, try posting on breaktime- there are several owners who post there. Not inexpensive but long term I'd think you'd save time and money. As for books, check out Dover Publications. They offer many reprints of old books such as "Old House Measured and Scaled Detail Drawings For Builders and Carpenters" by W.A. Radford originally published in 1911. There are many others. http://store.doverpublications.com/
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