-MIKE- wrote:

On 3/20/10 2:27 PM, Evodawg wrote:
Just got around to taking pictures of a customers job I finished a month
ago. You guys helped me on some staining questions of the mantel and I
said I would post pictures of it when completed. The link below will get
you to a few pictures of the project including the mantel.
Comments and questions welcome.
Rich

http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/l...awg/TV%20Wall/

Now that I'm over my jealousy, a few questions...
- What techniques did you use to make the crown/cove, or was it bought?
I love how sharp it gets.

Crown was bought, trim piece at top was rounded over and top 3/4 was set
inside the trim.

- How did you decide on the angle of the two inner stiles on the upper
panels. They are attractive... I'm just curious if it was completely
improvised or was there a method to the madness.

At first I was going to use straight vertical pieces but for grins I turned
them a bit and liked the look.

- In the arched rail, I can't tell if those perpendicular lines are
grain or inflections. Is the rail veneer, cut from a really wide board,
or (gasp!) steam bent?

Cut from a wide board. Think I made at least 10 drawings then a cardboard
template, finally permanent template. I had to make 2 final pieces. The back
one is 2 pieces glued together. I took my time looking for the front piece.
The Hardwood supplier got ****ed because I made a mess of his stack. If you
look close it has lots of tiger stripes in it. I told the customer to get a
brass gas valve cover plate but never has. I think the chrome one looks
ghetto.

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