"Doug Miller" wrote in message

Tracing of profile:
http://www.milmac.com/images/Moulding.jpg

I need about thirteen feet of this, but I don't know what it is. The best
the guys at our local *real* lumberyard (i.e. not a big box retailer) can
do is a brick mould that is the right width, but noticeably thinner with
a diferent profile -- close enough that with the original moulding on one
end of the house, and that stuff on the other end, nobody will ever
notice, but definitely not anywhere nearly close enough to mix on the
*same* gable end.

Thus the only alternative so far, if I can't find anything to match this,
is to replace *all* the moulding on that gable end, about 34 feet of it,
with the brick mould from the local yard. At six bucks a foot.

I'm not liking that idea too much, and I'd welcome better ones.

I have a shaper, and a 2.5HP table-mounted router, so am not opposed to
making it myself
if I can find an appropriate cutter. I think I can mill my own from
poplar, soft maple, or something similar for around two dollars a foot --
which would make me more comfortable
with replacing all 34 feet.

Anybody know what this moulding profile is called? Or where I can get it?
Or where I can find
a shaper cutter or router bit that will make a similar profile?

The profile ofthe colonial molding here is close, no idea about the
dimensons...
http://www.koskowoodproducts.com/profiles.asp

I doubt you'll find cutters or a bit for it but one should be able to get
very close with standard router bits. I could do it with a saw and multiple
passes with bits I already have...2 sizes of 1/4 round, a point cutting
round over and a largish core box bit. Cost maybe $0.40 per foot using
white wood 2x4s, around $2.00/ft with poplar.

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dadiOH
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