I needed molding for my bookcase I'm building.   The molding at the construction supply places is spendy and I'm cheap.  I went to the BORG and the bloody buggers don't have any interesting profiles  Blame the economy and you know who to blame for that.

 

Anyway I bought this kit of router profiles some years ago at a show for  maybe $30.  You know what kind of kit.  It's got a couple dozen router profiles,  carbide not terribly well made, but serviceable.  They come in a case and  that you buy it on impulse and  all the cool kids tell you afterward what  a dope you were top buy it because according to the  cool kids you'll never use 'em all.

 

I've used lots of 'em.  The cool kids are dopes.

 

Anyway here's what I've been up to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a router table somewhere  in there

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neat! How many passes/bit changes did it take to complete the profile?

55 minutes ago, lew said:

Neat! How many passes/bit changes did it take to complete the profile?

 

One.  Just one. 

 

On March 26, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Cliff said:

 

One.  Just one. 

 

Cliff, I would say you got your money's worth!

 

And you are right, the cool kids are dopes!

Huge dopes!

The best thing about homemade trim is that if (and when) your screw one up it doesn't cost a fortune to make another one.

11 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said:

The best thing about homemade trim is that if (and when) your screw one up it doesn't cost a fortune to make another one.

Excellent point Ron. And massive beautiful built up moldings are fun to make to. 

Now that is just excellent looking moulding.

 

You did big!

You know, I just remember too, after fabricating my built up moldings for a shelf I made, the attraction of home made built up moldings is that everything is cut at a normal 45 degree miter, unlike many moldings a compound angle must be achieved in order to miter the corners. I fabricated this set of built up moldings using 3 pieces of wood.