Bookcase question
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Phil Pascoe
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It's not difficult to make patterns as the sides are asymmetric - just draw one side and reverse for the other. Make it as simple or as complicated as you wish (or have cutters for, assuming you're routing it).
undergroundhunter
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I don't think they have a specific name but as has been said above just make one half of the patter and then flip it on the center line. Something like the one pictured it easy to do with a coping saw, files and rasps, some of the designs on welsh dressers would take considerably more time and care.
Matt
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Phil Pascoe
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Vallance. I knew it would come to me eventually. I think that's as good as it gets.
val·ance (văl′əns, vā′ləns)
n.
1. An ornamental drapery hung across a top edge, as of a bed, table, or canopy.
2. A short drapery, decorative board, or metal strip mounted especially across the top of a window to conceal structural fixtures.
val·ance (văl′əns, vā′ləns)
n.
1. An ornamental drapery hung across a top edge, as of a bed, table, or canopy.
2. A short drapery, decorative board, or metal strip mounted especially across the top of a window to conceal structural fixtures.
Benchwayze
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Get a cheap set of 'French Curves' - (drafting templates.) These will make it easy to get the attractive sweeps you want. As already stated, make a half side template from 3mm MDF and flip it to trace the opposite side.
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BobCrozier
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Thank you gentlemen for your quick replies. Most helpful.
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Any old scribble could be better than your example! Just scribble one half on a bit of paper - fold over and copy the other.BobCrozier":2t6gdmdp said:
Better to have a look at some good examples and freehand one half, as above.
NB it's probably called an apron
http://www.welshantiques.com/oak-dresser1.htm
Phil Pascoe
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Why did I say asymmetric? No idea. 
