Distinterior
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I'm on a job at the moment where I need to make a length of curved skirting board. The radius of the curve is about 1200mm and its finished length will be about 1400mm.
I have removed quite a few lengths of original timber from the kitchen as there was a walk in pantry originally and the house was built about 1900. The timber is only softwood, as are the original skirting boards but it is nice quality wood and I would really like to utilise it if possible. It is likely to be very dry as it's been in situ for nearly 120 years.....
The finished size of the skirting needs to be about 85mm high x 22mm thick with a slight aris around to match up with the original shape.
My question is, what thickness should i cut the thin strips to if I laminate a load of strips together in a former? I have a bandsaw, planer thicknesser and all the necessary tools etc. The skirting is going to be stained and finished along with the newly sanded and finished original softwood wooden floorboards. ( not by me but a specialist timber floor refurbishment company)
Is there a rule of thumb for the thickness of the strips in relation to their height and the overall thickness of the curved skirting and the radius....?
Thanks, Tim.
Edit. And I assume normal PVA glue will suffice to glue the thin strips together...?
I have removed quite a few lengths of original timber from the kitchen as there was a walk in pantry originally and the house was built about 1900. The timber is only softwood, as are the original skirting boards but it is nice quality wood and I would really like to utilise it if possible. It is likely to be very dry as it's been in situ for nearly 120 years.....
The finished size of the skirting needs to be about 85mm high x 22mm thick with a slight aris around to match up with the original shape.
My question is, what thickness should i cut the thin strips to if I laminate a load of strips together in a former? I have a bandsaw, planer thicknesser and all the necessary tools etc. The skirting is going to be stained and finished along with the newly sanded and finished original softwood wooden floorboards. ( not by me but a specialist timber floor refurbishment company)
Is there a rule of thumb for the thickness of the strips in relation to their height and the overall thickness of the curved skirting and the radius....?
Thanks, Tim.
Edit. And I assume normal PVA glue will suffice to glue the thin strips together...?