Weather seal

[Stormer1940]

Hi

Is it possible to put weather seal in a curved headed door frame? The door frame is yet to be made but just wondering what the best seal is if there is one of course.

 

[katellwood]

Aquamac 21 should be easy to fit as it wipes the door as it closes. machining the groove could be done on a spindle or with a router as the flat face of the doorframe will be used as a reference face

63 will be much harder to fit as its designed for the back of the rebate with the reference face for machining will be the curved part of the head

if this does not compute let me know and I will produce a sketchup

 

[Stormer1940]

Aquamac 21 should be easy to fit as it wipes the door as it closes. machining the groove could be done on a spindle or with a router as the flat face of the doorframe will be used as a reference face

63 will be much harder to fit as its designed for the back of the rebate with the reference face for machining will be the curved part of the head

if this does not compute let me know and I will produce a sketchup

Hi cheers for the reply.

I have a spindle moulder, a aquamac 21 cutter disc and ring fence. I haven't had much call for curved work but there was obviously a time that it would be asked for.

I take you just set the ring fence up with the cutter disc to the required depth? Will the aquamac bend stretch around the curve ok?

 

[tomatwark]

When I used to make doors I used a router cutter for curved heads as it was a lot quicker to set up than getting the ring fence and the Aquamac disk set up right, you have to remember to leave a lead in piece and a lead out piece on the length if you are going to use a spindle.


A router cutter is about £40 from Axminster, and if you are going to be doing a lot of curved heads will pay for itself in no time.

I always ran straight runs on the spindle though.

Tom

 

[Stormer1940]

When I used to make doors I used a router cutter for curved heads as it was a lot quicker to set up than getting the ring fence and the Aquamac disk set up right, you have to remember to leave a lead in piece and a lead out piece on the length if you are going to use a spindle.


A router cutter is about £40 from Axminster, and if you are going to be doing a lot of curved heads will pay for itself in no time.

I always ran straight runs on the spindle though.

Tom

Makes sense. I was thinking about investing in a cutter a some point any way. I may have a play around (used lightly) to see what can be achieved on the moulder.