Does anyone know of a source for a shaper cutter for bonnet molding?
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Can you show us a picture or drawing of what this moulding looks like.
Here is a picture of the molding profile I'm talking about. It is the crown above the head casing used on windows and doors. The molding is 1 1/8" x 2 1/4". I see that my picture is up side down. I'm just a rookie I guess!
Tony
Ah, hell. You had me thinking of a Bonnet that goes on top of a Highboy or similar piece lof furniture. They usually consist of two cyma curves and are curved them selves.
You just need straight runs of that?
I would think that routerbits.com or CMT would have a multi-bit that would make that easily.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Ah, hell. You had me thinking of a Bonnet that goes on top of a Highboy or similar piece lof furniture.
Yea and you thinking and consequently saying it made me think the same thing!
Doug
See, you are easily hypnotized..LOLSpheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Thanks one and all for your help. It looks as though I'll be cutting it in two passes with some cutters I already own. Was hoping to find a low cost (grizzly) type cutter with the proper profile just to save the setup bother. Don't own a corrugated head but am considering the purchase. Thanks again...
Tony
You can get a pair of corrugated knives made for about $100-$130 Do you have a shaper and a corrugated head?
As for where to get them there are places all over that grind knives. Google your area. If you can not find anybody close most will be happy to ship. It is best if you give them an actual sample but a good tracing with dimensions should be fine.Here are just two as an example:https://www.woodtechtooling.com/?gclid=CNCM4LnQupECFQ-SHgodenxMyQhttp://www.cggschmidt.com/products.html
It normally is more than just one cutter, ya have the concave and then the convex, if you did have single cutter for the profile, it takes a big honking shaper to run it.
Two , sometimes three passes of common coves and beads can accomplish more than one profile knife.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
You might check Lonnie Birds CMT cutters, seamed like he had some for this application.
Otherwise what Sphere said! which is the way I'd go, not worth spending a lot of $$$ for some seldom used bits.
Doug
Freeborn, Amana, CMT, and Freud are all big names that might have what you need. I know Freeborn does custom stuff, and I'm pretty sure Amana will as well. Not sure about the others.
Where are you? That looks like a pattern that Beronio Lumber in SF still carries.
John