Weekend worrier, on our first kitchen remodel. I’m using KD fingerjointed primed radiata (aka monterey) pine to trim the openings – windows, and a rather complex opening into the laundry (see below). The trim there will also have to integrate with trim into the breakfast nook. Because our house is from 1890, when boards came with square corners, I’m buying 1×8 and ripping it to 5-1/2″ wide to cut off the radiused corners.
I spent HOURS lining up jambs for the archway, (interior) window opening beside it, and two transoms, one above each opening, so I’m pretty confident that the jambs are straight and aligned with each other.
Vertical casings are 8’3″. First one seems to have warped…I guess there was enough tension in the board to warp as I ripped it. I can wiggle the straight edge against its length, and the offcut curls. So it’s not lining up at the transoms.
Should I be marking and planing to fit, or is a 1×6 flexible enough to pull straight when nailing it?
Edited 11/15/2007 2:57 pm ET by Houghton123
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Depending on how badly it sprang when you ripped it, you'll probably be able to pull it back into line as you nail it off. You'll likely need more nails than you may like, but it should work. I'm surprised that FJ stock got that far out of whack, honestly.
Thanks. Experimentation in the meantime yielded the same answer. I nailed each end, then used those plastic trigger-type bar clamps to pull it into place, with a 1/16" steel rule under the clamp head against the edge of the casing to generate the reveal from the jamb. This first piece is the most difficult, because it's the only one that's both that long and that wide; the rest should go more easily.
Yes, lots of nails, which is OK anyway, because I want to minimize air infiltration.
radiata pine isn't one of the better pines for trim- it is pretty cheap, but in my experience, moves more than sugar or white pine.
One thing you can do is rip the trim 1/4" or so wide, allow it to move, joint an edge straight, and rip to finish size. Or just do like you already have, and clamp it into position.
I don't understand why you have to rip the 1 x 8 to 5-1/2". The primed pine I can get all had square corners. I'd just buy 1 x 6 and be done with it.
Thanks. I'll hope this pine stays still, once it's in place.
What I can get here's got a slight but definite radius. The next alternative wood was listed as clear pine, though "clear" is a misnomer. It comes with square corners, except some are beaten up, at 50 cents a linear foot more for 1x6 than the radiata 1x8.
There's actually only a few 1x6 anyway - lots of odd dimensions due to this odd old house - so I'd be ripping most of the stock regardless.