How to make curved moulding | Revealed

Episode #6 Ken shows us how to replicate an existing exterior curved moulding. This week we ditched the gopros to give you a better viewing experience.

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How to make curved moulding | Revealed #6

[ScottBaietti]

YES. Love the outtakes. Nice way to differentiate this show from others. Keep experimenting, Ken, Doug, Nick and team.

[willys]

Great work! Video looks good. It's nice to see woodworking that takes brains to figure out.

[philmccracken]

Prior preparation prevents piss poor performance need to go on NS Builder merch!

Ken, as always your work is elite. Keep the content coming. Especially the epic outtakes!

[sergeyb]

Never seen those giant staples - pinch dogs. Brilliant idea

[stuartcairnie]

Great video, very informative. I was always curious how the curved mouldings were created.

[gthier]

How do you miter curved moulding? Nice project once again!

[sandrochiavaroBeerCircles]

The guy I bough my old Holzer panel saw had the same moulder. He refused to sell it 🤨. Great work Ken 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[robinslimmer]

You can tilt your auxiliary table to the angle of the crown and just use one knife. A couple infeed and out feed supports and you’re off to the races.
It won’t work with an ellipse, but a constant radius is no big deal.

[allthingsgrowing]

Can you guys shoot a video on how you set up the crown on the saw and make the miter cut? As well as angle

[andrelevesque]

Nice work. How do you price a curved molding like this? seems like alot od work.

[wade]

Very informative video on how a complex, radiused moulding is fabricated. I had no idea such a small moulder could turn out radius work. Out of curiosity, did you entertain thoughts about outsourcing this work? I know you outsource finishing work and this seems like a job that is very labor intensive for a small, non CNC shop. Still, really nice work, and I enjoy people who not only TALK about their work, but also show how it is done.

[rzogheb]

I have been looking for a good outdoor glue for a door I am building. Can you share the brand of polyurethane glue that you used

[daversj]

I’ve had partial failures with poly glue outside even doing everything right. It works most of the time but when doing custom work with super labor intensive glue ups i wont use it anymore, not worth the risk. Going back to thickened epoxy. Never had an epoxy failure with mahogany or cedar and a cleaner, stronger joint. Cure time is longer but peace of mind. Poly glue still has its uses, like glueing up wood post wraps. Poly glue is better at filling gaps and imperfections with the foaming action. But the foaming requires massive amounts of clamps and hides the joint till its cured.

[danf]

Great explanation. Just curious about the marks left by the pinch dogs. I'm assuming that this will get painted in which case the marks can just get filled and sanded. If that's the case, why not add screws to the top layer as well and fill those holes too for added strength? If this won't be painted what do you do to hide those marks? Exterior grade wood filler? Thanks.

[blakelankford]

Love it. We need the personality of out-take Ken in the main part of the video though!

[mim]

I am considering buying a William and husey molder, but where can I go to learn how to be able to create radius molding? I have a job I will be bidding out soon to replace some arched window casing. Period

[ColeSpolaric]

I've never seen pinch dogs before, but as soon as I saw them I understood how they work. Would it have been possible to do this with a router instead of a moulder for those who might not have one?

[mikewalsh]

nice build and video. Question: how do you like the Cantek machines, specifically the jointer?

[TheArtificiallyIntelligent]

Awesome video. Loved seeing this process. My internal dialogue alternated between, "This is awesome craftsmanship!" and "These clients have way too much money!"

Also, I didn't follow why the glue doesn't get cut by the knife. Anyone have some insight?

[mikegaydos]

why don't you run a shaper with stacked profiles, so it's one and done just curious . turned out really well even the way you did it !