Making a wider skirting board

[Stephen B]

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Down here it is becoming difficult to readily purchase 'lambs tongue' #  skirting boards of greater width than 140mm. At this width they are plain or pre-painted finger-jointed boards in Radiata Pine,

Recently I used the following process to make a wider skirting board. I realise that some of you, say working in restoration, may already have your own variations.

Timber - 140X18X2700mm pine skirting board and 70x19X2700mm DAR pine.
Festools - Domino 500, TS55 (Panther blade), Rail, and RO150.

. check edges are square,
. align bottom edge of skirting board with an edge of the DAR and mark Domino guide lines
 at 200mm spacings,
. at width setting 2, cut slots for 4mm Dominos per guideline,
. glue and clamp, alternating clamps top and underneath board,
. sand front with 80 grit,
. run through Thicknesser with back of board facing blades (due to thicker DAR),
. reduce width to 200mm with rail and tracksaw,
. re-sand front face through to 180 grit,
. paint.

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#  called 'lambs tongue' here because profile resembles a drooping lamb's tongue.

 

[jonny round boy]

It's hard to tell from the picture, but I wouldn't call that lamb's tongue - it looks more like ogee.

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Maybe it's just a case of things having different names there vs here?

 

[Stephen B]

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Thanks Jonny.

My error, just rechecked two Australian catalogues; one lists the profile as 'Victorian' another as 'Colonial'.

This picture shows PortaMolding's lambs tongue, so descriptions can differ.

 

[jonny round boy]

As it happens, I was looking for some pictures to illustrate the profiles when I came across this site - I've never seen so many profiles before - 108* of them!!!

*edit - more than 108 - some of them have A references too!

 

[Stephen B]

As it happens, I was looking for some pictures to illustrate the profiles when I came across this site - I've never seen so many profiles before - 108* of them!!!

*edit - more than 108 - some of them have A references too!

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Wow, that selection certainly represents the richer architectural history of the Uk. Noted that the Victorian Profiles did not match an Australian listing either.

 

[wow]

Untidy Shop:

I think I missed the picture where you cut the profile. Is that because you didn't use green tools to do it?

 

[GarryMartin]

I think I missed the picture where you cut the profile. Is that because you didn't use green tools to do it?

I think he bought the skirting board with the profile already cut, and then added extra wood to the height.

 

[wow]

I think I missed the picture where you cut the profile. Is that because you didn't use green tools to do it?

I think he bought the skirting board with the profile already cut, and then added extra wood to the height.

OK - makes more sense now.

 

[Stephen B]

I think I missed the picture where you cut the profile. Is that because you didn't use green tools to do it?

I think he bought the skirting board with the profile already cut, and then added extra wood to the height.

OK - makes more sense now.

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I sure hope so!  [smile]

And happy July 4th. (I know it was yesterday)

 

[Sparktrician]

I've always known a Lamb's Tongue to be something like this.