Cold air return cover?

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

Hi guys! Well after turning 150 spindles on my shopbot as my first paying job ever I've been asked to make 6 cold air return covers from oak by the same customer. He really loved the spindles and it feels really fantastic with first job being a success. The returns covers are to be 12"x12" and they are going into a period Victorian house in Cape May NJ. I've been looking at vectorart 3d's catalog and they have a Celtic weave that looks pretty much plug and play but am not sure if it would fit the Victorian theme. http://www.vectorart3d.com/store/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Detail&ID=38930
Just looking for some input from the gurus as I try to get over this learning curve. Thanks in advance. Kurt

[Mick A Martin]

Kurt,
Just do a google search "victorian grill design" this might give you some ideas to start with.

Mick

[dan nelson]

kurt , you might want to do it in 2d.lots of grills in google images otherwise send me a PM and I have alot of them in files.

[james mcgrew]

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i did my first ones buy purchasing a grill at a home store and tracing, scanning the using bit map to vectors, i have done quite a bit of this since. there is also a company who mastered this with a laser long before we found we could do this

http://www.patterncut.com/

[Mick A Martin]

Jim,

What material did you use to make the grills in the pictures above.

[james mcgrew]

i like a veneer (Birch or maple) MDF core yet 1/4" mdf works fine for painted. for use on registers the moisture is less than on a vent so remeber to seal it well and 1/4 ply wood veeneers are beter if it is a vent,

[Bob Schlowsky]

I have done a bunch that were delicate patterns, I used Baltic birch 1/4. It was worth the cost to have no voids and plenty of strength even in the areas with only 1/4 inch or less of surface left.