Picture Rail Molding Bit

[Prashun Patel]

Does anyone know where I can find a picture rail molding bit (1/2" shank). Having a bugger of a time getting one.

- shawn

[Charles McCracken]

Shawn,

I don't know of one that exactly matches the WM profiles for picture molding but this one can be used to make a reasonable facsimile:

http://www.freudtools.com/images/product/large/186_2_.jpg

You need to visualize it upside down of course and you will need to finish the round over at the top.

Charles M
Freud America, Inc.

[Prashun Patel]

Aye, there's the rub. Thanks. How can I finish off the roundover. I figured it'd be a 2-pass operation...

[Charles McCracken]

The radius of the round is 3/8" so a half round bit with that radius would be my first choice (Freud item is 82-116). An alternative would be to use a roundover (quarter round) bit or the 99-477 pictured above and make the round in two passes.