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[QUOTE=Mike Allen1010;3090573]awesome Chris! Love how you went "full boat" to inlay individual strip of curly maple to represent the Sun's rays. I admire your high standards! I would have been sorely...

Some furniture stores have ...or used to have their own shops that sold only copies of old pieces of merit. To make the
stuff more "authenticky" ....and track "who botched this?" They had a policy...

[QUOTE=Robert Engel;3090370]Scott,

Sommerfeld tools carries bit sets the profile bit does a slight round over on the edges of the grooves. I’ve never used one, but thought it would be something to...

In reading grain to see in what direction the stock should be run ,many will look only at the growth rings....and sometimes
that's all you can see. But you can also check best direction with a...

I agree that's often the case. But I think it's more what cutters are commonly used . Shaper guys often have more steel
knives than carbide. Few shops have ANY steel router bits, and with careful...

I think it only makes sense when the wood is not dry. And sometimes it doesn't even make sense then, as I have seen
wood change color so drastically while stored that even after planing off a heavy...

I see no value in multiple passes ,it can work ,but is certainly not reliable. Two passes take twice as long as one pass.
Climb cuts work but usually give a more ripply surface, for painted stuff it...

It would be easier to get the right solution if we knew how it was to be used. If the strips will need to be bent, you will
have to specify straight with grain cuts or they might just break in use....

Sometime used office furniture places have good chairs. I've got one that has a lot of adjustments, the kind you see in old
movies. One foot push-off, and and just a few seconds later I'm on the...

[QUOTE=Kevin Jenness;3089618]If your profile cutter(s) takes a full height cut you can eliminate tearout by overcutting 1/16" or so- if you want to end up with 2 1/4" width start with 2 5/16"....

Agree with "soft" maple, used it for mine. Can't remember right now if 6/4 or 8/4 ,but I know I bought it from the
vendor around here, they don't shop price, they always buy from same reliable...

Is it kiln dried? Would not do the pictured glue-up without kiln dried.

All interesting comments! But bright colors predominated for a long time. Electric lights made it possible to to use dark
colors on walls. A good yellow was particularly admired ,but expensive; now...

I guess new paint is good. But if you listen to real estate people ,yeah, they always mention "neutral colors". What that
really means is "you are a peasant and I knew that the moment I met you. So...

I would not run climb cut with the real profile cutter. But a climb cut made on the still square stock that rounds the
corners ,and more if possible WILL help. Sometimes even something like a 1/4...

My Gramma had an 1890 brownstone with several pocket doors. They ran on brass floor level tracks. Smoooth ...

Agree with Bill, I'd let the vertical edges hang about a half inch lower than the bottom of the top surface. And if the top
hangs over all around the copper will protect all of the cabinet.

Mel, saw you were a pattern shop guy. I have worked in foundries, (facilities/plant engineering) you guys were definitely well respected, lots of skill, truly custom and high precision work. It was...

I just remembered that in an employment of at least 8 years ,there was a jointer with a spring joint gizmo . But
management had told everyone to stop using it and to just use the hand wheel. Seems...

Joe, Most interesting. Is that one described as "pattern makers" ? Never used one of those but have seen pics of those
and did not understand how they worked. As the pics just showed outfeed in...

That's in the thread, You raise outfeed table just a couple thousandths. If you have a jointer that is adjusted with a hand
wheel, Not a stick it's pretty easy

Mark ,thanks for the comment on spring joints. As a smart and practical shop owner ,your advice has weight.
This thread has a lot of good stuff , I don't think anything was left out. It could be...

John, I hope you read my posts in that thread ,they are the best available anywhere.

It was slightly concave versus straight . But yes some can only make convex, since they can't make proper jointer
adjustments. I'm sure it's the freshest and most complete anywhere.

We have a recent and long thread on this subject.