This solid deck I’m building needs water runoff control. It’s sloped at 1/4″ and built in semicircular fashion with a 11.5′ radius.
I can have the gutter runs under the deck to catch the drippings and allow stepped angles as opposed to a truely circular gutter.
But what’s the best way to handle these circular gutter needs? Such as on a tower or such?
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I have made curved solid wood gutter a number of times. Not cheap tho, I charge $120 Ln ft. The other option is copper which would be even more money. Yes you can do short straight segments of aluminum gutter but it looks half azzed IMO.
One can get curved copper gutters?
Seeyou, you know about this?
BTW, those are some awful pretty ones you've made up. What type of wood do you use?
Edited 11/4/2006 9:44 am ET by peteshlagor
Radiused gutter can be ordered from a company in Atlanta and I'm sure several other places. It's incredibly expensive of course. We normally segment copper gutter (so we can solder it). I've done some tightly radiused 1/2 round on the work table, but Dale prefers soldering it in place on the cornice. Using a miter saw with a non ferrous blade makes nice clean cuts on the individual pieces. I'll hunt for some pics when I have more time.
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That gutter was made out of Spanish Cedar but I have also done them in Mahogany. The pic is some work I did some years back and they were made out of mahogany.
A Martin shaper.... YOW!!
Yeah that is one sweet machine. The spindle tilts 45 degrees both ways. Digital readouts for tilt, spindle height, speed. Motorized spindle height, tilt, and power feed height. I also have a use of a Martin joiner and planer.
Really-very,very nice work!
I've lined several curved ones like this with copper,like seeyou mentioned.
Should be some demand for these in your area-you're in Bean Town aren't you?
Yes I am in the Boston area. There should be a demand for curved gutter but I think people have a hard time with the replacement price.
What.... don't have the sliding table saw?? Oh I'm gonna cry. A guy I knew got a huge contract to do interiors for a new corporate headquarters. He went to the Martin distributor and got one of everything. The jointer was so big you could sleep two on it.
The guy I share shop space with has a 12' slider made by Pahn Hans (also german) it is a real nice saw but he does want to 'up grade' to a Martin slider. Anybody want to make an offer?Did you know Martin has just come out with a table saw that alows the blade to tilt 45 degrees BOTH ways. How sweet is that.
The guys that can afford those tools are doing something MUCH different than the average shop rat. The fella that I knew with the Martin 10' slider spent close to $30K on it, I think. He had close to $200K tied up in the saw, planer, shaper, jointer, and a 52" widebelt sander.