I have the fortune of working for an extremely good builder who allows me to try some things under his input. Here are some of the pictures of a home that I am currently trimming for him. The lot alone tops out at $195K… We had deer running past the back fence 1 morning and we are less than 1/4 mile from a very main road (4 lane). He has given me a schedule to the end of Oct for his homes. I really like working for him so I can do some of the different things that he does and get paid to do it. The “country arches ” are a feature of his homes that attracts customers to his homes. In this particular model the arches are clear pine and will be stained. We grabbed the radius from the back window to make a template for the arches so all would match. There is a square block that goes on each of the ends of the posts to cover the ends
Picture 1 shows the arches under construction It also shows the new 10″ Bosch saw which is a real treat
Picture 10 shows me planing the top of the arches with a spokeshave (so no dust catches on the top of the arches)
Picture 11 shows the semi- completed arches
Picture 8 shows a Canadian coffee break on a Fri afternoon. The painter with a bandage on his arm fell at the last home and broke his elbow in so many places that they gave him a titanium elbow. He is recovering quite fine. Quite good people to work with on a project such as this.
Picture 14 shows my man Martin in a relaxed state after a hard week
I really enjoy my work and the people I work with – this is just a part of it and I want to share this with you all here I hope you enjoy…..
First we get good- then we get fast !
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ticky
Nice work, glad to see you enjoying yourselves! Makes it less like a job.
I really like the conection with the arch in the window, very nice!
Doug
ticky
Awesome...my guess is that this builder will have more arch work for you.
What did you make the face of the arches from?
Is it one piece of joined pieces?
Be a job well done
andy
My life is my passion!
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I took a piece of 1 x 12 clear pine to cut out the faces of the arches and traced the pattern from the window at the back of the room. Then made the piece 5 1/2" wide so it would match some of the other dimensions on the arches. It took a 1 x 12 to get all of the radius on 1 board. All the boards are solid 1 piece clear pine
This particular builder has 6 (2 of which are 5000+ sq ft) more homes for me to trim including his own new home. His wife is an interior decorator and quite nice people to work for. There will be 2 of the new homes that will likely have these type of arches. But what I like is he keeps coming up with new stuff to try and it always seems to come out good. He WILL NOT have any casing ripped down because of insufficient space. (He feels that it just cheapens the house) So on my last job for him we were finishing the basement with some bulkheads above doors. Naturally the rough openings were close to the underside of the bulkheads. When he saw this he said " let's see if we can do something a little different instead of ripping the casing" He quickly devised a "mini architrave" that was simply a piece of 1 x 2 with a small molding (1/2" x 1/2" cove mold with returned ends) against the ceiling. The vertical trim pieces butted into the underside of the mini architrave. It looked good , was easy, and got away from ripped trim.
I attached a picture of one of his typical arches into a dining room with a barrel vault ceiling. The other picture shows a typical crown molding (1 1/8" astragal, 4 1/4" crown, 3 1/8" flat base) this picture shows a termination of the crown.First we get good- then we get fast !
tickyboy: Very nice work indeed. You can tell you enjoy doing it.
Thank you Stan. I have enjoyed all oyur posts regarding your stair work. Keep it up...
the gyro I meant.....
First we get good- then we get fast !
Edited 4/20/2004 8:26 pm ET by tickyboy
Outstanding!
"The painter with a bandage on his arm fell at the last home and broke his elbow in so many places that they gave him a titanium elbow."
Hmmm....sure hope he didn't fall off the horse that's on top of the scaffold. Nothing like getting nailed with a WC claim and fined by OSHA at the same time. Great looking work, but safety first, man.
Bob
Actually the painter fell on another jobsite. Jobsite safety is REALLY hard to enforce because time is money yada yada. We were working on the horse in the picture as you observed.
I'll try to do better.....First we get good- then we get fast !
You're right- time is money- but a WC claim or lawsuit is even bigger money. I'm not trying to be a hardazz, or single you out- it's probably just the remnants of having a guy die on a jobsite near me a few weeks ago.
Bob
Truly, truly sorry to hear of your misfortune.........
We should all take safety to the next step.....
Be safe.
JoeFirst we get good- then we get fast !
great looking work .. all of it.
I'm interrested in that "no cut" trim detail you mentioned ...
can't picture it in my head.
U have a pic of that laying around?
I'll have to reread after a good nites sleep ...
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
I reread my posts and what I believe you are referring to is the fact that he won't RIP down a piece of casing i.e. behind a door where there is (usually) not enough room for a full width casing. ALso no ripping of header trim piece if headroom is short. The framers have bought into this philosophy and the site super checks all before electic rough-in.
If not the right answer e-mail me
regards
JoeFirst we get good- then we get fast !