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   wrick2003 | Aug 18, 2003 03:49pm | #1

        That is a very creative approach. I join enough 1x6 to make the outside radius, then rout it out. it takes a scarf joint on the front to make it look nice, but it works.  

        rg

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   luvmuskoka | Aug 18, 2003 04:03pm | #2

   This is stock red oak 3/4" x 1/2" shoe. I rip it on a small band saw with a thin kerf blade.Ditch

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   IanDG | Aug 18, 2003 04:12pm | #3

   I used the same principle to make the border blocks around the bullnose in this photoView Image

   IanDG

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   BungalowJeff | Aug 19, 2003 07:27am | #4

   Ian,

   That's a great detail. The wood floors in my old house are great, but I miss the inlayed borders that are common to prewar NYC apartments....that's not a mistake, it's rustic

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   IanDG | Aug 19, 2003 05:27pm | #5

   That's interesting -- what caused them to fall out of favor? Oz is an odd place in that respect, parquetry (and leadlighting) have never declined over the years and are still used as much as they were in the 1800s

   IanDG

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   BungalowJeff | Aug 20, 2003 07:27am | #6

   I had them in a 1890 victorian I rented here in Northern NJ. I remember the mahogany inlays running into a wall added when the house was converted to apartments. I just haven't seen the detail much in later houses in the area, prewar or otherwise. Meanwhile, every old apartment in NYC has them. I guess it was available talent and a bit of the almighty $. I have toyed with the idea of putting some in, at least in the living room and dining room. I think it would add a nice touch around the hearth especially....that's not a mistake, it's rustic