Since I have to wait on the waist section lumber to settle anyway, I decided this is a good time to complete the large cove moulding that joins the 3 sections together. Interestingly, I was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art yesterday, and 11 of the 12 longcase clocks they had on display had the large cove moulding similar to what I intend to use. I could simply build-up several moulding styles made on my router, but grandfather clocks look great with this distinctive moulding design. After re-sharpening my cove hand-plane blade, I spent several hours today repeating an earlier test whereby I rip a piece of walnut the width of the planer, and use the vise cheeks as a fence to guide the cove cut. The result is a piece 2" wide, and slightly larger than I really want, but the blade size is what it is. After much work and even longer trying to figure out how to cut the miter joint, the test piece was completed. See photos below. What a mess. My intent, is to see if I can plane all 3 pieces of the moulding from one piece of stock. To do that, I will need to maneuver a 45" piece of stock within the small vise. Hmmm, I may devise a jig instead. Anyway, I intend to get started on it tomorrow. So stay-tuned! Click on photos to enlarge.
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