I have two options with the important moulding that joins the three sections. They both will look good and I wanted to test them both. The harder one is to make a large cove mould out of a single stock. As I've said previously, buying a huge cove router bit is cost prohibitive. But I do have my $30 hand cove plane. The challenge was to figure out how I would make such a piece. So I got a $5 sharpening stone this morning, sharpened the plane's blade, and proceeded to figure out how this could be done. Fortunately, the cove plane blade was a perfect size. I cut a 1" walnut stock the same width as the plane. I then put the stock in the vise so the cheeks would form a fence guide for the plane. After I tested the plane, I put the stock through the table saw at 45 degrees, then ran it through the router to put a small round over on the edges. Looks good to me and the size is just right. So this design is an option. I'll save option two for later. Click on pic to enlarge.
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