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NickB
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Working with arched valance
« Thread started on: Jul 5th, 2010, 09:25am » |
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Hey Rob hope all is well!
I am doing a built in and each section is going to have an arch abouve it.
Whe I in put the value of the arch it curles up at each end. Is there a way to make it start and finish with out having the extra curves in it?
Hope this makes sence!
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Nick
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #1 on: Jul 5th, 2010, 8:47pm » |
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If you set the length of the arch so it's the same as the width of the valance it shouldn't be very noticeable.
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #2 on: Jul 6th, 2010, 04:49am » |
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I tried that and am not getting the results I was looking for.
If I use a tall cab and set the upper rail wide and check the arch box I can get a good smooth arch.
I have also had a request for a round top arch or true arch. Is there anyway to accomplish that?
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #3 on: Jul 6th, 2010, 10:25am » |
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Have you tried combining two or more 1 Opening Uppers, maybe that would give you the look you need. The valance isn't really designed to match the arched top rail.
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #4 on: Jul 6th, 2010, 11:41am » |
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I am trying to seperate 5 cabinets with fluted columes and between each colume I wanted to have an arch.
I will mess somemore tonight with it and hopefully get it like I want!!
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #5 on: Jul 6th, 2010, 12:35pm » |
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OK, then set the left and right stiles to zero and space the cabinets by the width of your fluted molding. I added some Upper Fillers for blocking at the top & bottom of the fluting.
For a 3" fluted molding set the scribe on the two outer sides to -3 and for the inside sides set it to -1.5 (or a little less for clearance). Also, instead of adding crown to each cabinet and filler I just used an Upper Filler set to zero height above the whole thing. This makes the crown look better since it isn't divided up into a bunch of pieces.
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #6 on: Jul 6th, 2010, 4:51pm » |
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Excellent Rob thankyou!!
This is the direction I am going for!!
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #7 on: Jul 7th, 2010, 02:17am » |
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on Jul 6th, 2010, 12:35pm, Rob wrote:| I added some Upper Fillers for blocking at the top & bottom of the fluting. |
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Rob, on your drawing above, if the fillers and fluting were pulled out 3/4 to 1" from the rest of the bookcases, can base and crown molding be wraped around the fillers on the exposed 3 sides?
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #8 on: Jul 7th, 2010, 03:55am » |
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on Jul 7th, 2010, 02:17am, dhg wrote:| Rob, on your drawing above, if the fillers and fluting were pulled out 3/4 to 1" from the rest of the bookcases, can base and crown molding be wraped around the fillers on the exposed 3 sides? |
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Sure, though I usually keep the fluting back a little.
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Re: Working with arched valance
« Reply #9 on: Jul 7th, 2010, 09:47am » |
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Thanks Rob, that's exactly what I was looking for.
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