Here are a pair of mantels I recently built.
I was asked to make them the “same style as your doors…....... but cheap”.
Not a style I would usually make, but I was VERY limited in the width, thanks to the framers.
I used a locking miter bit to make the legs.
Then I made all the details with a stick-&-cope set.
Here is leg ready for install.
Legs laid out with the shelf and frieze.
Start of the install.
Finished install. Ready for paint.
And a picture with paint. Notice that they did not like the extra stiles I made for the frieze.
(photos are of 2 different mantels back to back)
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6 comments so far
Grant Davis
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#1 posted 12-06-2010 05:26 PM
very nice looking job.
-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"
Drew
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#2 posted 12-06-2010 05:44 PM
“Funny what a little caulk and a few coats of paint will do huh ?”
HEY! I resent that! Just kidding.
Nope, not a handrail. I am at a lose for the name of that piece. I believe it is a Moulding and Millworks ‘310’ or a ‘435’.
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helluvawreck
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#3 posted 12-06-2010 07:18 PM
I think that the mantle turned out very nice, especially considering the constraints that you were working under.
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Drew
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#4 posted 12-06-2010 07:30 PM
I was just kidding Charlie, I know what you meant =)
And thanks for the complements!
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HokieMojo
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#5 posted 12-06-2010 08:27 PM
It’s amazing what a talented person can do by building up layers of wood with various profiles. I kind of wish the mantle in my house was uglier so I’d have a good excuse to try it myself. Thanks for showing the process. It cam out very nice.
jockmike2
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#6 posted 12-08-2010 01:18 AM
LOVE IT.!!!
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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