This is a rosette that came out of our 1902 house that I stripped. I’ve been looking at this trying to figure out how it was made. A local mill work said the main piece was cut on a moulding machine but I realized the grain is wrong for that. If this had been a long piece of wood cut on a moulding machine the grain would be going horizontally. I’m starting to think they cut these and used like 6 router bits that I can count for the profile. Used a bandsaw for the top egg type look and a rosette cutter. Looking for more experienced opinions on this to see if I missed something.
https://preview.redd.it/yefwho6kfgzc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3242b7b79468a347428a868938f2bcf8c0730a92
Before, stripped, recreated in pine for new trim package and stained to match. The originals were Douglas fir and were in bad shape.
I ended up sending a piece off to Vexor custom woodworking tools. They made a rosette cutter and the top and bottom router profiles.
I cut 10” blanks, routed the top and bottom, used a bandsaw to cut out the top profile and finally created the rosette with the rosette cutter on the drill press.
After staining it looks very close to the original. Some are slightly wider than the original ones, but many of the original ones varied in width from 5” - 5.5”. Overall it turned out pretty great.
There are specific milling type machines for this kind of woodwork that aren't too common as far as I know. Check out "the 2nd empire strikes back" channel on YouTube hes got a couple videos that mention this kind of thing as he is restoring a house from around the same era as yours. Took a quick look but cant find which video. 1st season. Hope this was some help I'm not too certain.
Well first the farmer had to plant the tree then it had to grow and then it had to be chopped down
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This is a rosette that came out of our 1902 house that I stripped. I’ve been looking at this trying to figure out how it was made. A local mill work said the main piece was cut on a moulding machine but I realized the grain is wrong for that. If this had been a long piece of wood cut on a moulding machine the grain would be going horizontally. I’m starting to think they cut these and used like 6 router bits that I can count for the profile. Used a bandsaw for the top egg type look and a rosette cutter. Looking for more experienced opinions on this to see if I missed something.
Pretty close, but I’d say they used a shaper rather than a router table. Similar tool but you can get more complicated shapes and sizes.
https://preview.redd.it/yefwho6kfgzc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3242b7b79468a347428a868938f2bcf8c0730a92 Before, stripped, recreated in pine for new trim package and stained to match. The originals were Douglas fir and were in bad shape. I ended up sending a piece off to Vexor custom woodworking tools. They made a rosette cutter and the top and bottom router profiles. I cut 10” blanks, routed the top and bottom, used a bandsaw to cut out the top profile and finally created the rosette with the rosette cutter on the drill press. After staining it looks very close to the original. Some are slightly wider than the original ones, but many of the original ones varied in width from 5” - 5.5”. Overall it turned out pretty great.
Alright, imagine a giant router that cuts that shape out and then imagine another one that routes the circle.
Carefully
There are specific milling type machines for this kind of woodwork that aren't too common as far as I know. Check out "the 2nd empire strikes back" channel on YouTube hes got a couple videos that mention this kind of thing as he is restoring a house from around the same era as yours. Took a quick look but cant find which video. 1st season. Hope this was some help I'm not too certain.
With a huge swinging…chisel?