Skirting-Make your own

Argyll · Post by **Argyll** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:03 am

£161 from B&Q for 28m of skirting, make your own from a sheet of 12mm MDF and paint it for £50. Yeah I know it's time-consuming but when it's your own house I don't really count time. Plus I'm off from my 'real job' anyway.

My own local timer merchants are now dearer than B&Q!

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:10 am

Did you router the top edge with a round or profile? Seal the backs

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big-all · Post by **big-all** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:22 am

thats how we justify another tool we dont really need :dunno:

although you are fairly restricted without a router table and specialist cutter but well done anyway

Argyll · Post by **Argyll** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:41 am

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:10 am Did you router the top edge with a round or profile? Seal the backs

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yes

Argyll · Post by **Argyll** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:42 am

big-all wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:22 am thats how we justify another tool we dont really need

although you are fairly restricted without a router table and specialist cutter but well done anyway

Routed with a router table. Tbh I could have done it with my trim router as well.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:01 am

its so much more satisfying and having several ways off doing things stops you having to change the set up for this action then the next action and forgot a bit so set up to the old cutter then back again

oz0707 · Post by **oz0707** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:15 am

Only problem is the 2.4m lengths. Plenty of joints. Otherwise looks good. What happens to mdf if don't seal the backs then? Does it curl?

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 8:47 am

It can get damp in some instances and the MDF can blow. It is just a precaution while pre painting.

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Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:36 am

I've probably done this dozens of times in my time in restoration. Not necessarily 28m but quite often short sections had to be replaced due to rot , damage or whatever. The cost of having cutters made for such small quantities was often prohibitive so it was made by hand . Sometimes a router but quite often just planes and sandpaper round shaped blocks.

EJJ150847 · Post by **EJJ150847** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:08 am

What happened to the Stanley Plough plane and different shaped blades, remember at school using a whetstone to fettle some before use.
This was late ‘50s early ‘60s.

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:33 am

We had one at school that no one got to use it was so coveted by the teacher. When I finally had a go on it, it was bloody useless and took ages to form a moulding. It was crucial to keep it level, which I could not do, and the result was shite. Move forward 10 years it is totally eclipsed by cheap routers that became available the only person to have one still is possibly Grendle

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Razor · Post by **Razor** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:42 am

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:33 am We had one at school that no one got to use it was so coveted by the teacher. When I finally had a go on it, it was bloody useless and took ages to form a moulding. It was crucial to keep it level, which I could not do, and the result was shite. Move forward 10 years it is totally eclipsed by cheap routers that became available the only person to have one still is possibly Grendle

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I was brought up believing that proper hand planing was an art form and they acquired almost mystical status for me. I had smoothing and jack planes of several sizes.

And then I used a power plane for the first time. Apart from a block plane and surform I haven't used a hand plane in about 20 years lol...

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:40 pm

Yeah, I think the Surform is one of history's unsung heroes.

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Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 1:23 pm

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:33 am We had one at school that no one got to use it was so coveted by the teacher. When I finally had a go on it, it was bloody useless and took ages to form a moulding. It was crucial to keep it level, which I could not do, and the result was shite. Move forward 10 years it is totally eclipsed by cheap routers that became available the only person to have one still is possibly Grendle

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Yep you are correct , I do still have one and while I haven't used it for a little while for small jobs it's quicker than fannying around setting up the router. Likewise I've got a shelf full of wooden moulding planes just ready to pick up and use.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 1:24 pm

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:40 pm Yeah, I think the Surform is one of history's unsung heroes.

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Now oddly enough I have never really got on with a surform..