That's a hell of an idea thank you for sharing that.... priceless tips like that take years to learn

Do you have a video or tutorial of this method? Interested in this being I refinished a house of doors with a classic profile on the rails and stiles.

I thought the same thing.

Thats the proper way to do it , laminate the pieces around the template but leave them long to compensate for it springing back when the clamps are removed, doing it around a form you can sand it with it flat on a bench and both ends can have a 45 degree mitre cut on to them.

That’s the ideal way to go, but you have to remember that he’s a mobile finish carpenter (save the garage tools). I believe interior space may have been an issue for setting up a table to do the laminate glue up. Plus,he wanted to challenge himself and see if it could be done this way. Excellent results for a difficult solution.

Thanks! I'm qualified but I've worked alone since college, (I was, let's say past apprenticeship age!😉) so have to think up ways around things as I have no-one to learn from. So it boosts my confidence when I hear time served men, like you, using techniques and get arounds that I've used. Thanks for a bit more knowledge. What area is the barn? (I'm in UK.)

@@susanportsmore5306 I appreciate your comment. We are in a hamlet about 15 miles from Tunbridge Wells. The barn was an old Atcost steel job with corrugated iron cladding which had been used as a packing shed maybe 20 years ago. It’s the standard 100’ x 30’ size although we have put in a first floor. As a result of our LPA being both inefficient and lying (in writing!), we ended up spending £250,000 on legal fees. That took away the cash we had allocated to finish the barn off. So, when we move in (next month) it will be habitable but not finished. That’s fine as it only the wife and I. We have spent about £20,000 on oak to date. About £5,000 on engineering oak herringbone upstairs and the rest on solid timber. With that, we are making window surrounds, door sidings, door frames, some doors, skirtings, coving , picture rail, stair treads and some furniture to end with (in oak and red grand is). We are both very fond of the UK Arts and Crafts style plus the US craftsman style. So, my designs are heavily influenced by those. These days, the amount that I can actually do is limited but a son, who is a very good joiner, is doing most of the work. For the finish, it’s Rubio Monocoat in a smoked oak tint. I don’t know if you have heard of, or used, Rubio, but I’m very happy with it. It costs a lot per litre but you use so little per square metre, that’s it quite cost effective. The A&C/craftsman movements used a lot of fumed oak. I’ve done some but it’s a nasty process of putting open ammonia in a closed space with the timber and waiting for the timber to take on that mellow tinge. For where I want “ebony” accents, I’ve made an ebonising solution (steel wool in vinegar) and “paint” that on the timber; depending on how strong the solution is and how long you leave it for, the oak, or any tannin rich timber, will go from mid brown to jet black. If you want a glimpse, then the son has a Facebook page (Sam Ward) and he has posted a few pictures of the work in progress. If I can help you in any way by just offering something from my personal 40 year plus experiences of hobby woodworking, let me know.. thanks again, Martin

@@theofarmmanager267 Dear Martin, many thanks for taking the time to give me background on your barn. A lovely part of the country. I've heard but not used Rubio, and with fuming and ebonising, fascinating stuff. Urh I empathise, I'm racking up legal fees and iht as I deal with my mum's estate, 2 years and still ongoing. Actually this prompts a question, my dad/grandad were builders and built the estate I grew up on, built early 50's, I'm considering removing all the herringbone to reuse, especially as I found another stash in the loft! Knowing it's set in bitumen, do you think it'd be worth trying to remove? I'll take a look at your son's photos, it all sounds terrific, I too like a&c movement and the US look of trimming out. Has character, unlike all the mdf I get asked for, not a joint in sight! I'm veering away from these jobs as its not what I signed up for and I love timber and hand tools, my dad's and grandad's chisels make me a happy worker! 😊 Hope you get to enjoy your barn soon!

@@susanportsmore5306 thank you for the reply. Worth taking up? It really depends on the condition of the timber and what kind of flooring it is. If it’s solid timber (not engineered), then at least you could sand out any defects. I did that with a very large solid floor in an office building in London. It came out like new. If it’s engineered (with a veneer anywhere from 2mm to 6mm) then your re-sanding is limited by that. I’ve only ever known solid timber that has been laid on bitumen. I’ve only ever had to take up a little bit of that and it was variable. One piece would come up quite easily because it had little bitumen but most were a real pain and it’s incredibly messy. So, for me, it would be a balance of the state of the floor versus the dirty hard work involved. We do use quite a bit of MDF. We’ve just panelled a corridor about 10m long in a Tudor revival style with linenfold, motifs and strap carving through it. Because the panelling was going to be painted, then we used MRMDF but only either Medite or Finsa - it is miles better than the compressed paper you get from the sheds. For the entrance lobby, we are doing pretty much the same style but in oak. For the backing panels, we are using oak-veneered MDF as you can longer get boards 300mm plus wider.

Am I following what you're saying here correctly, that he could have cut these strips into 1/4" thick pieces to achieve the same result? The softer wood would still bend enough at that thickness?

I'm wasted... 🤣

Haha! We have to match the cap to the historic precedent of the home. But I did try to find a bit close to that as a back up plan if this didn’t work. Could not find one so glad this worked out!

@@FinishCarpentryTV Are u giving away a table saw? I made a comment and someone replied and claims to be you.

@@FinishCarpentryTV check the comments on this video. They replied to several people claiming to have something “special”

Replying as you requested. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent Robert