Making curved molding with the tilting router lift

[@hamb7260]

I am fascinated by arches and hard-to-make or duplicate moldings and I got to tell you that you NAILED it perfectly!!

[@sagecreekwitt3301]

Matthias is a rare person. The organization that is required to complete these tasks (and make a video no less), is usually not found in highly intuitive individuals. Most people have one gift or the other. He's amazing.

[@jej3451]

His engineering background is very evident. It's also evident that he was a very good engineer, based on his willingness to research novel solutions to problems, his emphasis on quality (except when a temporary hack is needed), his elegant ideas, and his sheer dogged persistence.

[@jej3451]

Never said it was. The causality arrow points in the other direction.

[@SalahEddineH]

***** I think he meant that Matthias's tendency to find novel solutions, and his overall smarts are what made him go towards engineering, not necessarily the other way around. Not sure though, just what I understood from his comment. Cheers!

[@jalilmouchawir4984]

Dirk DIGGLER

[@xl000]

Face it.. What he did is not hard. Don't portray him as some Asperger genius or something, he's not. He's been doing woodworking and math / comp science since the 80's.. That's why. This is actually a trivial solution to a simple problem IMO. I would know.. I did the same thing several times in the last weeks, except for the the curved part, because everything was rectilinear.

[@matthiaswandel]

By planing after joining the pieces, any imperfections in the joint get smoothed out. It's like sanding, but with a planer!

[@kevinliang9502]

I've been watching Matthias for years but I still manage to find videos I haven't seen before. They are always really well explained even though I'm an amateur woodworker and don't know all the terminology.

[@mainuddinbammigatti8184]

Kevin Liang and a bit

[@unpicked1]

That's pretty amazing how you matched the molding like you did.

[@garywayne8567]

Matthias, your brilliant! I couldn't wait to click on this video. Please never stop sharing your videos, I get so inspired from them. My shop has a brand new layer of cherry wood dust covering it daily and my wife and I have some great new pieces of furniture to boot. But don't worry, I do clean up the dust in the shop regularly.

[@matthiaswandel]

Please listen to what I say in the video. I'm NOT measuring the door casing with the tape measure. I'm using it as a scale reference. I think I now understand your previous comments better.

[@hesgrant]

Man, you are incredibly talented. That looked almost exactly like the original! Well done, well done

[@eman0643]

this guy is a true carpenter, a real genius. when I first seen one of his videos I thought to myself, "this guy can't be serious ". seems more like a computer guy than someone who uses his hands. but as I seen his videos I realized this guy is gifted, I mean I don't EVER comment on videos so for me to go out of my way to leave a comment says a lot to me. "and that's all I have to say about that" *in my Forrest Gump voice.

[@MSI2k]

This is impressive! Going from just a picture, all the way to final product being installed without issues.

[@matthiaswandel]

I was worried about that too, but the test pieces I made earlier turned out ok. Worked fine with the pieces in the video too.

[@ArcticFlies56]

I watch your channel all the time and find it extremely interesting and informative. I do wood turning and wood working as a hobby making gifts for family and friends. It's very rewarding. Best of all I get a lot of tips from watching your videos. Thank you. Best regards, Richard...

[@paulstoolbox]

You are incredibly talented Matthais. Thanks for the video!

[@Bigelowbrook]

I have a curved window in my house that hasn't had the trim on it for 9 years! Now I know how to make a piece for it!

[@matthiaswandel]

Oh, certainly happens. I do a lot of trial and error, and once I got it figure out, I make a video! :)

[@graphguy]

You must be the most ingenious woodworker I have seen in some time.

[@duradim1]

The tool you used to hold the router the trim looked homemade. If so I was impressed. Thank you for sharing your skills with us.

[@matthiaswandel]

The molding goes exactly to he edge that it's supposed to got to. I'm sorry you can't see it very well in the photo. The shadows unfortunately make it look a little odd.

[@josephbonnici5661]

Hi Alexei. Sharpening router bits is fairly easy. I've been doing it for years. But you need a diamond impregnated grinding wheel and a rigid steady on your grinder. then you just retouch the flat part of the bit and voila! it cuts like new.

[@MountainStorm]

Radius moldings are challenging even with a shaper and the desired profile already ground onto a blade blank. You did a great job. Makes me want to build a tilting router rig. Great proof of your "Big Print" method. In some future video I hope you try steaming wood and bending it on forms to make parts for building some furniture...I bet you would have a lot of fun with that.

[@thedraphter]

sometimes life is more fun to make it yourself. once I was asked to repair a piece of hardware that belonged to a drum kit. the piece was made out of really junky pot metal, and I wasn't able to braze it back together with alumaweld. the drum kit was old and you couldn't get parts for it any more. I ended up making the pieces out of wood, and I dare say they worked better than the original. they aren't as pretty as the original, but I loved the challenge.

[@masmagalingako]

Man your works are so impressive! Got so much time and patience, specially intelligence! Keep it up mr. M!

[@Waynemanner]

Luke must be a good friend, and you are a talented dude

[@walterbeech]

This is a great vid, I am going to have to make that tilting table, trying to copy a bunch of Victorian moldings and this looks like the way to go. I wonder if the 17 people that gave you a thumbs down have ever cut a board in their lives? Nice vid, thanks!

[@matthiaswandel]

Carbide tipped bits need special tools to sharpen them, so there's no simple solution.

[@locouk]

@Matthiaswandel You were on UK TV this weekend just gone with your Jenga gun! I wish everyone could take as much pride in their work as you do.

[@Andrew_Sparrow]

Having a Matthias as a friend would certainly make those "will finish it someday" DIY jobs around the house a lot easier ;)

[@CrazyDantw]

Makes me appreciate the CNC router I work on...haha. Arched frames, doors, moulds and beads are my specialty, although not that special when made on a CNC. :P Well done mate. It's always interesting to watch people's ideas made a reality.

[@MatchstalkMan]

You, sir, have the patience of a saint! An excellent piece of work!

[@avagage1]

Matt I really appreciate all your videos, you are a master thanks

[@ThePoketrix]

Matt you are KZbin's most genius man.

[@Flipptop]

Sure anyone can, the same can be said for anything. Anyone can play tennis too, but not everyone is going to be great at it. A natural ability for something goes a long way.

[@rabwoody264]

What I really like about Mathew is how easy he makes it all look, it ain't guys it just ain't... ;)

[@SawdustAndThings]

I really like the way you think outside the box... Very nice.

[@sushilmediahub]

No words to describe... Excellent Artistry... You also earned one more Subscriber.. Regars, Sushil.

[@red_freckle]

Very nice work. I've installed quite a few custom made curved moldings (made by actual molding manufacturers) and I don't think any of them matched up this well.

[@ApexWoodworks]

Find a different molding manufacturer. There's no reason they can't exactly duplicate moldings... assuming they're able to grind their own knives and you have the budget to pay for the unique tooling. Further, in this day and age of CNC machining, much of this molding is now being done on automated machinery. But there's still the need for attention to detail.

[@matthiaswandel]

Exactly!

[@rbahena82]

I know you probably get this a lot but u are amazingly talented ...

[@budzillasohoski9858]

You are truly the "King of Clamps!"

[@grip2010dc]

Nice work you are real old school I like your method of making all the cutters earn their keep . We'll done with the tilting router idea .

[@captainsuperfly]

Incredible standard of work. Brilliant video and talk through. Thank you.

[@djeeves1]

You are unbelievably talented, Thanks for the video

[@SimgoWood]

does the featherboard keeps the piece in a perfect position against the arrow of your fence? i guess you have to be very carefull while you push the curved wood during the several passes. It looks tricky to maintain a perfect position that make thoses perfect parallel lines in the final result. can you explain that??? thanks

[@IgorTsigankov]

the moment when the copy looks better than the original :)

[@algerblidq2757]

x

[@Jurprime]

Фрезерный стол с наклонным фрезером - это здорово. Спасибо!!!

[@2drsdan]

I particularly enjoyed the planer dance you were doing, just not sure who was leading.

[@abner20bushi]

Your version is better than the original.

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

Damn, I think I've seen this before and was totally blown away!!! Same thing this time!

[@ErikAnderson1]

Great video Matthias nice joints and profiling. Thanks for sharing.

[@michelangelioni]

THANKS A LOT upload this for teaching all of us 'sunday carpenters'.

[@CenturyPorchPost]

Way above the norn. Mattias. Love your videos!

[@matthiaswandel]

I think a bit of birch hardwood.

[@diegovazquez8740]

este mister es un genio por que no lo traduce al español para entenderle mejor todo lo que hace es una genialidad soy un aficionado ala carpinteria y quisiera mas ideas de como usar el rauter

[@mcnultyfp]

terrific work! Where's the ear protection?

[@HomeImProveMentHow]

Very nice job well done you thought this out! Looking forward to hearing from you God bless Ken

[@Oly6t1]

KZbin should list the names of the negative votes, Maybe these dim individuals would think before aimlessly voting down such perfection on so many videos. Great video. Thanks again.

[@matthiaswandel]

they don't bother me so much. Getting down votes is a sign of a video being interesting.

[@garciarosa100]

Woodworker's tool works will make you any router bit you want.

[@ilducedimas]

Problem-solving genius. Any of these problems would have made me give up.

[@tommooe4524]

Excellent solution. How did you make a tilting router lift?

[@matthiaswandel]

watch the video on building it

[@Maxippouce]

that's incredible, and a lot of patience !

[@jej3451]

It must be nice to have you as a friend!

[@thedraphter]

Ok, silly question, maybe. was there a reason that you didn't plane the pieces (or the whole length of stock before it was pieces) before they were joined into a big curve? Man-handling them through the planer would have made me really nervous. It obviously worked, just wondering. Love the videos, and l completely agree with stygn. a video saying that you paid a professional moulding shop to manufacture a piece for you would have been boring.

[@Oldiesyoungies]

the router bit you show at 1:39 I need a router bit that is the exact negative of that so I can cope baseboards with that profile. I think I would have to order it special made. But, I don't want to buy one because I may need multiple different profiles. Also, I don't care if the one I make doesn't last as long because I can always make a new one. Can I make these out of an old sawblade? I saw John Heize making knifes out of sawblades. I would make the "knife" out of a saw blade and somehow attach it to a shank to make my own router bit. Thanks for all the videos, I watch and thumbs up everyone :)

[@MrWams123]

DO NOT DO THIS! You are playing with a shank spinning faster than what you are thinking. Spend some money and do it right. You can improvise with somethings, definitely not router bits.

[@red_freckle]

use a coping saw dude, it's not hard

[@Oldiesyoungies]

+Steve Hillier you are a friend and an ally. God bless

[@benvolio1987]

dude, you're like some kind of woodworking jedi!

[@oleksiy9515]

Hello Matthias! Can you make movie about a router bits and how to sharpen it. I think many of your subscribers interested in such movie. Thanks a lot for your materials!

[@joeborgesmedia2982]

Wow this looks incredible

[@ArcanePath360]

Can I ask what wood that is? I can't seem to get thick timber panels like that without it being ply and it really limits my projects. Thanks

[@c7i6abc]

Have you posted a video on how you made the tilting route?

[@isekaiexpress9450]

So... Using a wooden template, you could form a fancy cutter insert on a metal lathe? Gotta ask Berbraer the same question.

[@matthiaswandel]

yes

[@sailingcatcharay]

That luke is quite a lucky guy to have a friend like you!..great vid :-)

[@patrick258181]

mathias wandel. I am curious to know have you had any wood working schooling or are you self taught? You think of some amazing stuff.

[@Gantzz321]

+patrick258181 not sure about the schooling, but he has shown videos of his dad's wood working shop, so if not formally schooled he has the benefit of growing up with it

[@xl000]

Would it work with a Makita RT0700C with a tilting base and the correct bits ?

[@joethompson11]

Beautiful work as usual!

[@oleksiy9515]

So you sharpen it, or buy new?

[@chrisgiroffi3471]

Nice Job! I be very interested in knowing your tilting router setup. What kind of router? The tilting mechanism and so forth.. Nice job.. You impressed me.. Chris

[@chrisgiroffi3471]

+Chris Giroffi Never mind I found it. I asked before I looked. Great videos. Your a smart guy...

[@havocgeneral]

@locouk Which show/channel was he on.

[@Unabridged-j3h]

like a boss! this is Way beyond my scope. you make I'll nail it.

[@Name_Nah00]

I'm not sure if that's a pun...or you actually mean that XD

[@Unabridged-j3h]

Micah Beers exceptional craftsmanship which is way beyond my comprehension. therefore, I will settle with you making the moulding and I will take the easy way out and just nail it in place👍

[@carledowning]

What material did u use to join the sections?

[@OrangeSliceEclipse]

Wow..... I solute you for you fine skills. Well done!

[@jono9549]

WOW........great job and attention to details!

[@Ararxos]

what kind of wood are you using? mdf?

[@beeldhouwerijvanvelzen1533]

Nice problem solving Matthias! I regret to say that at 5:07 I still see a tiny nick in the inside curve of the left molding. These curves are always tricky. To check if the line runs smooth, I usually look with one eye just above the plane, along the line of the curve. Any imperfections will immediately jump out that way. Just look along the curve at say a 5-10 degree angle, just as you would when checking if a plank is straight.

[@c7i6abc]

Thanks, strange how it suddenly appears in the list of videos on the right. By the way, I did find and viewed it a little while ago.

[@robertalexander2478]

what kind of planer is yhat

[@piolin682]

Gracias, no sabía como sacar provecho al router para hacer molduras, muy bueno.

[@Larenzoid]

Great job, Matt!

[@islamn799]

how can make router design over the door surface?

[@SirJosephOxford]

I know... this is why I agreed with youtubestinks comment. Thanks for your sharing your thoughts on it though.

[@jamesr5106]

Thanks for this video. I had been looking for one to curve molding but I never thought to just cut a curve into some wood and then turn it into molding. Still WAY beyond my skill.

[@karinecarde1254]

This is amazing. Great work. Thank you for sharing.

[@dicktracy2453]

Excuse me, but would it not be better to use a CNC?

[@matthiaswandel]

If you have a fie axis CNC machine with a huge bed. (as in, a $100,000 CNC machin)e and time and expertise to program it, then yes

[@kennybo-iy2ed]

lol

[@Blinkation]

the guy asked a valid question, no reason to be sarcastic. and you could make it on a cheap cnc like x-carve but you will need to do it in pieces.

[@Ismael_Vieira]

i agree with you that the CNC is not the cheap way, however for the trim you made you can use a 4x8 3 axis cnc (15k to 30k)

[@kdocki]

No.

[@vajake1]

That is the coolest thing I've seen!

[@batican8367]

First video I have seen of yours! Subscribed! Very cool man! I build picture frames and just started a channel.

[@rick91443]

I agree with the others...Matthias YOU ARE TRULLY AMAZING!!! Really enjoy watching your videos(and thank you)....rr

[@smfield]

The original finishing carpenters and furniture makers used basic trigometric formulas to design and build varied shapes. In this case they would ave just used an ellipse with its two foci. Just measure the two axis's and plug and print!

[@putinscat1208]

Temp nail a wedge to each piece to help clamping. Or make a custom jig.

[@donnavansickler1413]

Wow!!! Very impressed.

[@pate8544]

Great work and very good video. Thanks for sharing!

[@yaarkhan5294]

REQUEST to Matthias Wandle... kindly guide me... i want to know that can we fix the Router Bits in the Drill machine's Chuck ? will it safe to use...by using the drill jigs ? Thanks for your all wonderful tutorials....