Please help me identify how this profile was cut, I need to essentially replicate the piece of rotten wood

Submitted by whippets t3_yvhd2d in DIY

https://imgur.com/a/rcL0EpN

Im much more of a metalworker than wood worker but I do have a table saw, mitre saw, and a router with table. Is there some kind of router bit/ combination of bits I could use to make this profile on a new piece of wood? I looked at menards and didn’t see one that looked the same.

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MkLiam t1_iwee50t wrote

I make cabinets. Its hard to tell what I am looking at, but my first move would be trace it out and use a jigsaw.

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Outside_Advantage845 t1_iwf6x6z wrote

I thought the same but now I’m thinking our perspective is off. Probably only 3/4” wide

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MkLiam t1_iwf72w3 wrote

Maybe a band saw would be better then.

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Spinaccio t1_iweg1h1 wrote

Look up rail and stile router bits, used to make frame and panel doors.

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TheFishBanjo t1_iwexuu2 wrote

This.

To my eyes, it was cut on an industrial shaper as part of a production door line.

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Spinaccio t1_iweyc02 wrote

Can’t tell scale from the pic, but I had rail and stile router bits for smaller doors that looked similar-there are different styles. With solid fixtures they worked great, Amana or Freud i think.

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Spinaccio t1_iweycnj wrote

Can’t tell scale from the pic, but I had rail and stile router bits for smaller doors that looked similar-there are different styles. With solid fixtures they worked great, Amana or Freud i think.

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DotAccomplished5484 t1_iweis4g wrote

That cut probably was made with a single, shaped milling head.

If I was to duplicate, I would use a router.

Cut the slot to match with a straight bit of the right width. Can also be cut on a table saw with care. Then I would put the radius on the sides of the slot with a rounding over bit (the term I know). It appears that the two edges have different radius corners, but that just may be the photo.

Easier said than done.

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zedsmith t1_iwedbur wrote

Probably all in one go on a big power shaper / spindle Moulder. Not something you’re going to have ready access to if you don’t know a guy who makes doors/windows for a living.

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whippets OP t1_iweev13 wrote

That’s what I was afraid of 😩

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unamusedaccountant t1_iwf0dfk wrote

I think a coping saw be the easiest cheapest route since you’re only needing to make one cut.

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Mildly_Angry_Biscuit t1_iweyjfv wrote

If this is to be painted, what would stop you from using simple router bits and replicate the shape on thinner stock, then face-glue the whole thing together? Seems a bit easier to break the shape down to simpler curves than trying to replicate the whole thing. The biggest pain is to have enough clamps to secure the whole thing together, but that does give you a reason to buy a bunch of nice new clamps (and considering they're useful in metalworking as well, that's not so bad!).

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Templar42_ZH t1_iwefecd wrote

Flush cut router bit with a bearing. Either top or bottom mount can work just make sure the bearing rides against the rotten wood to guide. Likely will need to clean up those corners, grab your pull saw for that.

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whippets OP t1_iwesn20 wrote

That won’t work sorry if that looks like a big piece but look at the Imgur album that’s the profile of the board, taken from the side edge

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Templar42_ZH t1_iwfo0te wrote

All is not lost! Both of these are produced by a router bit. Well, two different bits but still. Due to a combination of beer league hockey and alcohol I am currently unable to find the bits you need. Hopefully someone else will swoop in and take the assist.

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alabasterwilliams t1_iweh5cs wrote

What are those comb looking things with slidy bits that let you make a trace of weird cutouts?

Used one when doing a tile job once, can’t remember the name of it.

Edit: Profile Gauge, or Slidy Bit Comb Tracer. Turns out Evil-Mike isn’t so evil!

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BudsosHuman t1_iwenidn wrote

Trace it to the new piece, cut it wth a cheap and simple coping saw from old tools drawer. Just mind the line, and clean up with a knife for tight spots.

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