Rick Yochim
Well-known member
I have a two part question.
I am building a cabinet that has quartered columns on each corner where all four sides are show (its a period-ish kitchen island).
Actually they are not true quarter columns, but basically rounded corners set into the carcass as you would a quarter column on a traditional piece of furniture with a scratch bead all around to give it some definition. I start with 1 1/2 "squares and strike an arc to get the column's radius top to bottom then round it down with planes and shaves.
Design question. To best display the vertical beads on each side of the column, should they be on a small flats with the radius beginning and ending on the inside of the quirks or is the bead going to be more appealing if I strike the full radius from edge to edge of the block then have the bead follow the curve of the radius? If anyone has seen historic examples to this, that is where I'd like to start because I've drawn it out both ways and both options look pretty good.
Process question. I am thinking of scratching this bead in a scratch box for the long grain verticals and scratching and carving the cross grain horizontal beads top and bottom. The bottom horizontal bead is straight across the radius and the top horizontal has rounded corners to give it a gentle arc across the face of the radius. I'm defaulting to the hand method because it is one I'm more practiced with but if a router jig or some other method can do it as cleanly but more efficiently, I'm all ears.
Hope my description is clear enough.
Thanks.
Rick Yochim
I am building a cabinet that has quartered columns on each corner where all four sides are show (its a period-ish kitchen island).
Actually they are not true quarter columns, but basically rounded corners set into the carcass as you would a quarter column on a traditional piece of furniture with a scratch bead all around to give it some definition. I start with 1 1/2 "squares and strike an arc to get the column's radius top to bottom then round it down with planes and shaves.
Design question. To best display the vertical beads on each side of the column, should they be on a small flats with the radius beginning and ending on the inside of the quirks or is the bead going to be more appealing if I strike the full radius from edge to edge of the block then have the bead follow the curve of the radius? If anyone has seen historic examples to this, that is where I'd like to start because I've drawn it out both ways and both options look pretty good.
Process question. I am thinking of scratching this bead in a scratch box for the long grain verticals and scratching and carving the cross grain horizontal beads top and bottom. The bottom horizontal bead is straight across the radius and the top horizontal has rounded corners to give it a gentle arc across the face of the radius. I'm defaulting to the hand method because it is one I'm more practiced with but if a router jig or some other method can do it as cleanly but more efficiently, I'm all ears.
Hope my description is clear enough.
Thanks.
Rick Yochim