Ok… so the room isn’t totally done. Just almost done. Yesterday I made the baseboard trim. I had decided that I wanted trim that was taller than I could get at the box store, so I purchased a router bit to make the molding. Initially I was going to use some of the red oak I have sitting around to make the trim. But that would require me milling the lumber. And since it was going to be painted anyway, I started with 1×8 pine from home depot.
First I made a test piece from a piece of a 3/4″ x 7 1/4″ board I had sitting around.
This allowed me to check the look of the trim before I decided to go purchase the lumber.
After Ben and I had agreed that the trim was a good fit to the room, I went out and picked up the lumber and spent the afternoon milling the baseboard trim and priming the trim.
Today, I plan on painting the trim, and will put it in tonight (or later this week if the paint isn’t dry enough to install today (It is humid and raining – it may take longer to dry than normal).
At least Ben has been sleeping in the new room – he is very happy to have a larger room. He just hasn’t moved all his stuff over; he is waiting for me to finish the trim before he does that.
Hi,
You make this sound easy. Can you tell me what router bit you used for this?
Also, any tips that I should know, like speed, or the need of a feather board?
Thanks for your help.
Doug.
Doug,
It actually wasn’t that hard. I think it was much easier because I purchased 1x boards at Home Depot so I didn’t have to mill any of my own lumber. The pine was also pretty soft, so it wasn’t that hard on the router. I used an Amana Tool Architectural Molding Router Bit (Bit 54220).
I don’t remember the speed, but since I was painting the trim, I didn’t worry if I got a litle burning. I don’t remember if I used a feather board, but I think it would be a good idea. The only real lesson I learned, was the 8′ long boards were difficult to keep balanced when running across the router table. I think an infeed and outfeed support at the height of the table would make the cutting a lot easier. I also took several light passes, with the final pass being very light.
Hopefully this helps.