I'm still working on finishing touches on my kitchen remodel (still). The old laminate countertop had an integrated backsplash that covered the bottom 4" of the kitchen windows. It looked really dumb and anything that splashed at the sink got caught between the window and the back of the backsplash. It was a pain to keep clean.
When I put in the new countertop, I didn't want to interrupt that view anymore with a backsplash, but the window moldings dead ended at the top of the backsplash. Replacing the left and right moldings weren't a problem because it's a common profile. Although after 18 years, the stock moldings at the Borg are slighter thinner than they used to be. I could not find the molding that divided the two windows, though. It's basically a 1/2" thick board with two 3/8" beads running the length of it.
It would be an easy thing to mill if I had a 3/8" beading bit for my router, but I don't and they aren't necessarily that inexpensive. I only need 8 linear feet of it. I thought about buying 8' of window molding and ripping off the bead and using that, but that seemed really wasteful. Then I remembered I bought a bunch of scratch stock from a member on another forum. IIRC, probably $1 for each piece of metal and I can get 4 profiles on each one. I traced the profile onto the scratch stock, used a bench grinder to remove most of the material, and then finished up with some hand files. Not a perfect reproduction, but good enough. This was the second profile I've made so I already had a little wooden block to hold the scratch stock.
I started with some light passes and applied more pressure as I progressed. Poplar is pretty soft so it didn't take that much effort. Maybe 1/2 hr to form the profiles on both sides. Once it's painted, it should look like it was always there. I'm happy with the end result.
When I put in the new countertop, I didn't want to interrupt that view anymore with a backsplash, but the window moldings dead ended at the top of the backsplash. Replacing the left and right moldings weren't a problem because it's a common profile. Although after 18 years, the stock moldings at the Borg are slighter thinner than they used to be. I could not find the molding that divided the two windows, though. It's basically a 1/2" thick board with two 3/8" beads running the length of it.
It would be an easy thing to mill if I had a 3/8" beading bit for my router, but I don't and they aren't necessarily that inexpensive. I only need 8 linear feet of it. I thought about buying 8' of window molding and ripping off the bead and using that, but that seemed really wasteful. Then I remembered I bought a bunch of scratch stock from a member on another forum. IIRC, probably $1 for each piece of metal and I can get 4 profiles on each one. I traced the profile onto the scratch stock, used a bench grinder to remove most of the material, and then finished up with some hand files. Not a perfect reproduction, but good enough. This was the second profile I've made so I already had a little wooden block to hold the scratch stock.
I started with some light passes and applied more pressure as I progressed. Poplar is pretty soft so it didn't take that much effort. Maybe 1/2 hr to form the profiles on both sides. Once it's painted, it should look like it was always there. I'm happy with the end result.
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