stopped flutes and rosettes

Don Nichelson · Post by **Don Nichelson** » Tue, Jan 30 2007, 12:25PM

I have searched in the archives and found an article/tutorial on how to do stopped flutes, however, it skipped steps and left me clueless. Started out fine, built a cube, put the lines in it, switched from contour editor to part editor and so forth, then arcs were placed on the lines and it doesn't tell you how. Basically from a construction standpoint I can go outside and throw this together easily. I need to be able to show my customers the flutes and rosettes on their cabinets. Can anyone help me out, maybe walk me through the steps slooooooowly. Thank you.

Todd Miller · Post by **Todd Miller** » Tue, Jan 30 2007, 1:15PM

Don,
Would you please post the link to that tutorial? Maybe I can fill in the steps where you got lost.

Todd Miller · Post by **Todd Miller** » Tue, Jan 30 2007, 2:44PM

Do any of these examples show what you are looking for.

Don Nichelson · Post by **Don Nichelson** » Tue, Jan 30 2007, 10:28PM

Yes sir that is exactly what I am looking for and am going to look for the post right now.

Jonathan Lester · Post by **Jonathan Lester** » Wed, Jan 31 2007, 7:48AM

Those flutes look good. I actually have a job coming up that I will need to do that. Could you post the directions to the forum if its not to much work? much appreciated. thank you

Kerry Fullington · Post by **Kerry Fullington** » Wed, Jan 31 2007, 7:52AM

Jonathan,
Here is a link to a thread that talks about stopped flutes.
Stopped Flutes
Kerry

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Wed, Jan 31 2007, 8:05AM

Here is a link to a thread that talks about making stopped flutes with round ends.

Mike Seisser · Post by **Mike Seisser** » Wed, Jan 31 2007, 9:00AM

Don,

Do you want your flutes started, stopped and eased?
Like this?

I'ts actually less work than laying them out individually with the arcs and all. I just realized that I never posted the process by which these are acheived.

I'll try to get that together B4 lunch.

Mike

Jonathan Lester · Post by **Jonathan Lester** » Wed, Jan 31 2007, 9:10AM

thanks guys cant wait to try it.

Don Nichelson · Post by **Don Nichelson** » Fri, Feb 16 2007, 10:31PM

The post I was referring to was the one that Dan shows but I couldn't do that when I followed the directions. Mike has pictures of what I need but no directions.

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Sat, Feb 17 2007, 8:33AM

Don Nichelson wrote:The post I was referring to was the one that Dan shows but I couldn't do that when I followed the directions. Mike has pictures of what I need but no directions.

Don

The instructions in that thread are quite explicit--all you have to do is follow them.

Mike Seisser · Post by **Mike Seisser** » Mon, Feb 19 2007, 2:30PM

Sorry it's taken me so long to post this process, I've been quite busy. Apologies in advance if I skip any steps, post here or email me if you need further explanation.

Ok, here goes:

First we make our display cube. Let's say we need a final piece 7 1/4\" W x 96\" H x 10\" D. However, we need to swap our width and depth dimensions when we create the cube because we'll be cutting our flutes from the side. So, enter 10\" for width, 96\" for length, and 7 1/4\" for depth, then click OK.

Mike Seisser · Post by **Mike Seisser** » Mon, Feb 19 2007, 2:41PM

Next, let's make our tool.

We're going to make flutes that are 3/4\" W x 1/2\" D, and use a Core Box Bit (of sorts), and we need to create it so that it cuts horizontally.

Enter the Shape Manager, select the Circle/Arc tool, and choose 3 Point Arc from the submenu. Then enter these coordinates:

-1/8,3/8 (enter)
-1/2,0 (enter)
-1/8,-3/8 (enter)

This will give us the radius portion of our tool.

Next, select the Line Mode tool (diagonal line at the far left of the tool icons) and enter these coordinates:

-1/8,3/8 (enter)
0,3/8 (enter)
0,3/8 (enter)
0,-3/8 (enter)
0,-3/8 (enter)
-1/8,-3/8 (enter)

This will close our tool path and extend the flutes out to 1/2\" for our depth. I always use exact coordinates when I create tools, and if you watch what's happening while you input the coords you'll see why you have to repeat every other coord. (It starts the new line where the old one left off to keep them connected.)

Once you've entered all your coords, your tool outline should look like the pic below.

Mike Seisser · Post by **Mike Seisser** » Mon, Feb 19 2007, 2:46PM

Next, click the Create Tool icon, then click anywhere on your tool outline. A Next button will appear at the bottom of the screen, click it. A pop up window called Set Tool Diameter appears, just click OK without entering anything. The Save As window appears, name your file, remember where you are storing it, and click Save.