wainscoting

Damon Nabors · Post by **Damon Nabors** » Fri, Sep 28 2007, 10:01PM

I have been wanting to wainscot my stairway and was thinking that you could take a sheet of mdf and cut the ends at the proper angle. Insert some raised panels at an angle. I took the 4x8 display panel to the parts editor and cut the ends and put the outline for the cut path on the display panel. But when I pick my tool and hit apply, then OK. A message pops up saying not possible. I was using a raised panel tool. How come it will not make the cut??? I would think the profile modeler would make the cut path.

Has anyone tried this. I would think a paint grade wainscotting would be easy to make. Simiular nested door, but cut at a different angle and not all the way through.

Thanks
Damon Nabors

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 6:53AM

Damon,

I think you are trying to perform the modeling after the cuts are made. I can't remember exactly how, but it can be done. I worked for over an hour on this and can't finish but here is a panel I started on. This one is at an angle and was very tricky.

I believe you have to place the paths and do all the cuts after all the paths are in place.

I tried to upload the esa. but it was 46 M

Kerry Fullington · Post by **Kerry Fullington** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 8:59AM

Damon,
You must define each individual panel cut path using Contour.
Make sure that your tool path isn't too close to the edge of the workpiece to accommodate the tool.
(ignore that I got one of my tool paths crooked.)
Kerry

Damon Nabors · Post by **Damon Nabors** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 9:00AM

Michael,

I got it to work this time, What I am wanting to do is put raised panel wainscoting going up the stairs.

Damon

Damon Nabors · Post by **Damon Nabors** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 9:05AM

try again

Damon Nabors · Post by **Damon Nabors** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 9:08AM

Thanks Kerry,

you came in after I got it to work somehow. I am not sure what I did different this time other than 4am in the morning, my mind is probably not too clear. But while Your here, when you make an accute angle, can the corner be so tight that it will not make the tool path??

Damon

Kerry Fullington · Post by **Kerry Fullington** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 9:13AM

Damon,
I think that is correct. Sometimes even with a radius if it is too tight the tool won't follow it.
Kerry

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 11:56AM

Damon,

I think you can do a radius (the diameter of the bit) on the corners that are accute, and this will allow the continued path.

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Sat, Sep 29 2007, 11:59AM