Restoring Historic Moldings by Hand Methods for Reproduction
A cabinet maker explains milling and shaping techniques to reproduce architectural moldings. He outlines selecting stock, tracing contours with templates, using a trowel as a pattern, and steps from ripping to planing. Emphasis on planning, waste management, and precise edge work for durable results.
Safe hollowing and moldings with hand tools and saw setup
Describes methods for hollowing on a radial arm saw with a skew setup, carbide blade, and shallow cuts. Details use of routers, surforms, planes, and wooden molding planes, plus scratch stock techniques for beads, ovolos, and coves. Emphasizes careful clamping, guided planing, and burnishing to finish contours accurately.
Maryland Trust buys Elliott-Bester House in Hagerstown
The Maryland Historical Trust accepted a bid for the Elliott-Bester House, left to the trust by Mrs. Mary K. Bowman. Purchased by Mr and Mrs Gerald La Pole for 31978, the 19th century building will remain a home and serve as their office. The Sykesville station may be nominated to the National Register. Sugarloaf Trails received a matching grant to publish a regional guide. Frederick Gutheim will receive an AIA medal in Dallas. The Montgomery County Historical Society seeks Montgomery Sentinel issues from 1867 to 1870. The Governor’s Consulting Committee approved six iron truss bridges and a Sugarloaf Mountain district for National Register inclusion.
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Frederick County’s Historic Architecture and Preservation Efforts
Frederick County offers diverse historic architecture from mid eighteenth century German and English farmhouses to 1920s art deco styles. Towns like New Market Burkittsville Liber tyown Emmitsburg feature brick and stone buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Office of Historic Preservation works with local groups to balance past and growth and provides assistance via Winchester Hall Frederick 683-8300 extension 286.
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