Need replacement 3/4 round posts

RoyMi6 · 31 Oct 2019 at 13:18

Hi, I'm needing to get replacement 3/4 round posts for finishing the livingroom in our house.

Basically these bits... (the wood post itself has got the back carved out so the profile is kind of like the crappy circle/piechart.

Anyone know what this is called? I'm thinking of just buying a wooden handrail and cutting out the back on a tablesaw or something as I don't know what to search for...

Cheers in advance,
Roy

touch · 31 Oct 2019 at 14:02

Wood moulding, I think.

Jez · 31 Oct 2019 at 14:04

I dont know where you are, but if i ever need anything like this i'd have the local wood yard make it, you'll surely find most wood merchants have industrial tools on site to cut to order and shape things. My local one (oxfordshire) is very flexible like this. They'd just cut and shape this out of normal stick timber.

RoyMi6 · 31 Oct 2019 at 14:21

touch said:
Wood moulding, I think.

Ha yeah, on the case with the "moulding" part

Tried:
- 3/4 round moulding (just get 3/4inch quater round beads...)
- 3/4 round trim (same thing)
- Staff bead (not it)
- Corner bead (no luck)
- Corner moulding
- Corbels
- Colunms
- Pediments
- Corner Posts
- Radius mouldings
- Victorian Corner protectors

Jez said:
I dont know where you are, but if i ever need anything like this i'd have the local wood yard make it, you'll surely find most wood merchants have industrial tools on site to cut to order and shape things. My local one (oxfordshire) is very flexible like this. They'd just cut and shape this out of normal stick timber.

Unfortunately wood merchants isn't something that's really local up my way. Likely going to have to get something like this done but just order it online/

Annoyingly this isn't even my photo just a random one I found online while looking for painters - but it looks almost identical to what we've got. I've also seen it in other houses in the past - so it's not something totally bespoke or anything...

EDIT: Getting someone with "full round", "dowels" and "finials" for the top bit, but still not found what I need

RoyMi6 · 4 Nov 2019 at 15:49

Sorry to bump but at a bit of a loss and not sure what to do :|

Anyone got any other ideas?

SeatIbiza · 4 Nov 2019 at 16:39

Silly question, what's wrong with the ones on there? Pics look ok? Is your property listed or similar?

They're quite cool, but definitely bespoke so going to cost a pretty penny.

RoyMi6 · 4 Nov 2019 at 16:46

SeatIbiza said:
Silly question, what's wrong with the ones on there? Pics look ok? Is your property listed or similar?

They're quite cool, but definitely bespoke so going to cost a pretty penny.

That's not my house, just a random photo I found online that happened to have exactly the same thing - I wasn't even looking for them when I found the photo

So yeah, they're not 100% bespoke because they're identical to something someone else has in their house somewhere in the world - but they are proving hard to find replacements for!

Like I say, worst come to worst I buy a pair of banisters, cut out the back and get my dad to turn some wood to create the tops. But if I could just find out what they're called I'm hoping I can just get them delivered for the weekend!

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 4 Nov 2019 at 17:09

Never seen anything like that, assume they go back to when there was no such guard

Not in the UK but this may help a little with the searching as it seems to be what you are after (kind of)

https://highlandmanorwoodproducts.com/home-decor/corner-guards/

SeatIbiza · 4 Nov 2019 at 17:30

RoyMi6 said:
That's not my house, just a random photo I found online that happened to have exactly the same thing - I wasn't even looking for them when I found the photo

So yeah, they're not 100% bespoke because they're identical to something someone else has in their house somewhere in the world - but they are proving hard to find replacements for!

Like I say, worst come to worst I buy a pair of banisters, cut out the back and get my dad to turn some wood to create the tops. But if I could just find out what they're called I'm hoping I can just get them delivered for the weekend!

AHHHH - right that explains. Personally, I wouldn't bother with them unless you had to (i.e. English Heritage insist). However, I would say they are bespoke as that's not something off the shelf and, the house is going to be old, so a proper chippy probably made those on site...

You probably can't find a name for them as they simply don't exist anymore. Perhaps try some of the heritage lot i.e. English Heritage, might be able to help?

sdavlaws · 5 Nov 2019 at 12:44

You could adapt a section of mopstick hand rail, its flat on a section already which should aid notching it,

The mill where I work could also make that profile to the size you require and I would assume any other company with machining capability could, only problem with a company like where I work would be the cost of making the tool. Would depend on how much you needed if that was viable

wandgrudd · 5 Nov 2019 at 13:31

http://www.dwmouldings.co.uk look under mouldings - profile library - dowell.

touch · 5 Nov 2019 at 14:14

RoyMi6 said:
Sorry to bump but at a bit of a loss and not sure what to do :|

Anyone got any other ideas?

If you're completely stuck find some straight rod you can cut (or the parts from the post above) and I can make the fancy bits for you on my lathe.