Chair Rail 2-1/2" - 34

This attractive 2-1/2" - 34 belly band chair rail measures 2.500" wide by .625" thickness, enabling the pattern to be milled out of four-quarter lumber. The symmetrical profile is composed of a 1-11/64" wide convex semicircular arc in the center, flanked by two 11/32" wide half round beads, joined to a 3/32" broad line segment with a 17/64" cove and a 3/64" eased edge leaving a 11/64" thickness dimension on both the right and left side of the design.

Are you thinking about possibly building an enclosed tool room for the profile knife grinder, template-making machine,, and a place to store all your acrylic templates and knives? Please read our helpful commentary on securing the knife grinder's linear bearings,. This small, simple task can save you thousands of dollars in repair costs by not securing the lineal table bearings before moving the machinery.

Caution: the cutters will come within .020" of the machine bed plates when milling this detail. We recommend a wooden, phenolic, or plastic sacrificial bed plate for these milling operations.