arm rest molding – question

[Anonymous]

If I wanted to add a traditional arm rest moulding to the plans, what would I do? thanks

[Anonymous]

First you need to order the molding from either a local hardware store or > ORDER HERE

Then you would need to add a lower lip to the front of the bar. See image below. The lip only needs to extend out, not necessarily to the floor as shown.

Oh yeah, and as probak118 mentioned, spend a lot of money!
A 6′ section of oak will run you $65.99.

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[brimichm]

Spend a lot of money !!! If you look at various sites you will see they sell traditional arm rail by the foot. I would expect that’s why you see most of us generally only use other stock and add corner mouldings etc… Get ideas from the pictures of finished projects.
I used 1 x 2 oak stock and added oak corner moulding. Have not had a complaint yet.

[Anonymous]

found the molding I need and it is the traditional bar molding, but is cut differntly underneath to fit this type of bar. My only question is, how to I match the side molding to it since it would be different?

[brimichm]

Why not continue the arm wrest around the side(s) till it reaches the back. Then, make a profile of the end with a piece of oak and cap it so you don’t see the hollow of the end.

[o4fishin]

I didn’t add a lower lip to my bar for the arm rail and I think it looks fine. The bar was already pretty high so I just set it flat on the bar(see fish tank bar in album section) It was expensive though because I had it made from oak and shipped from back east to the west coast. Probably would have been better to find a local person to make it.

[elmalaro]

If you have a table saw and router, you can actually make your own bar rail to whatever specifications you want! This is a very advanced table-saw operation that should be done by only people who are very comfortable using a table saw. Here is a link to a website that details how to make the cove cut in the wood.

http://www.binkyswoodworking.com/CoveMouldingTip.htm

For a bar rail, first use the router to round the edges, and then cut the cove cut in the wood. I’m cheap and dont like to pay for stuff I can make myself. By the way, if you choose to do this operation, I’d suggest trying it on a few short pieces of pine before using some expensive oak boards or something.
Or, you could always buy it . . . . .

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