I have made fluted corner columns by hand using the method that Jeff Headley had previously outlined. I made a holding jig to secure the column and then made a device to hold a scraper that would be indexed on the holding jig and would run the scraper down the column to final depth of the flute. Then reposition the scraper and do the next flute. It goes surprisingly quickly. My question is how to make stop fluted columns. Do you use a scraper shaped to the stopped flute and run the entire flute, then carve out the portion that is not stopped? Do you try to make two scrapers one the full flute and one the stopped flute? I foresee problems doing it this way as the scrapers would have to be separately aligned in the holder to give a straight flute which I believe would be very dicey.
All help appreciated.
Howard Steier
All help appreciated.
Howard Steier