Society of American Period Furniture Makers
The E-Interview Series: The Bombé Chest with John Davis

Figure 18. Carving the base molding with a back bent gouge.
Figure 19. The base molding partially profiled.

SAPFM Once the molding profile is carved do you do anything further to the profile? Scraping?
DAVIS Yes. The carving gets very close but I touch it up with a scraper, filed to the profile, if needed.


SAPFM What type of chisel(s) are you using - Make/Model MM/Inches & Sweep?
DAVIS I’m using an old Addis backbent, marked 36.

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