r/oddlysatisfying • u/nchndmld • Feb 25 '19
Certified Satisfying This scribed window trim
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u/1q8b Feb 25 '19
It’s in his bloodline. His father was a mudder, his mother was a mudder
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u/-Im_Batman- Feb 26 '19
My mother was a mudder. My father was a fudder though.
But together, they were one serious mudder fudder.
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u/Leiderdorp Feb 25 '19
This is a video explaining how this is (probably) done
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u/tilouswag Feb 26 '19
Lol I was expecting some kind of laser beam scanning device to analyze the shape.
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u/Gars0n Feb 26 '19
This is crazy impressive and should be higher. He makes it look easy but doing a task like that with such a simple tool requires a lot of skill.
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u/Zabumafoo69 Feb 26 '19
Shudder
“Mmmm...put it in again..”
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u/catindahat1 Feb 26 '19 edited Feb 26 '19
Probably wasn’t what you were going for but all I could think of while reading your comment was The Lion King. The part where the hyenas have Zazu.
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Feb 26 '19
Where shenzi is saying "say it again" or something similar and gets like, excited shudders?
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u/Anchor_Chains86 Feb 26 '19
(ACTUAL WORDS) Ha! well ill be damned, look at that shit. Honey! look at what this fuckin guy did. That's pretty neat, huh?
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u/Princess_Thranduil Feb 26 '19
I read this in a Boston accent
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Feb 26 '19
I heard it in Coloradan (cross between Fargo and Texas).
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u/BuildinMurica Feb 26 '19
I'm from Boston and I've lived in Colorado, Texas, and Fargo.
So I know exactly what y'all are taking about.
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u/learningtolurk Feb 26 '19
"Honey, get off the toilet the baby needs a bath" is what I said to my husband when he showed me this video.. then sent it to me in a text to watch. 🤦
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u/KingOfDamnation Feb 26 '19
I guarantee she looked over and said “huh” and went back to whatever she was doing and never thought of it again.
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u/Tehe14 Feb 26 '19
I understand that is how you would do that but for some reason I hate how that looks. Maybe from a far that looks better.
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u/teruravirino Feb 26 '19
I think the stark whiteness makes it look weird. Once it’s painted, it probably looks more natural or normal?
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u/babeek007 Feb 26 '19
There's barely enough room to put like 2" trim from Home Depot in there without scribing it so I don't see another option besides moving the fireplace (?) or window
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u/Aintence Feb 26 '19
Its the tiny gap that bothers me. If they fill it in, it will looks better imo
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u/God4wesome Feb 26 '19
How would you do it instead?
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u/slapnuttz Feb 26 '19
If it's a new..... Fireplace? Leave a quarter to half inch rim against the wall so that board butts against that
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u/CaZowski Feb 26 '19
Then the house shifts in 2 years and you hate it
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u/k4tertots Feb 26 '19
My first thought was the house shifting and cracks immediately form everywhere. Pass.
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u/GenevaTheHorsefucker Feb 26 '19
Intentional fits aren't supposed to be allowed there
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u/lol_camis Feb 26 '19
I lay hardwood floor and we sometimes have to do this exact same thing around stone fireplaces. It's very satisfying to do and surprisingly easy. I'm not saying it's easy, but it's easier than you'd expect.
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u/physicslover69 Feb 26 '19
I always thought this would be done the other way around. Where the window trim was done first and then the rock wall would be put up
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u/Missiondt Feb 26 '19
That is only an option if it’s new construction and you beat the masons to it first or if it’s a remodel where the fireplace stone is getting redone and again beat the masons to it. Sometimes during remodels the stone is not replaced but the trim around it is, so then you have to scribe it like in this video. I’m a trim carpenter and deal with this 2 to 3 times a month.
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u/Socratic-Govt Feb 26 '19
Is it just Me or does this not look very good
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u/Gaz_Of_Naz Feb 26 '19
I agree, I think it’s the colour, looks like a cheap material.
If it was a more traditional looking wood it would probably look nicer against the exposed wall.
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u/asdvancity Feb 26 '19
The real trick is to find all the stones that will perfectly fit into the board.
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u/Corporal_Yorper Feb 26 '19
For anyone who has to do this, but at a scale that’s smaller, a tool called a ‘contour gauge’ is used.
You’re gonna have to google how to use it, as writing it would take forever...
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u/TehSpaz Feb 26 '19
That's great and all, but looses it's luster when your shit head 4 year old neice or nephew comes over and starts gouging out the mortar between the stones with a pair of nail clippers. It won't be the shitty nail clippers that you use on your toes, mind you. I'll be the expensive $25 ones you bought at the fancy beauty supply store just to make sure you don't tear into the sides of your nails.
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u/TK34789 Feb 25 '19
That is amazing and mind numbing at once. As a carpenter myself this is not a quick fix.
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Feb 26 '19
I had to do it with about 50' of hardie board up a chimney this year thanks to poor planning. Its about 3 hours to do 10'
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u/bigmattyc Feb 25 '19
JFC I don't have 1/10th the skill or patience to get that right. It would take 3 bottles of caulk to fix it.
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u/Ferg_NZ Feb 26 '19 edited Feb 26 '19
Great job. That is really impressive. It's one of those times where you don't want to be out 10mm on the other end and have to re-do it.
Do you undercut the back in case the stone wall is lumpy at the point of contact?
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u/coffee-and-scotch Feb 26 '19
Hopefully insulation got tucked away in the jam before they nailed that off. "Honey, why's there always a draft over here?" Good job!
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u/MrCaspan Feb 26 '19
I hope that's not MDF as it will suck any moisture out of those bricks... but man is that an awesome coping job!!
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u/wutwutjbut Feb 26 '19
Excellent coping. But something tells me they had to figure out a creative way to rip it down to match the casing
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u/bmb222 Feb 26 '19
First sight judgement, I thought something had shattered part of a window frame. Nope.
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u/renterjack Feb 26 '19
now my 2 year old nephew starts poking at it with his toys, breaking off the tiny end bits.
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u/rscibelli Feb 26 '19
Imagine how long that must've taken to tace that out and trim it, and imagine how many failed attempts he must've went though! Definitely a true talent!
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u/tbone-not-tbag Feb 26 '19
I get to do one of these next week, but I am cheating and grinding out the sandstone instead scribing the wood Like this.
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Feb 26 '19
Fuck that I buljt window frames for almost years at a modular home plant the hardest i ever had to frame was the arch windows or the octagon don’t even get me started on craftsman windows I would have walked out if this came thru the line
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u/SSIRHC Feb 26 '19
This takes the award for the most oddly satisfying thing I’ve seen thus far on this thread. As it was getting set up against the wall was literally just like “no, no, no, no way”. 10/10
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Feb 26 '19
As a new up-and-coming trim Carpenter that is absolutely amazing this is the kind of thing that I strive to learn how to do.
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u/StopMeB4I Feb 26 '19
My patience and attention span won't allow this. I would board up the window.
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Feb 26 '19
The best thing about this is at first you don't think it'll work, but next thing you know it fits perfectly, then you're expectations are greatly exceeded
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u/vandancouver Feb 26 '19
We used to do the same thing, except with glass. Custom mirror work into a tiled opening, or brick mantle. We would use cardboard and a pencil to scribe, then transfer our mark to our mirror. Then it was mostly trying to cut what you could, and sand the rest.
It took allot of hours .
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u/nonanon1 Feb 26 '19
Im having a really bad night, but i forgot everything for a second and yelled "Get the fuck out of here!" when he put it in place.
upvote and (rare) comment.
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u/whycantiusethatname Feb 26 '19
Probably would have saved a lot of time if the rock work was done after the window frame was put in.
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Feb 26 '19
I need to thank OP for this post. I always struggle to stop browsing Reddit and just commit to going to bed. So, I saw this and I thought about how hard it would have been to do ... and I got tired just thinking about it. Time for bed.
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u/emmyfro Feb 25 '19
Holy shit how do you even do something like that