Silky oak mouldings

[Sigidi]

Anyone made their own mouldings?

I've got about 3.5-4 cubic metres of air dried silky oak cut into 5"x1" and am thinking of making architraves and skirtings out of it.

Anyone had experience in doing this themselves?

Also what's the general consensus on Silky as a moulding timber? I know all the solid timber door and window joinery used to made from it, so I suspect it should be ok, but any thoughts betond this.

I have to skite a bit :D as the silky is a terrific pink colour, just gorgeous, wonderful ray figure from the silica in the timber and all for free, so I really don;t mind spending some time/effort an dmoney on processing the blanks into nice looking mouldings.

What are your thoughts?

[Cliff Rogers]

....What are your thoughts?

5 x 1 pink is furniture grade.... http://www.ubeaut.biz/approval.gif
It is too nice to use as kick boards. :p

Formal dining tables, dining suite sideboards, presentation cabinets, etc.

It doesn't need any fancy moulded patterns on it.

You could even make nice bed heads or wide arty farhty picture frames out of it.

[journeyman Mick]

Like Cliff said, it would be fine for mouldings (all my jambs, archs and stops are SO, but painted, unfortunately) but a bit of a waste. I've got about 4 or 5 cubes of it and my house needs skirtings but they're nt getting made from it, might go tulip oak (might have enough) or brown salwood (got heaps, and more on the way).

Mick