mantel

Mantel Slab, where to find?

I'm looking at putting up a mantel to dress up my fireplace. Any thoughts and ideas to get a nice size slab? My fireplace is trimmed out with an aged dark wood, so I'm thinking I will finish the mantel to fit in with the current flavor. Dimensions being roughly 72" long X 6-8" wide X 2-3" thick...
- ReynoldsJay
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- Oct 4, 2012
- mantel
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- Forum: Wood
New Mantel Almost Finished!

Greetings, We are in the process of remodeling our living room. The original mantel was a simple wood shelf with one piece of crown below. I removed the crown and built off of the existing shelf. Since my wife wanted everything painted white, I used MDF and pine. Here are a few photos...
- MikeL
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- Jun 17, 2011
- finished mantel
- Replies: 15
- Forum: General Woodworking
Mantel Pics

After first coat of primer
- MikeL
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- Jun 17, 2011
- mantel
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Mantel Pics

Everything up and ready for paint
- MikeL
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- Jun 17, 2011
- mantel
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Mantel Pics

Mounted the sanded corbels to routed base plates
- MikeL
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- Jun 17, 2011
- mantel
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MDF corbels

I laminated 3/4" MDF pieces to make stock for corbels. I traced my corbel pattern onto the laminated stock and cut out the shape on the bandsaw. Here, you can see that the corbels were clamped together to sand both uniformly.
- MikeL
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- Jun 17, 2011
- mantel
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Fireplace Mantel Project

So, in general I am slow as I attempt any finer WW'ing. Tackling this mantel for my daughter's fireplace was hard for me to visualize and keep straight, as it was built upside down and backwards, gee that sounds like most of my work!! Good part of the whole thing is that I got to learn a bit...
- Cato
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- Jun 16, 2010
- fireplace mantel project
- Replies: 3
- Forum: General Woodworking
New Mantel and Over-Mantel

I finally finished a project nearly 4 years after I promised the LOML I would do it. When we had our house built I told the builder not to do anything with the fireplace. I intended to do the trim-work myself. Well time kind of go away from me. So at any rate I started on the project about 2...
- 4yanks
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- Feb 7, 2010
- mantel overmantel
- Replies: 13
- Forum: General Woodworking
Mantel Clock From WoodSmith

Mantel Clock From WoodSmith
- FenderFan
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- Jan 6, 2010
- clock from mantel woodsmith
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where can i purchase an ash mantel

ash would be great but need a mantel to go next to ash cabinets, and dark flooring! need it around 60" long, about 8-10" wide and at least 4" thick! travis porter has two but cant get in touch with him anymore:BangHead:. wanna stone fireplace surround soon, so i can install flooring! thanks...
- dave "dhi"
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- Nov 11, 2007
- ash mantel purchase
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- Forum: Where Can I Find, Buy or Sell?
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ivey !?!? looking for an ash mantel piece and ...

some hickory treads! ash mantel 6' long and maybe 4" thick and 10" wide! like a rough look(dull blade cut).:icon_thum 6 treads(hickory) 4' long 1" thick finished and 12 inch wide! :eusa_pray ivey?????
- dave "dhi"
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- Sep 19, 2007
- ash ivey mantel piece
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Where Can I Find, Buy or Sell?
Mantel closeup

Closeup of the mantel molding.
- Wes
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- Feb 27, 2006
- bird's eye fireplace mantel maple walnut
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Mantel, walnut & bird's eye maple

A walnut and bird's eye maple mantel.
- Wes
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- Feb 27, 2006
- bird's eye fireplace mantel maple walnut
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