Peter Byrne asked:

>  > I am getting set to make some bedside cabinets to match an existing
>>  Victorian dressing table. I have done this sort of thing before, always
>>  getting a pretty good match of original mouldings, panels and beads with
>a
>>  #55 or one of my motley collection of hollows and rounds and panel
>>  raisers. This time I have the challenge of replicating vertical stopped
>  > flutes on the legs.

Bugbear replied:

>Sounds like a matter for a "moulding box" (AKA turning box) and
>a scratch stock :-)

And Brian Welch followed up with a description of moulding/turning
boxes and some nice ascii art.

If the legs are tapered or turned, the time spent making up a moulding
box and scratch stock will be well spent. But, if they are square and
of uniform width, then a double fenced scratch stock should suffice.

In either event, depending on the size/depth of the flutes, entirely
forming them with a scratch stock may prove fairly laborious. In
which case, they could be roughed out, at least, with an appropriate
carving gouge. A "fluter" (London Pattern #10) of the right width,
of course.  :-)

If the material is cooperative and the gouge good and sharp, you
probably can get pretty close to the final form with the carving gouge
alone. And, you may well need an appropriate gouge for cleaning up the
ends, anyway.

Don McConnell
Knox County, Ohio