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Hey it's not metal but it is a project! A friend needed a curved desk but it was a bridge to far for him. I took the project on and had fun doing it. I started out by building three formers out of double 3/4 plywood and just went from there. The trickiest part was the curved trim and moldings. For the trim I made multiple slits in the back of pine boards to make the required turns. The moldings were tougher. After 4 or 5 failed attempts to make the radius with various molding shapes I ended up using a three piece design. The inner piece was 3/16 x 1", then 3/16 x 7/8" and finally 3/16 x 3/4". Each piece was installed individually and fastened with a brad gun and glue starting with the tallest one first. The thin pieces went around the curve easily with the end result looking like a one piece ogee molding.
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