Arch of plywood with their hands

interesting arch can brighten any apartment, but clumsily executed element capable disfigure even the most original and attractive interior.To correct the arch was made of plywood with their own hands will not only require accuracy and ability to handle the tree, but also a sense of style and usefulness.It is not necessary to use the element where it is inappropriate, since in this case not necessary comfort is achieved.

When you can build an arch

There are several situations where the use of reception facilities in the aisle arches may be appropriate:

• To hide irremovable defect doorway.
• In order to have an opportunity of organization of the opening in the wall with non-standard dimensions.
• In a situation when you want to add additional elements to the interior in the style, coupled with the type of furniture or other objects, such as baseboards, door frames, cornices.
• And the most common case, when no door is completely absent, as it prevents the movement of air currents.

should be taken into account when deciding on the establishment of an arched opening that door in an apartment provided by the project was not in vain.They are designed to protect occupants from drafts and improve sound insulation.In addition, the sale of property the new owner may be dissatisfied and will require a restructuring to reduce the price or repair the door.For this reason, it is necessary to think in advance all possible risks and to take a fully informed decision.

Independent mounting arch of plywood

If you look closely at the photo of the arch, it can be understood that until repaired there a corridor and a room with atypical doors large, occupying a largepart of the wall.This corridor is meaningless nook in which even the furniture can not be delivered.Arch, erected in the great doorway, joined the two rooms into a single space.At the same time, its design is made in the same style, as are the door behind her.Mouldings and wall also in harmony with the arch design.This version has a fairly good quality and rich appearance.Meanwhile, to make such a structure may well be on their own out of the ordinary plywood.

Materials and tools necessary

In order to produce an arch of plywood need to get some inexpensive materials and the usual set of hand tools ordinary craftsman, having an idea of ​​woodworking:

• Approximately 4 - 5 sheets with dimensions 2,44h1,22 mplywood having a thickness of 18-21 mm.
• Sheet 3mm plywood of the same size.
• wooden bars.
• Electric drill with drill bits of different diameters.
• Hammer beater.
• Jigsaw.
• Swivel miter box.
• Edge router with full set of cutters.
• sander.
• Finishing nails.
• Self.
• Special grout sealant to the corners.
• Lac suitable color.
• foam.
• Liquid nails or glue.
• rope.
• Building level.
• Pencil and tape measure.

Manufacturing

working pattern Before starting the construction of the arch it is necessary to make a template.It is useful to cut it out properly curved trim the top of the structure.Therefore, how the pattern is made, it depends on the quality of cutting.Take

thin sheet of plywood and Scrollsaw its long side band width of 6 to 10 cm. The length of the strip should be 1/3 more than the width of the opening.If length is not enough, you have to stitch two strips.In this case the joint is made by a small piece of plywood the same width.Fixing is done nails, bolts or screws.At the ends of the resulting parts we do small diameter holes, such that they can be inserted and tie twine.

now bending the strip within the opening so as to form an arc in the upper part.Thread the twine through the holes and fix the arc like a bow from which shoot arrows.To twine is not stretched, breaking the required curvature of the arch can fasten together the rack and the screw.The resulting simple device and is a template for the manufacture of casings curvature.

How correctly to saw arched casing

The horizontal flat surface is placed a thick sheet of plywood and put it our template.It may happen that he does not fit all.In this case, we add more sheets as long as necessary.This template should be placed so that the sides of the sheets have the same distance.Keep in mind that at the junction of the plywood will have to make the female "in spike".This circumstance suggests a decrease in the size of the segments in the groove depth.Next, the template with a pencil draw a contour of the bottom of the casing.The upper edge is drawn at a distance of 10 cm from the bottom.Doing this will have on hand, pointing at several places the desired point.

Take electric jigsaw and Scrollsaw through curved casing.Drank one second can be made in his circuit.Both the workpiece must be the same.Optimally, if the frames are obtained from one sheet of plywood.If not, we will face some difficulty docking with the curved edge pieces together.For this purpose, a router is selected in one piece a groove and the other of the same protrusion.Put together, they form a long section.Thus the connection is all the pieces.After cutting out all the pieces need with great care to glue to one item.To do this, pick up the glue and clamps to press the workpiece to the surface.This surgery is performed with each stuck to a piece of adhesive after drying.When the casing is completely glued, it is necessary to process the edge cutter and sand.Similar actions to produce and manufacture of the second casing.

he drank vertical trim

An important stage in the construction of the arch with their hands plywood - manufacturing vertical casings.A total of four pieces required.To take sawing thick plywood and mark up on it trims.At the same height do more than 20 cm, than you need, and leave 10 cm width. Scrollsaw blank, do them grooves and butted with a curved top.Then the entire structure is ground and processed by a mill.Casing will somewhat higher than necessary.Then we sure this fact will help it fit for the opening.

Making curved arch arches

very important step in the entire structure arch is the production of curved arch.It must be done from thick plywood.Fine, though more easy for folding, make the design look like a cheap imitation.First of thick plywood saw off workpiece over the length equal to the width of the wall, which is the arch.The easiest way to bend the workpiece, if you make it a plurality of transverse gashes using cutters.They should be 2/3 depth of thickness of plywood.The distance between them can be from 1 to 2 cm, and their number depends on the size of the arch.

Before making a bend, you need to practice on some piece of plywood, so it is not so easy.It may happen that the veneer crack on the other side, and all the work will go down the drain.To minimize this risk, it is necessary to wet the workpiece in boiling water or steamed with hot steam.Time of the procedure must be determined experimentally, as it depends on the characteristics of the plywood.Make a blank standard curvature help previously made template.Before bending the need to lubricate all the slots with glue, but do not overdo it, because it will squeeze out the excess and reduce the quality of the work.

Bent plywood and can be on a special machine.It is simply placed procurement and contracted clamps.After that, it is in this state, a certain period of time has not yet begin to retain its shape.

Production of side portions uprights

final stage of the manufacture of components arches - is to saw the side of the vertical uprights.This is the easiest part of the whole work.It is necessary to make the marks on thick plywood.This will be equal to the width of the rectangle a set width and height equal to the height of the arch.Jigsaws Scrollsaw blank, customize them in place, grind, zapilivaem all angles using a miter box.

Mounting arch doorway arch

installation phase is the most crucial, because you need to properly fix the details of future designs with each other without visible gaps.Otherwise the whole structure will be erected us look clumsy.Small gaps may often repaired with mastic, but can not be large.There are many ways of mounting arch to the wall.This can be the finishing nails and screws with countersunk heads.However, there is a safer way to the surface - the use of foam.To do this, the inner arch arches set into place and zapenivayut all the space between it and the walls.Then a set of spacers to fix the foam pour.When the foam completely hardens, the spacer is removed, and the excess is cut with a knife.At the end of the whole process is nailed on finishing nails or countersunk screws securing the trim.

Another variant of the device arch

If you want to simplify the process of making the arch, you can use a simpler way.However, the result will not be as interesting as it looks like this arch is too simple, and its design is not very reliable.First of wooden bars make the frame, as shown in the figure.

To this end, we attach the panel.Then you need to take a thin plywood or sheet press cardboard and cut out her long billet the necessary width.From it, we bend the inner vault.It will not be easy.Simply place the workpiece into the opening and to raise the ceiling.We obtain a set of arc.

Then we need to make the end panels.There will be two.For their production need to measure the diameter of the arches and some stick to hammer a nail in the range level.Get the tools necessary to draw a semi-circle on a piece of plywood.Then fret Scrollsaw scribed line on the workpiece.Customize it in place, and then another Scrollsaw same.The end panels nailed or screws to fasten to the frame.

Then, the arcuate bottom contour nailed workpiece of thin plywood and, if necessary, make a hole in it for the spotlights.After assembling the arches need to putty all joints.Thus serpyanku can be used which does not allow the seams to separate over time.The resulting arch requires careful finishing.This can be wallpaper or other materials.

proposed methods allow to build an arched structure made of ordinary plywood on their own, using a minimum of resources.This work is under the force of each.The main thing you need to remember that a change in the interior should not harm the appearance of the room.For example, a narrow and low arch can greatly disfigure the interior.Therefore, for the construction of arches is better to choose wide openings.