Profile Catalog Glossary
ASTRAGALS
T - astragals go between two doors.
One side is fixed, the door shuts on the other side. (straight
astragals are in the planton section)
BACKOUTS
Relieves the back of the wood to help
with cupping and warping. Allows for airflow.
BAR RAIL
A rail set along outside edge of a bar.
Your arms rest on this.
BASE
Installs on bottom of the wall. Butts
into the Casing.
BASE CAP
A Smaller piece to added onto an existing
base, used to make Base height/design more extravagant.
BASE SHOE
Goes along the bottom of the base. Would
cover any gaps between base and an uneven floor.
BED MOULDS
Similar to Crowns, but used mainly on
furniture.
BEVELS
Bevels for Crowns and Champhers, zero
to ninety degrees.
BRICK MOULDS
Goes outside the Main Entrance of a
door. Butts brick or stucco to jambs.
CAPS
Anything used to go over an existing
piece, like joints between two handrails, or the cap of a wall,
etc.
CASE
Framework that goes around a door or
window (all symmetrical cases are in the Chair Rail section).
CHAIR RAIL
Pieces to go about half-way up the wall.
Used chair back height to protect wall from chair damage.
CORNERS
Any corner pieces, radius or sharps,
to cover corners.
CORNICE
Pieces used in stacking multiple patterns
on top of each other, Hides curtain rods, hooks ect.
COVES
Similar to Crowns, but nearly symmetrical.
CROWN
Mouldings that connect the ceiling and
wall. Upper most part of a room. Bevels set height & projection.
DADOS
Various widths and depths of plows.
DENTIL
Used underneath a crown, to make crown
height/design more extravagant.
DOOR COPE
Any type of door stile within a rail
door. Stiles are the vertical sections in a door, rails are
the horizontal section.
DOOR RAIL
Used for Cabinetry stile & rail
doors. Kitchen cabinets, etc.
EDGES
Profiles that run from the side cutter
head in a moulder.
FLOOR RAIL
Spindles from a handrail sit inside
this and it is secured to floor.
FLUTED
A type of casing used with Plinth blocks,
and Rosettes.
FULL ROUNDS
Complete circular pieces.
HALF ROUNDS
Half circular pieces.
HAND RAIL
Hand Rails are what we grab onto in
stairways, hallways, ect.
JAMBS
Between the casings on insides of the
doorway. Some with grooves are for use with a piece of weather
stripping. There are both exterior & interior types of jambs.
MULLIONS
A slender vertical dividing bar between
the lights of windows, screens, etc.
NOSING
Stair edges or counter-top edges, Bullnose's.
Any piece used on the face of an edge.
OGEE
Double curve, 1/4 of each circle on
a tangent, to form like a "S" many different uses for these
patterns.
PANEL MOULDS
Any mould with a rabbited edge to go
around a panel.
PICTURE FRAME
Mouldings used to make a picture frame.
PLANT ON
A wood piece of moulding placed on top
of an existing piece of wood, to add to the design.
PLINTH BLOCK
Goes around the bottom of the doorway,
column, or pier. Used with base to increase spread/decoration
of area.
RABBETS
One-sided plow. Various sizes.
RADIUS
Anything with a know radius. Corners,
etc.
RAISED PANEL
Decorative edges given to panels to
make them seem inlaid in a door, cabinet, or wall section. Popular
in stile & rail doors.
SCRIBE
Thin pieces of wood used between cabinetry
and walls to hide gaps.
SHIPLAPS
Typically used for siding. Any wood
pieces that overlap one another, without a tongue and grove
joint.
SHUTTER PARTS
All components related to shutters.
SILLS
Wood going between windows or doorway
pieces.
STOPS
Stops for windows, doors or inlaid glass
pieces.
TONGUE AND GROOVE
Wood pieces with a tongue and grove
joint.
TRIM
All miscellaneous pieces.
