spindle moulder profile to make victorian beading for doors?

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I am making a folding set of doors to close an internal gap in the wall between 2 rooms. The gap is 2 metres wide so each 'door' is composed of 3 separete doors 400, 325 and 275 mm which fold in a concertina style behind the nib of wall on each side. It is similar to this http://www.oldpinecompany.co.uk/acatalog/Made-To-Measure-Shutters.html
Each section of the door is a proper door in itself with rails, stiles and panels and I want to put a raised Victorian bead around each panel. The wood is Southern Yellow Pine as I want it to look 'old' - this means that I can't really buy ready-made profiling from a timber merchants as that seems to be always white pine. That means I have to cut my own
Does anyone know which spindle moulder profile cutters I should use? The Axi catalogue has a couple which look promising (i think the numbering is universal....) - number 52 http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-CMT-Profile-Knives-and-Limiters-52-20723.htm or 81 http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-CMT-Profile-Knives-and-Limiters-81-20752.htm...
Thanks as always
Gasman
 
For a moulding that is flush or just under the face of the stiles etc go for the second one. For a Bolection mould , one that is proud (and often rebated over) the stiles and rails of the door go for the first one or similar, but minus the 5mm radius part. There are many variations of mouldings on Victorian doors, back when these were made cost was dependant on the number of procedures used to form the job.
What can be produced with a router or spindle in one pass may have taken several cutters and numerous passes with a plough plane or such.
Also look at what mouldings are used within the property and find something similar/smaller or akin to them.
Hope this is of help, Rob
 
your unlikely to find any of the shelf that will make what your looking for, why not have some made to your design.
 
Agree with JonnyD - whitehill seem to do more authentic cutters than the standard bland euro range as seen at Axminster Wealden and everywhere else.
Numbers 70-72 on that page seem far more like what I've seen in 19c houses. Mind you, finding your way around the site is something of a challenge
 
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