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Technique Question - Wing Shapes and Curves

Reddit r/woodworking·u/jwhtn·about 1 month ago
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Hi gang, I'm sure you've seen this image around. It's been floating in my inspo folder for years. Incredibly beautiful. Can we talk technique?

I marvel at how they've employed the smooth curved wing shape for the shelves to make it that consistent across a broad area, and at how the uprights have what looks like a consistent teardrop cross-section. How would you go about doing something like this?

I seem to recall that these shelves were quite expensive, so the answer might just be that it takes a ton of patient, skilled labor. Or are they leaning on industrial shapers and custom profile bits? Is something like this in the realm of possibility for a hobbyist woodworker?

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