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Posted by Eric and Megan Swope on July 3, 2005, 9:14 pm
Hi everyone. Recently, I put down a tile floor in my powder room. When
taking up the old base molding, I noticed the corners were not mitered at 45
degree angles, but rather the one piece was just cut with straight ends that
were flush to the opposite walls, and the other piece that would meet it in
the corner was cut with a curve, and the curved end fit over the piece that
had straight ends, giving it the illusion that it was mitered. Anyone ever
heard of this technique for molding? What is it called? The only way I
figured out to do this, was to take the two pieces, hold them perpendicular
to each other, like they would meet in a corner, and trace the edge of one
on the other and use a jigsaw to cut it. Any information is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Posted by John Willis on July 3, 2005, 9:19 pm
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:14:32 GMT, "Eric and Megan Swope"
>Hi everyone. Recently, I put down a tile floor in my powder room. When
>taking up the old base molding, I noticed the corners were not mitered at 45
>degree angles, but rather the one piece was just cut with straight ends that
>were flush to the opposite walls, and the other piece that would meet it in
>the corner was cut with a curve, and the curved end fit over the piece that
>had straight ends, giving it the illusion that it was mitered. Anyone ever
>heard of this technique for molding? What is it called? The only way I
>figured out to do this, was to take the two pieces, hold them perpendicular
>to each other, like they would meet in a corner, and trace the edge of one
>on the other and use a jigsaw to cut it. Any information is appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
You have to learn to cope. No. Really. You have to learn to cope! Just
do it! Cope. Now don't get angry, I'm telling you to learn to cope!
--
John Willis
(Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)
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Posted by John Willis on July 3, 2005, 9:20 pm
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:14:32 GMT, "Eric and Megan Swope"
>Hi everyone. Recently, I put down a tile floor in my powder room. When
>taking up the old base molding, I noticed the corners were not mitered at 45
>degree angles, but rather the one piece was just cut with straight ends that
>were flush to the opposite walls, and the other piece that would meet it in
>the corner was cut with a curve, and the curved end fit over the piece that
>had straight ends, giving it the illusion that it was mitered. Anyone ever
>heard of this technique for molding? What is it called? The only way I
>figured out to do this, was to take the two pieces, hold them perpendicular
>to each other, like they would meet in a corner, and trace the edge of one
>on the other and use a jigsaw to cut it. Any information is appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
(saw, that is!:~)
--
John Willis
(Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)
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Posted by Evodawg on July 3, 2005, 9:22 pm
Eric and Megan Swope wrote:
> Hi everyone. Recently, I put down a tile floor in my powder room. When
> taking up the old base molding, I noticed the corners were not mitered at 45
> degree angles, but rather the one piece was just cut with straight ends that
> were flush to the opposite walls, and the other piece that would meet it in
> the corner was cut with a curve, and the curved end fit over the piece that
> had straight ends, giving it the illusion that it was mitered. Anyone ever
> heard of this technique for molding? What is it called? The only way I
> figured out to do this, was to take the two pieces, hold them perpendicular
> to each other, like they would meet in a corner, and trace the edge of one
> on the other and use a jigsaw to cut it. Any information is appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
>
Its called a cope cut and yes this is the way its done on molding.
You need to do a search on google "coping baseboard or molding" it's
much to hard to tell you here when someone has already explained how
its done. You need a coping saw and a miter saw.
Rich
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"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
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Posted by John Willis on July 3, 2005, 9:23 pm
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:14:32 GMT, "Eric and Megan Swope"
>Hi everyone. Recently, I put down a tile floor in my powder room. When
>taking up the old base molding, I noticed the corners were not mitered at 45
>degree angles, but rather the one piece was just cut with straight ends that
>were flush to the opposite walls, and the other piece that would meet it in
>the corner was cut with a curve, and the curved end fit over the piece that
>had straight ends, giving it the illusion that it was mitered. Anyone ever
>heard of this technique for molding? What is it called? The only way I
>figured out to do this, was to take the two pieces, hold them perpendicular
>to each other, like they would meet in a corner, and trace the edge of one
>on the other and use a jigsaw to cut it. Any information is appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
Ok, I'll take it easy...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22how+to+use+a+coping+saw%22
--
John Willis
(Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)
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