Dear Scott:
Accurately measuring the long side of the trim and cutting the length while
the saw is set at 45 degrees is the best for me.
My father was an excellent finish carpenter and his preferred method was to
put the first piece in by cutting it square on both ends and going wall to wall
with that piece. He would then scribe the end of the next piece by using a
scrap piece of the trim and marking the pattern on the flat side of the trim.
He would then cut the pattern with a hand coping saw or using a jig saw. He
maintained that the joint was better and that any crack did not show as much as
a 45 degree joint.
A lot depends on whether or not you are painting or staining the finished
trim. When painting, calk can be used to cover a lot of small cracks. With
stain, that becomes more difficult.
Using a coping saw is impossible for a blind person, at least with the
technique employed by my father, so I stick to the 45 degree cuts, as I have a
fairly good miter saw, but some of my joints are not prize winners.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Howell
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:58 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cutting baseboards or trim
Folks,
I've recently done a project replacing baseboard in the house. Now
I'm a bit embarassed to admit I did a pretty crappy job of it. I say
this because some of my measurements were obviously off since I had
to piece some sections of trim in to fill shortend areas. I'm going
to rip out what I did and do it over. I can tell you the job despite
my best efforts can't hide the mess I made, but of course regardless
if it does or not does not address the issue. I think I understand
why its wrong, but not sure how to avoid this in the future.
Here's the situation.
I measured lets say 10 feet of trim by measuring from corner to
corner of the room and yes, wall to wall not trim edge ot trim edge.
Now since they are corners I know I need to cut the ends at a 45
degree angle in order for the ajoining pieces to fit. I think what I
might be doing wrong is first measuring out my piece, cutting it, and
then trying to then cut the angle. So, perhaps measuring out 10 feet
and cutting at that point at the angle would insure I have the angle
and exact cut. I may be wrong on this as it seems it wasn't perfect
either. So, any suggestions, tips, etc. would be appreciated on how
to deal with trim. I really want to get this cutting deal down so I
can start working on some other projects.
My wife wants a coffee table that is much smaller than the one we
have currently. I'd like to build one, but don't want to waste a lot
of wood experimenting unnecessarily. Matter of fact she wants either
a rectangle or even an oval shape. If an oval, top is desired, how
would one go about making such a creature?
Thoughts on this also appreciated.
tnx
Scott
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