Dan, Are the inside corners similarly open or are you coping them as you are supposed to do?
Do they also provide you with a little touch-up colour? often the experts colour the inside of the cut before bringing them together, small gaps are then much less visible. My guess though is that the back surface of the trim isn't exactly square to the bottom. You are expected to leave a small gap between the bottom rear edge of the trim and the wall. Because you don't leave that gap against the rear of the fence on the saw when cutting the angle is off by that fraction. Anyway, don't look too closely, you'll find most are much worse this is not cabinetry. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:11 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Board stretcher. > Robert, > > Yeah, nice idea about just stringing a few pieces together. Sadly, I am > too smart for my own good. In an effort to avoid any kind of finishing, I > purchased trim boards that exactly match the stain and wood of the hard > wood floor. awfully nice of the flooring manufacturers to make it so > easy. However, it doesn't allow for covering up screw-ups with paint. > *GRIN* > > I will say that my mitered corners are damn sweet. Unfortunately, they > just don't reach all the way across. *GRIN* > > Actually, one of the sliding bevel jobs I got from Lee Valley was > amazingly useful. It has two rectangles, pivoted in the middle. You > push > it into, or around, a corner and that gives you the exact template of the > corner. But even cooler is that there is a little fin in the middle, on > top of the rectangles, that is geared to the rectangles and bisects the > angle for you. Just line up one of the legs, to your saw fence, and the > saw blade to the fin, and you will cut the perfect mitre. > > the only problem with my miters is that the ends touch perfectly, but > there is a hairline gap in the middle of the mitre. I believe what is > happening is that the outer edges of the T board are thin, and the middle > is thick. Possibly the saw blade since it has to work harder to pass > through the thicker part of the board, it leaves a slightly wider kerf. > Not sure that is reasonable, but I'm sticking with it. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
