I agree with Mark. Not only does it go faster, but you don't even need
to know the angle. Coped joints stay tighter longer than mitered inside
joints. For outside joints you still need to miter them. When you cope
joints have the short piece of trim, such as in the corner, next to a
door be the straight cut piece, then cope the longer piece to it.
Another helpful hint is if you need to cope a piece of trim shorter than
a couple of feet, cope the end of a longer piece, then cut it to length,
it makes it easier to hold onto.
Coped joints also work on crown molding, but you really have to cut a
steep cut on the back!
If there are defects in the joint of wood to be stained where you don't
want to use caulk, place a piece of sand paper grit up on a piece of
matching trim and sand the end of the coped piece a little to make it fit.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Mark, On 6/6/2010 2:01 PM:
> John, you are probably doing it the hard way. Have you tried to cope the
> corners, it saved me hours and it still looks perfect after 10 years.
>
> http://www.extremehowto.com/xh/article.asp?article_id=60462
>
> Mark
> Nashville
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
> To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 1:00 PM
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Inside/outside angle finder
>
>
> Hey gang, boy do I feel dumb.
>
> I purchased a "protractor" or "Inside/Outside Angle Finder"
>
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/web-exclusive-sale/multipurpose-angle-finder-1028.html
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to read it. The main protractor is in
> 5deg increments. A couple of months ago I did a google search for how to
> read
> something and found a very good description of how to read the vernier on
> this particular angle finder.
>
> Well today I started to put down new base board molding and grabbed the
> angle finder, and measured the first corner. But for the live of me I can't
> get an closer to the angle than the 5 degree increments.
>
> Anyone have a link to a site that tells you how to read this tool or
> something
> similar?
>
> TIA
>
> John
>
>
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
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