| Home > Craftsman Clubs > BBS > Woodworking Tips > Making interior corners with baseboard moulding |
|
| Woodworking Tips Moderated by root |
Post Reply | Post New Message Login | Join Craftsman Club | Return to Thread List |
| Not Logged in. | |
| View: Flat [Tree] | Font: [Small] Large | |
| Author | Subject/Content |
| Adam Chamberlain |  Making interior corners with baseboard mouldingJanuary 17th, 2004 01:55 AM Spiral scroll blades, although convenient, are very difficult to "follow" a curve. Try using a conventional blade. If you can not cut tight curves, try forming a radius on the two rear edges of the blade with a small honing stone. You can cut a curve on long molding with either a hand Coping Saw, a big Saw, or (if the piece isn't too long) on a bench Scroll Saw. Cutting two edges to 45 degrees and fitting them will almost always fail. Finding a 90 degree angle in a house is nearly impossible. On outside corners, cut one piece to 45 degrees and match the other piece with something close to 45 degrees (using scrap wood) until you're ready to make the final matching cut in your molding. On inside corners use contour gauge (sold at Sears stores) to transfer the molding shape to one piece of the molding and cut it to fit the second piece. This joint simply butts together. |
| Up one level | |
| View: Flat [Tree] | Font: [Small] Large | |
![](/BBS/spacer.gif"){kind=spacer} |
|
| Post Reply | Post New Message |