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Old timer told me my cope joints were crap. He was right.
Been doing trim work for about 4 years now. An old carpenter I sub for watched me cope a baseboard and straight up told me I was doing it wrong. I was cutting the profile at a 45 and then just back cutting straight down with a jigsaw. He showed me to undercut the profile with a coping saw at a 10 degree angle instead. First try after he showed me, the joint sat flush with zero gap. Has anyone else had some old school trick that made you feel like you'd been doing it blind the whole time?
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henry_martinez23d agoTop Commenter
Nah, jigsaw leaves a rough edge that a coping saw just doesn't.
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valh3223d ago
Not sure I totally agree though. That jigsaw method with a sharp blade and a steady hand can get you pretty close if you're just doing basic profiles. The coping saw trick is cleaner for sure, but I've had plenty of tight joints using a jigsaw on site when I didn't want to dig out the hand tools.
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