Hey Bob,
Tomorrow I plan to do just that. My daughter's home from college this weekend and she's agreed to take my wife and me to Home Depot and Lowe's tomorrow. She says she'll stay in the car and study while I, and my wife to some extent, enjoy two or three hours of the pleasures offered by the local hardware stores. At the top of my list is a coping saw. I've got lots of old trim on which to practice. Who knows, I might even get good at it. Also on the list is a new Rigid cordless drill and a new toilet for the powderroom. I'd like to put in one of the low water usage toilets. I've heard all sorts of good and bad things about them and I recall many of the posts on this list about the topic. If anyone is using one of these toilets and is very pleased with it's performance, I would appreciate knowing the brand and model and the approximate price. Thanks. Take care, Ed Przybylek From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Baseboard Come on Ed, try a coping saw. They don't cost much, 5 to 10 dollars and you can control the cut since it's all by hand... ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Przybylek To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:36 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Baseboard Hi RJ, I've never been much good with utility knives. Invariably, I wind up taking off a lot more material than is necessary. This seems to happen no matter how careful I'm trying to be. A dremmel, though slow, usually gets the job done with minimal damage to the object of my efforts. Take care, Ed From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of RJ Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:48 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Baseboard Edward, I use a sharp utility knife to do the coping of the wood after cutting the angle. They tell me it looks as good as a sighted persons. I use the knife at a slight angle toward the back of the base board. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Przybylek To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:16 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Baseboard Hi all, Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about installing baseboard in my kitchen. I appreciate all the tool and technique suggestions. The floor is being installed as I write. I've never heard of a coped cut but it makes perfect sense. I never would have thought to make an angle cut in the baseboard and then remove the excess so that the two pieces would fit together properly. I'm sure this is something that won't work well for me using a coping saw. I do plan to try and use a dremel tool to see how well I do. Somewhere in the box of attachments that came with the tool, there is an attachment that's covered with something that looks like sandpaper. This should allow for removing small amounts of wood from the trim piece while maintaining a reasonable degree of accuracy. Earlier, the person installing my floor complemented me on the preparation work I did on the kitchen before he arrived. We got to talking about baseboard installation and he told me about a product that sounds really interesting. He said he thought they were called Deccoes (not sure if that's anywhere near the correct spelling) and that I should be able to find them at Home Depot or Lowes. He explained that they are simply small corner pieces that fit into an inside corner or over the outsie corner where two walls come together. All you do is put straight cuts on the ends of baseboards and nail them onto the wall. Once that's done, you simply attach the Deccoes where the two trim pieces come together and you're done. I plan to check these things out this weekend. Who knows, this might turn out to be a much simpler job than I initially thought. I'll write and let everyone know how they work if I can find and end up using them. Take care, Ed Przybylek [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
