Cutting Quarter Round

[LaDonna]

Morning,
I hope I am posting in the correct forum and you Pros don't think I am an idiot for asking this... You folks were so helpful on my decision to buy the Konecto Prestige I thought I would ask for your help again...

My husband and I installed the Konecto and have moved on to the trim work around the base of our cabinets. I have searched the internet and didn't find any really great instructions on cutting inside and outside corners for quarter round. I understand the "coping" technique (sort of), but if you want to cut two 45 degree cuts to make an inside 90 degree corner how in the world do you do that? We went through a whole stick of cheap quarter round trying to figure it out. I am a very visual person so if any of you can sort of draw it out or point me to a good internet site to help I would really appreciate it.

We are both really confused and I can usually figure this stuff out!!

LaDonna

[rusty baker]

Are you using a miter box?

[LaDonna]

We are using a power electric mitre saw. Maybe that's what I should ask... how do we set up the saw to make the cuts?

Thanks!

[Daris Mulkin]

For an inside corner set the saw to cut away material so when you look at the cut you see the angle cut._ _/ \__
For outside set the saw to cut the material so when you look at the cut you don't see the cut . __\ /__
Take and set the saw at a 45 and cut a piece of the material and I think you will see what I mean.

I hope the characters give you an idea what I mean.
For coped: cut a inside 45 and that will give you a profile of the material and then just cut the profile with a coping saw. This works great when the corners are not a perfect 90 degrees. Also when doing coped corners it is best to put the coped piece on last as you would look into the corner. That kind of makes it hide the joint more incase it isn"t perfectly tight.
Are you painting or staining? If staining I would put some stain on the cut also.

Daris

[Nick Arrera]

Also a good idea is to Pick up a $5.00 speed square at HD pull the blade down and set the square next to the fence and the blade to make sure you are cutting a true 45 .. If it is off you can adjust the saw ..

[LaDonna]

Thanks so much! We have a couple of speed squares so we are good there. I appreciate the help! It seems like such a simple task, but I know we were thinking entirely to hard about it! We want this to look nice since we've spent the past 17 weeks without a kitchen!

I will try to post pictures of the Konecto flooring. It looks wonderful!

LaDonna

[Nick Arrera]

Are you painting or staining? it is simple if the walls are square , But that is not always the case ..

[Floorguy]

I like to cut my 45's to actually be 46 or 47º no end gaps, ever, and it is easier to fill the top then the outside of the corner with a gap.

[Chris Mha]

I agree with floorguy. I learned that trick from a carpenter a long time ago. I will cope all base molding but not necessarily shoe or quarter round.

[Darol Wester]

When I done with an outside corner I like to take a screwdriver and lay it parallel to the floor and across the corner and lightly rub down the point where the two pieces come together. It just makes it blend together so nicely.

[cproader]

Daris Mulkin said For outside set the saw to cut the material so when you look at the cut you don't see the cut . __\ /__ Take and set the saw at a 45 and cut a piece of the material and I think you will see what I mean. Daris

Ummm.......anybody else havin a problem. I got so confused, I went out and cut one and looked at the cut and could still see the cut. So I tried it blindfolded. IT WORKS!!! YA CAN'T SEE THE CUT !!! THANKS DARIS

[Daris Mulkin]

Maybe I should have said if you look straight awat at the cut not from the top it would have worked bdtter. Now cp if you take that blindfold and put it, naw, never mind I would have to draw a picture for that to.

Daris

[Demonseed]

I hate to ask this, but you guys did this project on your own, and spent 17 weeks without a kitchen? You have the luckiest husband on the planet. If I don't have a project done in 3 days I get walking papers.

[gmikem]

another good trick is on inside corners cut one at 45 and the other at 44 and for outside one at 45 and the other at 46 degrees makes the focal points close no gaps

[cproader]

Daris Mulkin said Maybe I should have said if you look straight awat at the cut not from the top it would have worked bdtter. Now cp if you take that blindfold and put it, naw, never mind I would have to draw a picture for that to. Daris

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