Wood Working, Cutting

Hi Everybody,

Now that you have laid out your project, and you have purchased your materials, you can start cutting the pieces for your built-ins. Remember, do your built-ins and other vertical members first because they are the termination points for the horizontal treatments. The built- ins, when installed, become the corners of your walls. To cut your built-ins and your wall treatments, you will need; a sliding compound miter saw, a hand-held circular saw, a sabre saw band saw or scroll saw, a drill for stuff like starter holes for grommets and a coping saw. If you will contact me, via the comments section, I will teach you how to cut and cope molding. Things like; which board to cut loose, which board to cut tight, how to measure on the wall, how to measure on the saw, how to place a bundle of wood on the floor such that you are only flipping boards from back to front instead of spinning them around from end to end (picture spinning every other 16 foot long piece of crown molding and base board around, over your head, in order to be able to make your cut), how to place wood on the saw, how to burn an inch on short point cuts so you can pull primarily from one direction and how to nip and cope profiles. In addition, I will teach you how to do the math needed to pull a measurement one time on the wall, then go to the saw, and measure and cut ALL the pieces you need to create multiple piece molding details. Please contact me with any questions you have.

Thanks,
Randy McArthur