Crazyraceguy
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It has been a while since I have done one of these. It seems to be a curse of some kind? Over the years, I have taught a few people how I do it. None of them are still around to do them. The first guy essentially watched and listened when I did one as a demonstration, he quit before the next set came up. Others did or at least attempted it, but they are gone too.
We do quite a few of these, usually in straight lines, starting from a corner and having a finished end. The inside corner cope is probably less than 10-15% and in all of the years I have been doing this, only one time was there an outside corner.
I kind of pioneered this idea, back when I was still working in the cabinet assembly area. The first time it occurred in a job, I hated the idea of mitering it. If the corner is not square, you have installers fighting with the fit of the seam. With a cope, squareness is not as big of a deal, it can be off either way and still fit fine.
This particular pair goes onto some tall lockers, so I made a temporary jig to hold the pieces in the correct orientation.
We do quite a few of these, usually in straight lines, starting from a corner and having a finished end. The inside corner cope is probably less than 10-15% and in all of the years I have been doing this, only one time was there an outside corner.
I kind of pioneered this idea, back when I was still working in the cabinet assembly area. The first time it occurred in a job, I hated the idea of mitering it. If the corner is not square, you have installers fighting with the fit of the seam. With a cope, squareness is not as big of a deal, it can be off either way and still fit fine.
This particular pair goes onto some tall lockers, so I made a temporary jig to hold the pieces in the correct orientation.
