Kapex angle finder or copping saw.

[jhall]

Just wondering if any one likes using the angle finder.  I try and use it but leave it behind and have to go back for it.  Has any one had luck using it or are we all creatures of habit.  I am doing some trim and just trying to get used to it.

 

[mastercabman]

I don't use it.I find it time consuming.If i come across a odd angle,i have a different angle finder that gives me the number and i just set my saw to it.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Time consuming?

Set it to the angle, plop it on the saw and line up the lasers.  No math.

I cope almost everything anyways, get a coping foot and you will too.

 

[Jonhilgen]

I don't use it.I find it time consuming.If i come across a odd angle,i have a different angle finder that gives me the number and i just set my saw to it.

Mastercabman, what angle finder do you use?  I don't own a kapex yet, so getting one for my dewalt would help.  Collins foot is on order.  Got roped into running some large crown and need all the help I can get...

Jon

 

[mastercabman]

I don't use it.I find it time consuming.If i come across a odd angle,i have a different angle finder that gives me the number and i just set my saw to it.

Mastercabman, what angle finder do you use?  I don't own a kapex yet, so getting one for my dewalt would help.  Collins foot is on order.  Got roped into running some large crown and need all the help I can get...

Jon

I have the bosch angle finder and a smaller manual angle finder,not really sure what brand but it works great for small area.

 

[Jonhilgen]

Is this the Bosch one you're talking about?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00002255G/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/182-7683135-2105027

 

[peter halle]

Jon,

I have that Bosch unit and it works great.  I also have the Starrett 12" metal protractor.

If you go here:  Woodcraft Starrett Items and then look down at the bottom, they have also come up with a less expensive

 

[Jonhilgen]

Thanks Peter, was thinking twice about dropping 140.00 on an angle finder, when that money could go to the Kapex fund!

Jon

 

[mastercabman]

Is this the Bosch one you're talking about?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00002255G/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/182-7683135-2105027

Yes,i had mine for many years.I got it for $20.00 new!

 

[Electric Trim]

I have a really nice Starrett angle finder which I use most of the time, but I actually like the Festool angle finder, I just forget to use it because it stowes away so nicely  [tongue], It is especially nice because the length of the arms is adjustable allowing you to measure short runs that mid to large size angle finders can't fit on [cool]

 

[Brice Burrell]

Jon,

I have that Bosch unit and it works great.  I also have the Starrett 12" metal protractor.

If you go here:  Woodcraft Starrett Items and then look down at the bottom, they have also come up with a less expensive

 

[jhall]

I like the kapex angle finder, I just leave it at the saw and have to go back for it.  Just need to make it a better habit.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

I don't know how Jon came up with that amazon link, but something isn't right about it.  The Bosch angle finder tool isn't that expensive.  I love mine for figuring out the miter and bevel for cutting crown on the flat.  You just enter the crown's spring angle, measure the inside or outside corner and it comes up with the correct settings without having to search tables or putz around trying to tweak the settings to fit non-90 degree corners.  I just wish it had a lock so the angle you set the arms at wouldn't move so easily.

 

[speed]

i use it for external miters on baseboard (skirting board) also its good for citting archtraves in old houses when the frames are not square, set it up to the frame and job done.

 

[peter halle]

Jon,

I have that Bosch unit and it works great.  I also have the Starrett 12" metal protractor.

If you go here:  Woodcraft Starrett Items and then look down at the bottom, they have also come up with a less expensive

 

[Ted Miller]

Time consuming?

Set it to the angle, plop it on the saw and line up the lasers.  No math.

I cope almost everything anyways, get a coping foot and you will too.

+1, Not much else to add.

I only mitre outsides.

Plus Collins foot fits perfect on the PS 300...

 

[TomGadwa1]

What is a Collin's foot? How is it used? And does Collin's have any mobility problems now that people are using his foot?

 

[RONWEN]

What is a Collin's foot? How is it used? And does Collin's have any mobility problems now that people are using his foot?

http://www.collinstool.com/base.php?page=collins_coping_foot.htm

(I'm told you were kidding about questions around the Collins foot.  [unsure]  I'm often slow on the uptake so I missed it.  At any rate the Collins link may be useful for someone not familiar).  [smile]

 

[TomGadwa1]

Thanks for the link. So it is used mostly to do very accurate work on crown molding install jobs as opposed to trying to produce perfect mitre cuts?

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Tom,  I guess you're serious about the questions so, the coping foot makes coping any molding easier and faster than by hand with a coping saw.  It has nothing to do with miter cuts.  If you want more professional looking molding joints for inside corners and want to hide expansion and contraction of joints, you cope them.  It's not adviseable to cope MDF molding, though.