On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:17:39 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , Leuf wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:19:55 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article om, DerbyDad03
wrote:
Stumbled across this on the web. I have no affiliation, it just looks
like a cool tool if you've got a lot a baseboard to install. OTOH, it
could be a piece of junk.

In brief, you make a mold of your baseboard's profile and use it as a
template to guide a router.

http://www.thecoper.com/detailed_instructions.htm

Text on website says "guaranteed to save ... hours on every job."
Video says "... but we recommend that you leave the template overnight so that

it cures completely."

Just how long do they think it takes to cut a coped joint by hand, anyway? I
can cut and fit an awful lot of coped joints in the time it takes that sucker
to cure overnight...

So Doug, every time you glue something do you sit there twiddling your
thumbs for how long it says on the bottle?

OK, how long do *you* think it takes to cut a coped joint by hand? I'd rather
hand-cut them and get on with the job.

Well let's see. To cope you've got to cut a 45 on the board then make
your hand cut. If the baseboard is tall then you may not be able to
cut it standing up, you'd have to lay it flat and bevel the blade.
Then the cut at the other end is back at 90. Maybe you plan ahead and
rough cut everything first then bevel them all at once. I would
imagine you'd do the same thing with the coper. But it would seem to
me by the time you'd have the miter cut you could have the stock
clamped up in the jig and the router in your hand. By the time you
picked up the coping saw the router would be done. Are you going to
save "hours"? Well I would doubt that if you've got pretty
straightforward rooms with 4 corners.

There's also the fatigue factor of doing all the cuts. The first one
or two might be a little rough while you shake off the rust, then
you'd probably have a real good run for a while. Then if you're
perhaps less concerned about the quality of your work than you should
be you might start saying "good enough" a bit more than you ought to
and "a little more chaulk on that one" a few times. The router
doesn't get tired or bored. So for a general contractor, I can see
the appeal of no matter who is doing the work it's going to be
consistent quality. I'm sure there's plenty of guys out there for
which this thing isn't going to improve their work or allow them to
get it done a whole lot faster, but I'm also sure there's plenty of
guys out there for which it would.


-Leuf