Thread: skirting boards

Sheesh ! This place has been a revelation since I found it a couple of months ago but this thread is more like an after school newsgroup.
Let's get back to the spirit of it please. I can go elsewhere to read abusive (albeit tongue - in - cheek) posts.
Doorstop especially, please take note.

Gumby,

nothings gunna change mate just cause your here now. you can take the posts any way you want but don't threaten to leave just cause you don't like the humor. Infact theres no need to threaten at all, your the master of your own web browser, if it dosn't point here then so be it.
The admin, moderators and myself keep a very close (although usually un-noticably) eye on ALL posts.

Personally I'd rather be here, with it's humour, debates and personality than on most of the humourless, bland & painfully politically correct places that seem to abound.

I dont know if im qualified to comment as i'm "just a lowly renovator". But I was shown how to mitre an internal corner by an old carpenter and its easy to do as any other task . Lets face it chippies are not brain surgeons nor are they in most cases the most highly educated - thus anything they are taught has to be easy and repeatable ) even then LOTS of them need to be educated on the easiest of tasks even after the are qualified eg: returning phone calls, turning up on time, providing receipts, not nicking tools, bum crack ettiquite etc etc... the list goes on and on!!! )

Just because my house has been substantially renovated (in some places gutted and re-done) by myself doesnt make it less valuable Mr Doorstop.... I invite you to come and check it out - its on the market and let me tell you I will make SUBSTANTIAL profit - using my own labour and love - you're all welcome. If you want give me a private mail and I will provide attendance details.

By the way I learnt most of the renovating tricks from books and recently on this forum too... Can chippies read anything other than "Picture" magazine or in some cases (not all) plans ? )

As far as messing up the joints is concerned I have 3 words - "no more gaps"

I like the humor here too - if you dont like it : bugger off to a nail polishing/hair stylist forum! If you've been here for a while (I admit i'm newish) its easy to discover the agro and stirrer boys (eg Doorstop, Sir Stinkalot etc....) if you let them bait you you deserve it.

Whooo back cowboy ….. back up your horses ….. Stinky has already been tried for the above mentioned crimes (refer Easties attack ) and has been found to be not guilty.

Once again my good name has been dragged through the mud and left in a stinky heap in the corner ….

I shall now leave some room for a heart felt apology …….
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Sir Stinkalot are you baiting me now ?????????

I like your polls - honest I do...

Just create a few mitre and scribe test pieces on varying angles, that should point you in the right direction.

I have all the good tools for mitre joints but scribing still gets my vote.



Daniel

Originally posted by Zed
Sir Stinkalot are you baiting me now ?????????

I like your polls - honest I do...

Damn ..... as clear as cellophane.

Daniel, there are two issues here, one is the technical discussion, to miter or to scribe.
I suggested that to miter would be easier on complicated colonial profiles. Let me add that the skirting board I was talking about I installed and milled myself, and I used a 2 inch long bit for the top side and a second pass with a different router bit for the center, to match the rest of the 8"x3/4" 100 year old skirting in the rest of the house.
To scribe that profile would take a lot of time and achieve a poor result, ergo, miter is the choice, and any other professional's choice too, not only mine..

The second issue is one of common courtesy and education.
My rule of thumb is not to write what I wouldn't say to the person in his face. It is very simple really and I expect the same in return.
I am sure Mr Doorstop would not talk to me like he did in his posts if we met in person.

The alternative is to meet in the local pub and settle differences over a pint of beer. After the beer I am sure the difference will return to it's normal proportion and we can laugh about it.

Internet rage is no substitute for a good life.

Nice boat, and they said it could not be done.
Proof that the socalled "experts" don't always know everything.

Peter.

I found if all else fails there is No More Gaps.

Regards

To those of us who profess a love for "No More Gaps", this is a truely wonderful product for the hiding of our lack of carpentry prowess, but alass I have taken the leap to clear lacquered timbers for skirting, architrave and door frames and I have found nothing which will cure any mistakes.

The only advice I can give is measure, measure, think about it, measure again then cut.

In this war words on mitre or scribe, both are correct in each circumstance. The truly complex board could be mitred but expect to return to the saw and take less than mm cuts again and again. But to do so is to expect a small gap in the mitre. Any movement in the timber will crack or expand the joint. To scribe this joint will look less professional but it will allow any movement of the timber without cracking the joint.

In the end who is going to look at the skirting board joint anyway, and you will probably not even notice the joint as furntiure will likely sit in front.

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Originally posted by doorstop .
I am biting my tongue!
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Ouch that hurts - Come on Stoppers - Let it come out.

Yeah. Please, no self censorship