Cutting Inside Corners on Baseboard Trim

In this video, Mark Donovan of HomeAdditionPlus.com shows how to cut inside corners on baseboard trim using a miter saw and a coping saw.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Baseboard
• Trim
• Miter
• Saw
• Coping
• saw
• Install
• baseboard
• trim
• Finished
• Carpentry

[TheWitchOvAgnesi]

You know, I've never understood the bother with coping inside corners. I understand the cope helps hide the corner, but frankly, I can't tell the difference between a coped inside corner and one where you just use a complementary angle cut. It's faster, just as easy to caulk and much easier to execute.

And no, I'm not a professional carpenter, but I have trimmed out a room or two and can say I've received compliments on my work.

[HomeAdditionPlus]

Coping is commonly used in trimming out inside corners because most walls are not perfectly square (at 90 degrees to one another). Once you get the hang of it coping is fairly easy to do. With a little practice you can cope a piece of trim in just a couple of minutes.

Admittedly you can do what you are suggesting, however it is difficult to get tight seams. Yes, a little wood filler can be used, but the pros typically cope the inside corners.

Mark

[trettin]

I've got no shot at doing this right.

[xaboo]

You can cut the piece at a 45, and then use the coping saw and follow the 45 degree cut... gets the shape just as easy if you have a chop saw laying around.

[freewoodencrosses]

We always cut a 45 degree on the molding to be cut and this reveals the edge to be cut without using a pencil. Seems much easier than drawing the line on the back.

for what it's worth

[TheWitchOvAgnesi]

@HomeAdditionPlus

LOL, I gotta admit. It is a bit of a problem if you don't have 90 degree corners. Thanks for the video!

[natalieswango]

This was really helpful!