coping with grinder

Grinder (with two 36 grit sanding disks, back to back) used to cope 6" maple crown molding. Fast, but dusty. I use a 20" box fan with a furnace filter to direct the dust away from me (the filter collects some of the dust and protects the fan motor).

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Education

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• Coping
• crown
• molding
• with
• right
• angle
• grinder

[WiZeR911]

do you still have you hands?

[basswoodknot]

Yes. I have a pretty keen awareness of where my fingers are. It is something to be careful about though. The sanding disk could make a nasty abrasion. I've done many hundreds of copes this way and have not yet touched a finger and would not want to.

[solowm3]

Im impressed. I watched all the videos you have up, would love to see more. Do you do mostly finish work? Where are you based out of?

[basswoodknot]

Thanks, yes I am a trim carpenter in SE MN. I do have a magazine article on newsstands now (July '09 issue #204, Fine Homebuilding, "Master Carpenter" column). You can check that out. I also have photos of my work at Photobucket under "Knottree".

[5150hs]

You are way faster and much better than "joefusco1960"

[basswoodknot]

Thanks, He may need a new sanding disk. One tip is to rapidly move the grinder along during the "hog out" pass, this prevents overheating that results when the grinder is used for too long in one place. The heat causes both burning of the wood and with pine causes the disk to get pitchy. Also Joe is coping base and I would not use a grinder to cope the bottom of the base without a profile... I flip it upside down on the miter saw and cut a 5* back bevel on the straight part (less to cope).

[datzfast]

very nice idea. but i would suggest a leather glove for the left hand just in case.

by the way, i use the same idea when i made some violins, tops and backs. the birds eye maple would have been impossible to plane. i now have the most beautiful violin i have ever seen.

[bobcougar77]

forgive my ignorance, but what is that sanding disk called? I've never put anything but a stone wheel or diamond blade on one of those things. Beautiful cope BTW.

[n8rsk8r1]

HOLY SHIT BASS!! You are the man!