Awkward gyprock coving angles!

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Got loads of silly internal & external angles to do on a job.

Normally offer cove around the angles & pencil line ceiling & walls where they intersect then offer cove up and transfer pencil lines onto cove.

Then hold cove in a mitre block and cut free hand though bit hit & miss.

What do you lot do?

Piss & wind!
 
zombie said:
Got loads of silly internal & external angles to do on a job.

Normally offer cove around the angles & pencil line ceiling & walls where they intersect then offer cove up and transfer pencil lines onto cove.

Then hold cove in a mitre block and cut free hand though bit hit & miss.

What do you lot do?

Piss & wind!
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Similar to you bud, pencil lines then cut free hand. I always cut them over (especially in the middle) then surform them back to a nice join. I'm sure there's a better way
 
Olican said:
Similar to you bud, pencil lines then cut free hand. I always cut them over (especially in the middle) then surform them back to a nice join. I'm sure there's a better way
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Have you seen this Trigjig coving angle finder/mitre kn you tube looks good @Olican
 
The Hobo said:
had one threw it to f**k /better with rack of eye and twist of gob/mark at intersections lay it flat on its back hold saw at desired angle and cut sand if needed
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Well that's saved me £100 Then thanks pal.

So once you've pencilled Mark the cove do you find it easier to lie the cove flat and not in a mitre block to cut?
 
zombie said:
Got loads of silly internal & external angles to do on a job.

Normally offer cove around the angles & pencil line ceiling & walls where they intersect then offer cove up and transfer pencil lines onto cove.

Then hold cove in a mitre block and cut free hand though bit hit & miss.

What do you lot do?

Piss & wind!
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Same as you especially on segment bays
 
zombie said:
Got loads of silly internal & external angles to do on a job.

Normally offer cove around the angles & pencil line ceiling & walls where they intersect then offer cove up and transfer pencil lines onto cove.

Then hold cove in a mitre block and cut free hand though bit hit & miss.

What do you lot do?

Piss & wind!
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ask a plasterer
 
Use a laser set to project at half way between walls , offer up and pencil
 
I've got an old chop saw and my plan was to add dust extraction. That's waste pipe sliced in with blade then hook up to power take off vacuum.
Need to make fence and guide.

To answer. Best way to cut. Draw line using one of these.

Awkward gyprock coving angles!



Or magic mitre.
I've never found them good though. Easiest way though for some odd angles around bay windows etc.lazer sounds more like it..I'll try

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zombie said:
Come on then how do you do them so there bang on
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Always a bit hit and miss around awkward angles, just mark your drop and ceiling lines, offer up cove/cornice and mark, same as you've been doing by the sounds of it, bumpy walls and ceilings f**k it all up anyway, fill and be happy.
 
Wayners said:
I've got an old chop saw and my plan was to add dust extraction. That's waste pipe sliced in with blade then hook up to power take off vacuum.
Need to make fence and guide.

To answer. Best way to cut. Draw line using one of these.

Awkward gyprock coving angles!



Or magic mitre.
I've never found them good though. Easiest way though for some odd angles around bay windows etc.lazer sounds more like it..I'll try

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Tried those magic mitres before i cant use them though concept seems good its all the cutting upsode down etc that i cant get used to.
 
zombie said:
Well that's saved me £100 Then thanks pal.

So once you've pencilled Mark the cove do you find it easier to lie the cove flat and not in a mitre block to cut?
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seems to be more accurate that way/but remember its a big hole that a bag of filler wont sort lol
 
zombie said:
Tried those magic mitres before i cant use them though concept seems good its all the cutting upsode down etc that i cant get used to.
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The Magic mitre box is good, mark the angle on the coving with a pencil before cutting.turn the coving upside down and place in the box. Left hand mitre goes in the right hand side of box and the opposite for the right hand mitre. If the pencil mark doesn't match the angle you know you have it in wrong. I've had mine now for about 9 years and it still works fine.
 
zombie said:
Tried those magic mitres before i cant use them though concept seems good its all the cutting upsode down etc that i cant get used to.
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Ive got one, and does a good job, but takes me a few minutes to get my head back around it as its rare that it comes out. I try and imagine that the ceiling is the floor and then it makes more sense.
 
Shamrock78 said:
The Magic mitre box is good, mark the angle on the coving with a pencil before cutting.turn the coving upside down and place in the box. Left hand mitre goes in the right hand side of box and the opposite for the right hand mitre. If the pencil mark doesn't match the angle you know you have it in wrong. I've had mine now for about 9 years and it still works fine.
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Them more boxes are great it's all I use fuk them wank triangle things
 
Shamrock78 said:
The Magic mitre box is good, mark the angle on the coving with a pencil before cutting.turn the coving upside down and place in the box. Left hand mitre goes in the right hand side of box and the opposite for the right hand mitre. If the pencil mark doesn't match the angle you know you have it in wrong. I've had mine now for about 9 years and it still works fine.
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I bought 1 must have been 15 years ago concepts brilliant I just somehow couldn't get along with it and gave it to another spread the I i had only tried it for 1 job and a couple of awkward cuts probably just me no patience.
 
ChrispyUK said:
Ive got one, and does a good job, but takes me a few minutes to get my head back around it as its rare that it comes out. I try and imagine that the ceiling is the floor and then it makes more sense.
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It's just a matter of reversing it in your head, I usually get a couple of scrap bits and practice it till it sticks in my head.
 
paulf said:
It's just a matter of reversing it in your head, I usually get a couple of scrap bits and practice it till it sticks in my head.
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Yep, thats what i do. Last bit of coving i did was a couple of years ago. Went to re-scrim a hairline crack on a kitchen ceiling and ended up overboarding and re-coving the whole ceiling.
 
paulf said:
It's just a matter of reversing it in your head, I usually get a couple of scrap bits and practice it till it sticks in my head.
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It's way above my brain power it's like Carol voderman s**t that mitre box to me!

I recon id have more chance of doing full colours on a rubux cube!
 
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There are only 4 mitres. When you cut an internal on the other side of saw it's an external.
As for upside down, that is the correct way (oh god it's so wrong in my head) available at B@Q. Here it is. This is upside down to me

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