Scribing Skirting

[dpm_dpmartin]

I recently bought enough of this skirting to do a whole house...

And I'm not sure about how to go about doing internal corners. I've looked at scribing techniques, but I don't know why I'm either not 'getting it' or I'm thinking that the instructions I've read are more suited to more traditional skirting like pencil, bullnose or ogee stuff.

Am I talking waffle, is the technique used exactly the same for any style of skirting?

I looked at just butting these up and filling in the kind of semi-circle area with caulk! Half-assed or what?

I don't want to do it half-assed... but when I tried to cut out the bits I needed with a handsaw it wasn't great results I got... the two sticky-out bits I needed to leave behind needed a lot of attention to get them the right side so they fit nicely into the recess of the other board... I was thinking "this is a lot of effort"...

Any tips as to approach or tool that I should be using to help me out?

 

[Diyisfun]

There lots on youtube. may help

 

[geraldthehamster]

Are you using one of these?

http://www.diseno-art.com/images_4/fret_saw.jpg

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

There lots on youtube. may help

That video was OK (until the woman started to talk - eek!) but it did kinda skim over the scribe... I'm wondering if my skirting which will have 2 semi-circular protrusions in the profile is going to be more difficult than the simple chamfer they were using (although the diagram explaining the approach was almost exactly like my skirting (mine just has 2 sticky-out bits).

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

Are you using one of these?

http://www.diseno-art.com/images_4/fret_saw.jpg

I've got more like a little hacksaw... I can go out and get a coping saw if it's absolutely necessary? Is that gonna be part of my problem?

 

[geraldthehamster]

A fret saw or coping saw has a very slim blade, and you can change the orientation of the blade.

Looks like a very easy scribe, TBH - a straight line with two semicircular humps.

Cheers
Richard

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

Looks like a very easy scribe, TBH - a straight line with two semicircular humps.

Thanks for confirming because I'd thought that... but it has proven not to be easy nor the results to be good (so I was wondering) but it's more likely down to my inexperience.

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

Maybe I'll pop out and get this...

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-fret-saw-5-130mm-/5581K

 

[geraldthehamster]

I'd cut the straight bits with an ordinary hand saw and use the coping saw for the fiddly bits

 

[geraldthehamster]

Maybe I'll pop out and get this...

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-fret-saw-5-130mm-/5581K

Speaking purely personally I'd be more inclined to get this:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-fatmax-coping-saw/70696

That fret saw is 12" high which might make it a bit unweildy

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

I will do as you say.

Then, surely, I can heap blame upon you if my results remain... sub-optimum?

 

[Lower]

If you have one, cut the skirting with a mitre saw at 45 degrees. Then follow the line on the front edge of the skirting with your coping saw. It gives you the perfect scribe line to follow.

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

I do.

I've still not seen someone do one as 'complicated' with the 2 humps... but I'm going to get my new saw and give it a go tomorrow.

 

[geraldthehamster]

If you have one, cut the skirting with a mitre saw at 45 degrees. Then follow the line on the front edge of the skirting with your coping saw. It gives you the perfect scribe line to follow.

That's fine, though with such a simple profile I'd be inclined simply to put the other bit end-on and draw round it.

Cheers
Richard

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

That's how I started.