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Thanks Charlie a proper great tip as a avid DIY'er . Its one of those tips were your left wondering why have I never done it like the way you show on the clip. Been watching your site for years and always my go to for advice. Thank you your a star 🌟

Great tip. Made getting an accurate cut much easier

Nice, thanks for that handy tip. I just use a dremel with a sanding barrel on it. Makes very light work and you can really get into those curves easily.

Hi Charlie, Another handy tip is to use an Angle grinder with a sanding pad on. Takes less time and with a steady hand can be very accurate.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes and I've used my belt sander a lot over the years. With practice you can get very accurate as you say. 👍

Just what I needed!!!! I’m a skilled panel beater so I’m pretty handy but I would never have arrived at that method so thanks, my new oak skirting boards will thank you!!😊

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Julian. It's the best way to do them 👊

Thanks Charlie - that is the best video I have seen on how to scribe cut internal corners.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Mat. Really appreciate that 👊

Thank you very much for this helpful tip! Right in time!

Thank you so much I was searching on KZread how to cut ✂️ corners skirting🙏🏻😊

Just been doing my skirting and after seeing your previous videos went for MDF. I went with a square profile with 2 grooves cut in at the top. For the internal corners I used a 18mm (thickness of the board) router bit set to the depth of the grooves. This created a notch for the joint and any gap on the top from not being 90deg can be easily filled with the vertical joint being tight. Ended up in A&E for 13hrs after slitting my thumb with a Stanley knife while cutting back a notch for a radiator bracket!

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Easily done Richard. I did something similar once chiselling a banister. Put a new chisel through the palm in my hand. Hope you're ok.

@richardjones824

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieDIYte all good, not the first time and sure it wont be the last! Work offshore so had to get it seen too. However the office decided to delay my next trip.

Great vid, easy to understand

Hi Charlie, good clear tip on this some times difficult job, I don't think I've ever found a 90 degree corner in any house I've been in ,lol, so this method would take alot of frustration out of fitting skirting boards. Cheers mate, stay safe, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stuart, I appreciate that. Yes that's the point really. Makes the corners so much easier to fit. 👊

Thanks so much for this video!

What a brilliant video very informative thank you it’s really helped me 👍🏽

Great stuff Charlie, just what I need. One thing - the other piece of skirting into the corner, assume its just a but joint into the corner and the scribed end does all the magic.

Another tip! I tend to use a Dremel with a wood bit to do the final detailing

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that's a brilliant idea. I hadn't thought of that have have a Dremel 👊

A great sanding trick indeed on Gosford handyman is to spray glue a sheet of sandpaper to a piece of skirting, making sure it goes into the profile. Now you have a sander in the profile of the skirting to fine tune to corner edges.

@tomwills918

2 жыл бұрын

Came to the comments to post exactly this but will "like" this comment instead!

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Does that not make it slightly too big?

@DerekTJ

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieDIYte I think it fine tunes the cut of there is a high spot that is difficult to have a second go at cutting.

Great tips Charlie 👍🏻

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and good to great from you 👊

Never been able to get this right BRILLIANT I’ve had great success cheers

@CharlieDIYte

Ай бұрын

Great work Mark and thanks for letting me know 👊

Love the wooden spoon tip 👍

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent video Charlie

@CharlieDIYte

29 күн бұрын

Thanks Samuel 👊

Thank you dear, that was a great tip…..you take care as always

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Val. You too 👊

You're a legend bud

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 👊

Great tip thank you.

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment 👊

Great tip mate

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate 👊

Great video, love it 👍

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👊

Fantastic - Thanks!!

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Garviel. Good to hear from you 👊

If you are using an offcut of skirting as a template then mark it out on the reverse / flat side of the piece you are cutting

Very neat.

Thanks. Great video

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment. 👊

Your almost there for perfect cope fitting. One more tip butt the skirting up against the wall were its going to be fitted and adjacent wall and scribe with a compass . If the floor or wall are out of plumb the scribe will be at a angle. Now cut to the scribe line with miter saw. I hope you can make sense of this description 😁

@Brown969

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great tip, especially when adjoining floors aren't dead level.

@SteS

2 жыл бұрын

Robin Clevett has a great video on skill Builder doing this exact method.

@lksf9820

7 ай бұрын

Robin Clevett also has a vid completely ignoring this vital stage and doing it wrongly.

brilliant video thank you

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful. 👊

OMG thank you...much better than scrible from offcuts 😮

@CharlieDIYte

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Great video buddy! I use a flap disc on a grinder and rub the excess wood away

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, good thinking. Thanks buddy 👊

Top tip👌

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark 👍

Super tare Bravooo 👏👏👏👍

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👊

A vid just in time. I'm about to take on a big DIY project in my home and this video landed at the perfect time. Thanks CharlieDIYte

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Thanks buddy, and there's this one for fixing the skirting kzread.info/dash/bejne/o5yZlbmaoZmnk5c.html

Have you done a video on external corners ,thanks

Thanks for this. So just slice the 45 degrees off it first to reveal the shape, then scribe/cut it out, then fit?! Thanks

@CharlieDIYte

3 ай бұрын

Yep that's about it

Never seen this done using a pencil before no wonder you think the original way is so much better

Hi Charlie, not sure if this interest you, but starret make a brilliant mitre angle finder that works out one cut or joining cuts for skirting, cornices etc. Highly recommend.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

I'll check that out. Thanks buddy 👊

You can use your mitre saw for that first cut set to 90 degrees and cutting the board upright.

If in doubt. Caulk it out!

Hi, just to confirm I have understood correctly. Simply cut the skirting at a mitre cut, and cut the mitered section away?

Nice 👍

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian 👍

Do you have a video on how to create your jig?

instead of the 'previously' 0:48 part shown just draw the profile on the back of the board instead and cut it that side. job done! :) no need for this mitre scribing nonsense people do. **I hope you see this and try it...then do an update on this update Charlie LOL it also allows for compensating by slotting into/onto existing skirting boards that are wonky top or bottom to the wall if needed(a mitre cut ends up limiting it to a flat 90 degree cut along the end resulting in a gap either top or bottom if mitred (ik you can fill but a flush snug wood joint is always best)

@datboi380

Жыл бұрын

wood is forgiving(even softwoods especially) when the fibres are deformed with a hammer. I use a ball peen hammer as the round end can form curves. delicate impacts/bangs can shape the wood to fit if not exactly 90 degrees as you was showing by then sanding. does the job and also helps seal the end grain from absorbing moisture at the joint with it being compacted with the woods natural fibre resins...

@datboi380

Жыл бұрын

sealing of end grains like this is a really old practice. I live in a really old house and I see all the old joists deformed/sealed this way. even architraves for doorframes and windows I've removed to restore/repair plaster are sealed the same way. it clearly helped make wood last hundreds of years from personal observation. my dad originally showed me it.

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. That's how I used to do it. 👍

Can you do a video on fixing a ikea wardrobe to the wall

Since discovering the angle grinder for coping inside corners, my skirting work has been transformed. I'm terrible with the coping saw. 😅

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

It's not the easiest tool to operate, the coping saw, I'll agree!

Nice! How’s the roof repair going btw? Looking forward to the week 4 video.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy. One side tiled and the solar panels went on yesterday. Feeling slightly broken today! Video update to follow but I'd like to keep it to one final video if I can. So it might not be for a week or two.

@ZylonFPV

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieDIYte cool 🙂 you’re making progress. Sounds like a big job

Hi Charlie, have you ever used Q-board from B&Q to make a wardrobe? Thanks

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

No I haven't Victoria. It looks like they're for construction - walls and the like rather than for making wardrobes?

Have you seen the coping foot attachment for a jigsaw like the one for the carvex

@Brown969

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Was wondering why using a jigsaw didn't feel very controllable. Are they universal? Mine's a DEWALT DCS335N.

@samrix5793

2 жыл бұрын

@@Brown969 I think there are others available and works on barrel grip jigsaws like the 335

The most comprehensive method I've seen involves using a back-cut template against the adjoining wall to scribe the face of the board in situ, then back-cutting from that scribe mark. As far as I can see, what the first step accounts for is the possibility of the walls being out of plumb (meaning the boards will lean in or out). Most of the time, this refinement won't be necessary, and results will be good without it. However, without it, although the boards are coped, it's probably a misnomer to say that they are scribed, as such.

@CharlieDIYte

11 ай бұрын

Fair point. 👌

I had sucess superglueing sandpaper to the profile of the skirting for the finish

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Yes a few people have suggested that. Good tip. Out of interest does it make the profile a bit too large?

@wilbauk

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieDIYte I thought that too but it gave really good result. Normal sandpaper pressed tight into the profile of an offcut with a scraper. Cut the straight bit with chopsaw, coping saw the top section with an undercut leaving a margin to sand back to!

How would you fill any small gaps? Wood filler cracks over time right?

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Small gaps in the corner? I'd use caulk. For screw or nail holes I'd always use a2 part wood filler. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o5yZlbmaoZmnk5c.html

The only problem with the Irwin saw is like any "throw away saw" they dull after a few uses, far too expensive just to chuck away. I use my trusty dovetail saw, which I can sharpen at my leisure.

I personally would have my coping saw blade set on the push stroke for scribes, this way it reduces the chance of tear out However, you didn't seem to have this problem in the video.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, whatever works for you I'd say. Hack saws for example have the teeth pointing the other way so it works on the push stroke. Seems counter intuitive having it working on the pull stroke although I have a Japanese shokunin saw that works on the pull stroke too. 👍

@tonymcroberts3252

Жыл бұрын

That's the way I was taught as an apprentice nearly 40 years ago, always have the saw blade cutting on the push stroke so no tear out.

@lksf9820

7 ай бұрын

You're correct.

Hi. Couldn’t quite see as too quick, but was the board you presented to also cut at 45•

@UberAlphaSirus

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, it's cut square.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sirus.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

As Sirus says, the board it's presented to is cut square - which is another advantage of this method.

@UberAlphaSirus

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieDIYte No problemo

If you have a circular mitre saw and cut 45° then no point for extra cutting...just add 45 to 45 boards?

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't work if the angle isn't exactly 90 degrees.

Just a question, why not get the right angle with a bevel and adjust the saw? It’s much quicker? Just wondering. Over here I’ve never seen somebody do that. Thanx

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

The trouble is, that way the angle is likely to open up if the wood warps or shrinks, but I hear what you say 👍

@mrdolby

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieDIYte Ah, now I see! Thanx for the tip!

The tip is great but if you have to do a lot it costs a lot of time. What I do is, have 2 clean 45 degree pieces (like 15 cm or so) putting in the corner and line them up to the wall. The gap will tell me about how many degrees the cut is off, dived that by two and adjust my cutting. I admit it is more or less an "eye" thing but if you have done it a couple of times you get the hang of it. Anyways, thanks for sharing.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

I do so much carpentry by eye too so I know exactly where you're coming from, right down to fine tuning angles with my belt sander. 👍

@jeremyfoster6942

7 ай бұрын

No internal mitres, cope every time, internal mitres shrink and open up!

Why the 45 degree angle?

@CharlieDIYte

11 ай бұрын

It helps you to see the part you have to remove, otherwise you've got to last whitey board on top and draw round which is less accurate.

I just can't get my scribe to align with receiving end, if I sand one part of the mould it throws another off. This is what I hate about DIY, it's ALWAYS harder than the videos let on

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

I'm afraid it's just a question of practising Brendan. Persevere though. You'll crack it 👊

@apmeehan

8 ай бұрын

Hey Brandon how’d you get on in the end??

Coping saw .. tip from master craftsman Paul Sellers... Coping saw blade he always has teeth forward. .. I tried it, and it's a lot better.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

That's probably why I had put the teeth facing forward in the first place 😉🤦

Surely you've known about this for years! Must be hundreds of KZread videos already explaining this method!

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Well there probably are but this is my channel not theirs 😉

Flap disk on a grinder and u never look back

@Brown969

2 жыл бұрын

Any good grits to use?

@noseyfuker

2 жыл бұрын

@@Brown969 60 grit is Best 👍

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark. Yes a few people have suggested that. 👊

Dont you k ow that you should not cross your arms across a mitre saw bad practice and anyone watching will think it's ok to do this and loose a part of their limbs not good

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. If you look at the shot though all limbs were safely out of the way and you'd have to be forensically examining this video to see - if I wasn't wearing a watch you wouldn't know my hands were crossed but I take your point. Normally of course the skirting would be much longer than this sample piece so all limbs would be safely out of the way in any event

I thought every decent carpenter of or diyer would know that?

@CharlieDIYte

9 ай бұрын

You'd be surprised

that's cool mate, but who has time for this? Too much effort and too many tools required