Coper - Coper Coping System

Editor's Review: A New Way to Cope

The Coper is a nearly foolproof system that uses a router to cope joints in flat moldings quickly and accurately. Here's how works: A bearing-guided router bit cuts the cope joint by following a template that's clamped beneath the molding. Where do you get the template? You make it. Now before you say "stupid idea," hear this: Templates are easy to make. Everything you need to create and cut the coped molding profile is included with The Coper--except for the router.

After mixing together the supplied resin and hardener, you can cast templates for moldings up to 6 in. tall. I clamped a 5-1/2-in.-high baseboard template and molding into The Coper's clamping station, chucked the kit's bearing-guided bit in my router, and quickly cut several perfect copes. The clamping station even tilts the molding slightly to create a back cut.

Yes, making templates and waiting for the two-part Por-A-Kast mixture to cure takes 20 to 30 minutes. And the 1/4-in.-dia. router bit can't cut smaller profiles accurately. All things considered, The Coper is a big time-saver if you have a lot of flat trim work to do.

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