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   Mack | Feb 05, 2000 07:08pm | #1

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   When installing a backsplash with a bevel edge is thier a fast way of copeing the profile to fit against the other backsplash

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   Guest_ | Feb 05, 2000 07:08pm | #2

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   Hi Mack, I've tried both mitreing the corner and also copeing. You didn't mention what type of material your backsplash consists of. If it is covered with p-lam the first thing I do is install a fine finishing blade in my mitre saw, as this reduces the chance of chipping. Once I cut a mitre for an inside angle on the backsplash I then cope the profile with a jigsaw fitted with an attachment base known as a coping foot. This allows me to manuver and manipulate the saw to the profile I am copeing. I use a blade in my jigsaw that's made by Bosch (No. T-101AO) which produces an extremely smooth cut, again without any chipping. You can also take other precautions to prevent chipping such as applying masking tape to the laminate at the cut line. They do make a jigsaw blade that has the teeth pointing down instead of up for cutting p-lam; however, I have found the T-101AO to work the best. Speaking of building backsplashes, I recently built one for a customer using a lumbercore plywood for the substrate, and after applying the p-lam I took a shallow pass along the top edge with a router equipped with a small cove bit. It left an attractive narrow detail of wood bordered by the p-lam on the top edge and face of the backsplash which is a little out of the ordinary. MDM.