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   piffin_ | Mar 06, 2002 05:27am | #1

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   That's called the collins coping foot

   https://www.collinstool.com/Order_Tools.htm

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   Jeff_J._Buck | Mar 06, 2002 05:56am | #2

   *I just got one.....and haven't played with it enough yet. I ordered the recommended blades. They still seem too wide to make the curves.....but I know you are supposed to make relief cuts.....maybe I'm not making enough. At this point....I can still cope faster with a coping saw......but I have heard alot of good about the foot.....so I'm gonna keep trying. On my Bosch Jig...the foot goes off and on quick enough....just one screw.......that I'll leave it on...till I need a nice finish cut....then do the switch. Let me know if you learn any secrets. Jeff

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   Leigh_Morgan | Mar 06, 2002 06:17am | #3

   *I use my DeWalt scroll saw with a spiral blade. What a difference. my arm is not tired and i usually dont have to file or sand any.leigh

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   Mongo_ | Mar 06, 2002 06:29am | #4

   *Got the foot and I like it.

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   RonTeti | Mar 06, 2002 06:33am | #5

   *I hand cope and use the dremel

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   nailman41 | Mar 10, 2002 05:10am | #6

   *leigh....do you use a scroll saw to cope?? I'm not sure I can picture that....or do you mean a jig saw?? anyhow thanks for the info....

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   David_Cass | Mar 10, 2002 04:27pm | #7

   *Coping foot is pretty handy for many applications. Not all, though. Last winter we had a zillion feet of painted maple 5" + crown, all in coffered bays. So there were a bunch of copes. This stuff had 9 or 10 sixteenth-inch radii in the course of the profile. Coping saw beat the foot hands down.Same job, back porch, lots of fitting 1x casing to stone. Coping foot was just the ticket.Don't use a too small blade, though. I poked a good size hole in my finger due to a kick-out.

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   David_Levie | Mar 11, 2002 03:09pm | #8

   *I just use a jigsaw, if there's that much coping, does the foot really make a diff?