Hello,
Doing a funny corner detail. ‘need a piece like 3″ wide, and 11’ long. I think the usual score ‘n snap method won’t work, as the piece is too narrow. Any ideas as to the best way do fabricate this? I thinking of just using a DW saw.
Hello,
Doing a funny corner detail. ‘need a piece like 3″ wide, and 11’ long. I think the usual score ‘n snap method won’t work, as the piece is too narrow. Any ideas as to the best way do fabricate this? I thinking of just using a DW saw.
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The have a special tool that has a depth stop and scores both sides of the drywall. I'm thinking it was designed specically for this task. I'm not sur eif I've seen it at a big bos sstore, but surely a drywall supply house would carry it. Tool Crib (amazon.com) Probably carries it too.
is your tool the one with 2 toothed wheels hardwood frame with a metal depth stop?
cool tool... if you can find it for those few cuts when u need it
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ez smart? :)
Sorry Barry.
I can't help it.
Cut twice? use a lond piece of 1"x3" to snap it?
Cut 2 feet from each side and snap the center with the 1"x3"
check out this video clip from our friends at FHB
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/hvt016.asp
Rav
If you do drywall it aint that hard cutting 3/4" or 1/2" strips without wasting a 12" board. Now the trick is how to install it up without breaking it.busta :0)
To move it without breaking it, you could hold it to a piece of 1x3 with spring clamps or duct tape.
-- J.S.
A 3 inch wide piece should snap easily.
A 3 inch wide piece should snap easily.
Ok, I'll give it a try. I know a 1 inch piece doesn't. 'ever trim up a 12 footer, get it up in the air with the lift, and find out the chalk line slipped and you cut it too short? Oh, and it's the last piece you have.
Thanks for all the suggestions and the link to the video. I've cut Durock with a circular saw with a masonry blade, but never heard of cutting DW with a power saw...
Oh please I finally know how to help some one.
Just kidding. I just came from the hvac site so I'm feeling snarky. Don't want to give all this information out, gota make a living and pay for a war you know.
Caution this is very dangerous equipment that could result in dry wall dust.
Take and score your 3" or 2" or 3/4" flip over score again only be carefull to match the 3" with the 3" not the 3/4" just kidding. Use a good sharp blade and a deep score and snapo swamo-just like magic. A nice clean floor helps to lay it on and get it perfect.
I still can't get over the attitude at the hvac site.
Oh please I finally know how to help some one.
roar
cut from one side, then the other, then snap, clean up the edges, then fit.
A friend of mine used a circular saw with a rip guide to make a bunch of narrow strips for a job.
It worked well, and was pretty quick.
But I'm sure you can imagine the amount of dust he generated.
I've been known to cut 45(damn the degree symbol) bevels on drywall with my circular saw. I've found it's the most accurate way when I have to build a corner out for cabinets, or slide in range. The pieces fit really tight, and that makes the taping even easier.In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.
Hold the ALT button down ,hit the + button, then type in 0176. The damn degree thing will show up.
° mike °
Hold the ALT button down ,hit the + button, then type in 0176.
Any advice for a laptop with no number pad?
In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.
> Any advice for a laptop with no number pad?
Highlight and copy the " ° " from Mike's post, and paste it where you need it.
-- J.S.
Edited 7/26/2006 8:20 pm ET by JohnSprung
Start > Run > type charmap > select the character you want and paste where you want it.
Cool, but I can't get it to paste correctly. It changes sizes, and ends up on the wrong line. This is what I get when I copy, and try to paste it here.
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°In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.
I just use an *. Most folks figure it out eventually - lol.
try Alt 0176 °
<Shift> 8 has fewer keystrokes - lol.
Maybe someone else can help with a laptop. It took me ten years of typing degrees before I heard of the shortcut.Did you try a google search ? That's how I found how to do the degree shortcut.
mike
I know about that "shortcut" but it faster to type degrees!
blue
You might not need a number pad, just the numbers. All you are doing is specifying a character according to it's ASCII code. You can get regular letters this way too.But then again, I can't get it to work. Maybe there is something different for laptops.
ALT 248 works too.
45°
yep, it workedPete Duffy, Handyman
Maybe, maybe not. On my machine (Desktop, windows 2000 and IE), it asks if i really want to navigate away and lose the message. Same for Alt-176. Computers are getting to be like snowflakes, no two the same.
-- J.S.
Why would it matter so very much that this be made in one piece? It seems like the ideal place to use up some offcuts. You have a bunch of mudding and sanding to do anyhow, adding a few 3" long seams shouldn't be a problem.
-- J.S.
I suck with rock and avoid it at all costs. That being said, I would find an oversized scrap close to what you want and attach it to the wall. Then I'd score from both sides or just get really stupid and run a rotozip down the side. Assuming you have access to plunge a bit of course.
If I was you I would cut it with my new demo saw.
Just because.In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.
Yall better spread out . If lightin struck it kill all of us on this little topic.
Tim
lol... I can't wait to try this thing. I have to demo a front porch tomorrow... I wish the saw was here so I could give it a dry run on solid ground.View Image
> I wish the saw was here so I could give it a dry run on solid ground.I generally try to keep saw blades out of the dirt.
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You can snap it over an edge if you don't want to do it freehand. Use another board on top and have a second person help. Clamp the top board to the drywall if you need to. I just had to do that again with a piece of rock that was in my basement for about 4 years. Still snapped, too.
get a full sheet and cut off a 45" piece ...
surely a 45" wide piece won't break ... score and snap ...
then throw it away.
and you'll be left with the 3" piece U were looking for!
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
LMAO....View Image
I'm simply here to help ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
score both sides of cut, that's all the stripper with the perf wheels does
Hey Barry,
I use a rotozip tool. (We call it a "zippy tool" on the jobsite {But we drink.}) Cut a hole out of a piece just yesterday. Had a 1/2 of DW on one side. Worked perfect. But you must use a straight edge of some sort for a guide. That zippy will get way outta control if you are not careful. But its fast, makes perfect cuts and has a depth gauge.
KD
I thought that's what mud was for.
I looked through - maybe this is what is shown on the video, sorry if...
Score deep on both sides then hit it on the floor or wall such that the whole edge hits at the same time. We've made inch strips & less this way.
I do it the same way Fonzie.
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