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   Guest_ | Mar 24, 1999 09:17am | #1

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   A lepton might take of everything...

   J

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   Steve_B_ | Mar 24, 1999 07:20pm | #2

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   Do you mean a quirk bead?

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   Brad_K._Wood | Mar 24, 1999 11:13pm | #3

   *I don't know. What is your understanding of a quirk bead

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   Condor | Mar 25, 1999 12:55am | #4

   *In stone a quirk (or is it quark) miter is a mitered joint with the out side edge cut back 1/4 inch. When the two pieces are brought together you get an inside 1/4 inch corner. You shouldn't see any more of a joint than if it was an outside mitered corner.Anyway, I don't see how this would eliminate a sharp edge, and I don't see how it has anything to do with running the electrical. I think it may have more to do with just being a design feature. Purely decrative.

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   Brad_K._Wood | Mar 25, 1999 03:30am | #5

   *I only brought up the electrical aspect to point out the reason for building a "mock" post.I realize it has nothing to do with the quirk miter. I also realize that it is a decorative feature, but I still contend that the joint in the mitered corner would be Much less evident if it were left alone and not "quirked"!

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   Steve_B_ | Mar 25, 1999 05:23pm | #6

   *Brad,Quirky but easy.A quirk is a groove. If the edge of the post is rounded over and has a groove right next to the roundover, it has a quirk bead. The effect looks like a dowel rod laying in a rabbet.Steve B

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   Brad_K._Wood | Mar 25, 1999 05:23pm | #7

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   'b' Quirk Miters
   ']' Someone asked me to produce a 1/4"
   quirk miter on a mock (hollow) post made
   of 4 pcs of 8' 1x6 Cedar. They want to
   run electricity down through the
   "post".It seems to me that the quirk
   miter will, in essence, defeat the
   purpose of 45ing the long edges because
   now the joint will be revealed in the
   middle of the 1/4" quirk miter!
   ']'Am I misunderstanding the term "quirk
   miter" or are they just more interested
   in eliminating a sharp edge?