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Radius drywall corners

bjr | Posted in General Discussion on June 18, 2008 06:11am

I’ve got a project in the pipeline that I’ll be installing paint grade 1×6 VGF base and shoe throughout the house. Probelm is there are about 4 dozen outside corners and they all have that radius cornerbead on them. I’m going to have to do a 3 piece corner to make it look decent but does anybody have any trick ideas to speed up the process? Or a link to articles? I’ve seen some in FHB at one time and have searched through my library with no luck finding the article. I’m thinking I’ll make up a sample corner and set it down in place and measure my lengths off of it.

BjR

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  1. brucet9 | Jun 18, 2008 06:22am | #1

    Have you considered making plinth blocks?

    You might take a 6" length of 4x4, bore a hole with radius same as the corner bead, then cut it into quarters to get 4 plinth blocks.

    BruceT
    1. bjr | Jun 18, 2008 06:56am | #2

      Have you considered making plinth blocks?

      Yeah, that was the first thing out of my mouth but the HO's don't want plinth blocks.

      BjR

      1. brucet9 | Jun 18, 2008 08:48am | #3

        I wonder if one of the Knots guys would be interested in gluing up 12-sided polygons out of your 1x6 VGF at suitable size to bore the center to proper radius and turn the outside on a lathe, then cut in quarters on a band saw. You'd have nice grain match across a smooth radius and good fit to your 1x6 base. He could even glue on extra material on the bottom of each piece and then turn the shoe to match your stock.
        BruceT

    2. rnsykes | Jun 18, 2008 11:57pm | #7

      I don't know why nobody uses them. they are as common as the corner bead itself, but every month somebody is asking how to finish the baseboard with bullnose corners. Next week someone will ask how to do crown moulding around the bullnose corner bead.

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        basswood | Jun 19, 2008 02:37am | #8

        I just did that:

  2. Danno | Jun 18, 2008 03:05pm | #4

    There is something called "bending plywood" with the core loose strips so it bends well in one direction. Perhaps that would work. Don't know how well it would match the rest of the base--I suppose with stain or paint it would work. The shoe molding is another story, maybe bandsaw it out of a block of wood, or bend veneers?

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    basswood | Jun 18, 2008 06:20pm | #5

    Too bad the corners did not get these transition pieces:

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    Heck | Jun 18, 2008 06:41pm | #6

    http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Products/1fbbf464b7768010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0

     


           

  5. Dave45 | Jun 19, 2008 02:53am | #9

    If you're lucky, the radii will all be the same and you can precut all of the small pieces.  I once did a largish crown job with radiused corners and was going bananas until I realized that the corner pieces were all the same.  I cut all that I needed and the job sped up in a big way.

    I have a similar job coming up. - lol

  6. MikeCallahan | Jun 19, 2008 03:49am | #10

    Use a scrap of the base you are using and plow a piece of endgrain on your router table with a 3/4" cove bit. Slice the profile of the section off on your table saw or mitre saw. The piece of "cheese" will fit snugly into the hole behind a square outside corner. Dip the cheese in a little glue and tap it into the corner. Let the glue dry and then shave the piece flush with your sharp chisel. The result looks clean and it is much stronger than any other way.
    The multi piece 22.5 degree corner will disintegrate the first time it gets bashed with the vacuum cleaner. Don't do it.

    Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.

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