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   IMERC | Dec 05, 2006 10:32pm | #1

   never considered a colonial base speedy...

   cope or miter...

    

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

   WOW!!! What a Ride!

   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   Gene_Davis | Dec 05, 2006 10:35pm | #2

   Then what's speed base?  And what's so speedy about it?  I google, get nothing.

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   IMERC | Dec 05, 2006 10:50pm | #3

   DIIK.... 

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

   WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   IMERC | Dec 05, 2006 10:56pm | #4

   it may be the stuff that looks like a 1 by only it's 1/2" thick or so... wide range of widths... no coping required.. 

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

   WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   Jay123 | Dec 06, 2006 12:19am | #5

   Gene

   I've always called this speed base (not sure where I learned the term). I would guess because you just have to go once around the room with it, as opposed to going around the room with 1x material and then again with base cap (which this product is made to mimic)...much speedier doing it once...or so the rumor goes...and yes, we cope this type of baseboard.

   Jay

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   Jay123 | Dec 06, 2006 12:23am | #6

   I just checked a moulding chart from Stock Building Supply (we're located north of Atlanta) and they refer to it as speed base...it's available in 5 1/4" and 7 1/4" heights...mdf and fjwp.

   Jay

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   xosder11 | Dec 06, 2006 12:27am | #7

   It's speed base because it's all one piece, rather than a two piece base, which has the flat stock at the bottom, and a smaller profile at the top.

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   Gene_Davis | Dec 06, 2006 01:44am | #8

   Ten-four.  But what's it look like?

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   xosder11 | Dec 06, 2006 01:52am | #9

   Any one-piece baseboard I think. No specific style as far as I know.

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   Dave45 | Dec 06, 2006 05:39pm | #16

   I've never seen it called "speedbase", but I've installed plenty of it.

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   MikeSmith | Dec 06, 2006 02:35am | #10

   gene.. here's some MDF speedbase.....

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   same size as the one you showed the profile of

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

   
   

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   stevent1 | Dec 06, 2006 04:29am | #11

   I guess I'm dating myself, but we ran speed base in the 70's.. It was about 6 degree bevel, also called leaner base. No copes, only out side miters. It was used with 2 1/4 clam shell casing in entry level town houses. We trimmed 175 dormatories at the University of Maryland around 1977 . All trim was the same profile and all of the trim was phenelic or some sort of plastic. We were still hand driving back then, We did not need to use a nail set. We trimmed with 28 and 32 oz Bluegrass riggers and the final hit/bounce would set the nail about 1/8" The university required spiral shanked SS flooring nails. Haven't seen that type of trim since.Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood

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   Gene_Davis | Dec 06, 2006 05:20am | #12

   Thanks, Mike.  A previous responder took a look at the profile I posted and called it "colonial."

   The only one of my suppliers listing a molding called "speedbase" lists it as being 9/16 x 5-1/4, sells it in MDF unfinished at something like 50 cents per lf, and in primed FJ pine at a higher price.  I'll go get a sample.

   It looks as if the term comes from the one-piece aspect, the molding simulating a two-piece affair, that of a flat board capped by a small profiled molding.  Thus the "speed" of whacking and installing one piece instead of two.

   Looks as if we'll need to learn to be speedy copers, if using this.  Everything thus far here in the land of the great camp style has been done in variations of craftsman and mission.

   What patterns would you use to case and trim windows and doors, when using this profile?

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   MikeSmith | Dec 06, 2006 05:40am | #13

   ummmmm..... no word of lie... "colonial"

   the 5 1/4 speedbase looks good with a 3 1/2 colonial casing... or  2 1/2  colonialMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   Gene_Davis | Dec 06, 2006 06:35am | #14

   That would be pictureframed at the head with 45s, sitting on a stool at the sill, with an apron beneath, right?  What would the apron be?

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   MikeSmith | Dec 06, 2006 01:59pm | #15

   apron would be the same casing with returned endsMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore