How to remove moulding?
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Mark out with a square, cut with a hand saw (fine tooth tenon saw us best), sand to finish. Ideally you want to get the bed on its' side to make the cut, knife the cut line (to sever the fibres and reduce spelching) and remember to saw on the waste side of the cut line
BTW, that is a turned end on a post rather than an applied moulding - hence the need to saw
BTW, that is a turned end on a post rather than an applied moulding - hence the need to saw
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Yes, if you want to make an absolutely carp job of it. Recip saws are great for cutting out old joists or removing an old door casing, but are very inaccurate demolition tools and simply can't do a job like this cleanly. Do you not have a circular saw and a speed square? Might be a bit more awkward than a hand saw but at least it will cut square. If needs be you can make up a simple plywood squaring guide yourself for the saw
Never used recip saw, thanks for the advise, defo need perfect square cut. I will have a go with a hand saw.
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If you could borrow a circular saw, you could make up a squaring guide to go with it from a piece of 2 x 1 planed lath and a bit of 18mm plywood like this:
You start by making a trim cut first. The edge of the saw base plate is run against the further edge of the plywood (dark brown) and trims the softwood lath. Then when the guide is offered up to the work the trimmed lath tells you exactly where the cut line will be. Obviously before making any cuts you need to ensure that the saw blade is square to the base late (don't depend on the numbers stamped into the quadrant - they are only a rough guide on many saws), and you do need to make the jig dead square (so you need a square, which you'll need in any case if you are going to make a hand sawn cut)
BTW, don't get me wrong about recip saws, they have their uses and without my Milwaukee I'd struggle at times, but they are really quite limited, Good for doing heavy pruning as well as carpentry, too
You start by making a trim cut first. The edge of the saw base plate is run against the further edge of the plywood (dark brown) and trims the softwood lath. Then when the guide is offered up to the work the trimmed lath tells you exactly where the cut line will be. Obviously before making any cuts you need to ensure that the saw blade is square to the base late (don't depend on the numbers stamped into the quadrant - they are only a rough guide on many saws), and you do need to make the jig dead square (so you need a square, which you'll need in any case if you are going to make a hand sawn cut)
BTW, don't get me wrong about recip saws, they have their uses and without my Milwaukee I'd struggle at times, but they are really quite limited, Good for doing heavy pruning as well as carpentry, too
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