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   MikeCallahan | Aug 13, 2003 05:51am | #1

   Are you talking about drywall bullnose corners? If so then making a small piece to bullnose around the corner often doesn't hold up to years of kicking and vacuum bashing. I just miter the corner without the piece and make some custom cheese to fill the space behind the miter. Much stronger.

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   stevelf | Aug 13, 2003 06:03am | #2

   ---forgot to specify...yes, the walls are sheet rock with bullnose corners. The owner (and I...) like the looks of wooden bullnosed corners for the baseboard. But where to find them matching my custom baseboard. As I mentioned, I had the knives for the baseboard custom-made. I'm trying to find the corners to match... Thanks!

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   riverr1 | Aug 13, 2003 07:03am | #3

   Go here:

   http://www.trim-tex.com/

   and look for what is called "bulladaptor". It is exactly what you are looking for. A 90 for baseboard that transitions to the bullnose at the top edge of the baseboard. They work and look great. Most trim-tex products are available at all drywall suppliers.

   Don

   
   

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   Edited 8/13/2003 12:04:36 AM ET by Don C.

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   stevelf | Aug 13, 2003 08:58am | #4

   ___Looks nice, Don. Thanks, but not what I'm looking for. My client wants that nice wooden bullnose to match the B'nose of the sheetrock...My local wood mill place can make them, but I was figuring there must be an outlet that has a huge selection to match the standard baseboards...

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   riverr1 | Aug 13, 2003 05:45pm | #5

   Sorry Steve. Thought you were saying your problem was the lack of a square corner for the baseboard so you had the gap behind the baseboard. I've seen wooden bullnose before, but can't help you with where it comes from.

   Don

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   YesMaam27577 | Aug 14, 2003 03:14am | #7

   To me, it seems obvious that you would be having trouble finding the bullnose corners that you want.

   You say that you want them to match the profile of the baseboard (I agree strongly with this design principle).

   You also say that the baseboard was milled using knives that were custom-cut to your special design. (This means that nobody else has the same baseboard as you -- nobody in the world.)

   So, it sounds to me like you need to find those knives, and get them to someone that has a shaper that can make bullnose outside corners (and inside corners?). Be aware that shaping equipment can vary from shop to shop, and a set of knives for one machine might not fit another machine. And it is likely that another set of knives will need to be made as a result.Vast projects should not be founded on half vast ideas.

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   stevelf | Aug 15, 2003 02:25am | #8

   ---Thanks for your informative reply. The knives for my baseboard were custom-cut, true, but the profile is somewhat common(I would include a snapshot or trace but I'm not yet that computer-savvy...). I was thinking there was some wharehouse somewhere filled to the brim with every wooden- outside- bullnose-corner known to man ;>), waiting for my order!

   Anyway, my local millworks is making them for me from a baseboard sample I gave them. I was trying to get something quicker so's I can get on the base project...

   How are people doing crown around outside-bullnose-corners ??? Probably the 22.5 degree-li'l-extra-piece-approach...

   Thanks for your responses everyone

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   TRIGGER | Aug 17, 2003 10:43pm | #10

   World of Molding in Santa Ana, Ca. has what you need. I just counted 12 different profiles in MDF alone. Some crowns also. How tall is your base?

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   stevelf | Aug 26, 2003 04:47am | #11

   ---My base is 3 1/2 inches high. I ended up having my local millworks mill them for me. 26 of them cost me $166. Just picked them up and they're perfect. Seems like a reasonable price to me since they'll look so good. Thanks for your reply. Back to work!

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   Napie | Aug 13, 2003 06:25pm | #6

   If I understand what you are looking for, they can be center drilled, turned on the lathe and cut in quarters to form four parts. The center hole must equal the bullnose radius.

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   ESPEE | Aug 17, 2003 06:57pm | #9

   Stevelf, the one post above stated to make them on a lathe. This is a good way to make them. The way I have seen it done is by gluing up 4 wood blanks with a paper towel set in between the joints for later separation.  Make sure you cut the grain to match if stain grade. other wise cut the blanks as a normal turning blank stock with the grain running the length of the spinal.

   Once you have the detail turned you then can separate the 4 blanks using caution as the parts will be fragile.

   and then shape the cove on the back side using a router table and a cove bit which matches the bull nosing of the drywall corner. I have seen this done using African Mahogany 6" tall base.

   Use white glue