What is sexier than a mitre cut?

A coped cut.

Maybe not for the client. If done correctly, no one will know the difference either way. But for the carpenter, it’s a flaunting skill, that has its place. 

For all you fine people wondering what a cope is, it’s an undercut into the profile of material, that will allow the wood to form around a joining piece. Usually found on the inside corner of most trim work.

Where on most mitered corners, you will need two joining 45 degree cuts, this allows for one cut to be a crosscut, with the joining cut to sit on top of the flat piece.

The weight of the world is pretty heavy. 

Yet the weight of a misplaced post, supporting an oversized load, can be felt by all.

I’m sure y’all understand. Right?

That was the issue in the latest installment of ‘Why has this house not fallen apart yet?’. 

You will run into trades people that have a week of working time to sometimes patch an area with these muds. While there are multiple types of compounds to use, they are fairly easy to work with. The downside being you have a long dry time.

But there is a secret weapon. Something you only see experienced trades people use.

That’s ‘Hot Mud’.