How do you do this? I am in the process of installing a built in closet, and the rest of the house has all rounded corners, the circumferance is about 3 inch. Is there a rounded molding? or do you shape the corners with sandpaper and fill in the gap? I would like to know before I start this project.
Thanks all, Bill
The rounded corners are standard items.
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Bill,
You can buy round drywall corner bead as opposed to square corner bead.
AZCraig
Did you notice the size of the curve he was talking about? Have a look... I don't think that corner bead is gonna do what he wants.
-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
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OP stated a 3" circumference
from HS math - - Circumference = Pi x Diameter
Given Circumference = 3" and Pi = 3.14 (approx)
3" = 3.14 x Diameter Diameter = 3" / 3.14 Diameter = 1.046 " Radius = 1/2 x Diameter or Radius = .5233"Typical rounded (also referred to as bullnose) corners are 3/4" radius. Unless the OP fed us some bogus circumference figure, the standard bullnose corner bead should suffice...
Class is over
Rick
Better go back to class. Reading class this time, not math. :-)
The OP was talking about a *corner*, not a cylindrical post. Thus the OP's reference to "circumference" presumably means the length of the arc around a
90-degree corner, and the radius of curvature is four times what you calculated, or approximately 2".-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
Lots of snippage
I read the original post just fine... OP stated a 3" circumference
AHA! you are presuming, I wasn't... ;-)
So if 90 degrees of the circumference was 3", then the total circumference would be 4x greater, and yes it would drastically affect my calculations.
But unless the OP chimes back in, we'll never know ;-(
Peace, Out
Rick
Since when are arc length and circumference synonymous?
RB
Doug Miller wrote:
They're not. But "circumference" has meaning only when discussing a circle, which is not the case here. The OP was discussing a rounded corner, i.e. a
*portion* of a circle. Hence my presumption that he wrote "circumference" when he meant "arc length".-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
We could also presume that the OP (Bill, are you out there?) took a length of string, measured the arc, and because it was a 90 degree corner, multiplied that length by four to obtain a circumference...
Doug, you most likely have much more experience in home repair than I, maybe there exist corners of a larger radii than 3/4". I guess this one would see this in 'upscale' construction?
Rick
Yep, I'm still here. I work 4 12 hour days and then am off for 3 days, so my reply is a little late. Anyway it looks like I stepped back into a high school math class, thank god I work in law enforcement. Truefully I just looked at the current corners in the house and then guessed on the 3 inch cir (which I did mean arc). Sorry to have miss lead anyone. Anyway it looks like I'll be checking at my local lumber store about the rounded dry wall bead.
Thanks all Bill
I'd suggest that the definition of circumference is what it is. If the question asked was wrong because of poor use of the language then all bets are off.
RB
Doug Miller wrote:
We could presume that if you wish, but it seems less likely than presuming that the OP wrote circumference when he meant arc length. :-)
I guess.
-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
I quote "I just looked at the current corners in the house and then guessed on the 3 inch cir (which I did mean arc)."
LOL - Smiles all around...
Rick
Around here (in Arizona) small rounded corners are done just like square ones... nail on a sheet metal (or plastic) corner piece that you tape to the adjacent drywall, then you fill it in with compound.
Large radius corners are made by slotting the backside of a piece of drywall so you can bend it into a curve. I have some corners that probably have a 2' radius.
...Jim Thompson
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