Our History
New homes are being built every
day across North America. Every new and renovated home is a business
opportunity to those in the construction field. There are also an
unlimited variety of buildings being erected every day: condos, hotels, offices,
stores, hospitals and restaurants are a few examples. All these buildings
(whether new or being renovated) require finishing carpentry work - the target
industry of THE COPER. The professional, the handy man and the
do-it-yourself specialist can all use this product to improve the speed and
quality of their work.
One the most daunting jobs of a finishing carpenter is installing the molding in
a new home. While windows and doors are easily encased using 45-degree
corners, the same cannot be said for baseboards and other interior angle
moldings in the home. Professionals do not use 45-degree angles here;
rather, they cut one board straight to the corner and then cope (by hand) the
next board to square up the corner. This technique provides the carpenter
with a perfect and near invisible corner every time.
From years of experience, we know that the coping method is the best method of completing interior
angles on any type of baseboard. The results are perfect even when
a corner is not perfectly square. The 45-degree interior corner is usually
very visible and often very ugly. There is, however, one big problem with
the coping method - TIME!
For this reason Rob Veldman came up with the
idea of using a router and a template to cope baseboard. His original idea
has led to the creation and development of THE COPER to provide a professional
solution to a common problem.
Click here to see other pictures of the original
prototype.
To hand cope every interior
molding in a new home or even a small project is delicate and precise work.
Each cut requires tracing the profile, coping the baseboard and filing away
clearance to make a perfect fit. THE COPER combines all of these steps
into one motion using a pattern mold and a router. The result is a perfect
cut every time with plenty of clearance for a perfect fit! THE COPER makes
a cleaner and more accurate cut than any hand cut.
There are many opportunities and open
doors just around the corner for THE COPER. The largest door opens to the
sales opportunities available in magazines, catalogs, shows, the internet,
hardware stores, lumber yards and tool suppliers. There is also an entire
specialty field waiting to be developed which produces quality tools, jigs and
devices which improve the finishing carpentry process.
The Coper is a dynamic
incorporated company that is owned and operated in Southern Alberta. With a number of new
product ideas lined up, finishing carpenters will soon be reaping the benefits
of a range of devices used to improve both the quality and speed of their
finishing work. The first tool destined for production: THE COPER.
