Bench Dog 10-030 Bullnose Trim Gauge

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It works Keeps you from having to drag a template around

Recently finished a home remodel and changed the 90 degree corners to bull nose corners. I struggled with finding the correct length for baseboards, but this makes it easy to hit the correct length/angle every time. Instructions are included on the package, are straight forward, making installation easy. This gauge though doesnt make the cuts and measures for you, you must have some skill with tools required to carry out your project.

Husband loves it. Made the job so simple.

My first time making bullnose drywall trim cuts; it worked perfectly! My corners look as good as the pros. It helps to have an accurate power miter saw.

This works very well. I wish it could do 45 degrees, but for 90s its perfect.

This is actually a very handy tool. When replacing all the trim in my house, this tool does tell me exactly where to measure to cut the trim that will fit around a bull-nosed corner. Its super easy to use and it does make the job faster. But heres why I didnt rank it 5-start (and why value for money is only 3): One: mine came with no instructions whatsoever. Oh sure, it seems that it should be intuitive, but theres nothing but the tools label printed on it. And there are four small holes, two on each side. If you arent familiar with the tools use, you might think that one of these holes is where to place the pencil to make your measuring mark. Theres no where that points out that you ACTUALLY make the mark on the inside edge of one of the leaves. Two: it seems a little over priced for what amounts to a wedged piece of injection molded plastic that serves only one purpose, and thats outside corner miter cuts on bull-nosed walls. Overall its a great tool, but honestly not something you couldnt rig up a quick jig to do the same job for mere pennies, instead of the $13 plus shipping.

Tool helps with cutting standard 3/4 Bullnose baseboard, but due to corners not being exactly 90 degrees and excess mud, it is best used as a guide. I found that cutting about 1/8 long and then form fitting by shaving off a small amount at a time worked best for getting tight fitting corners. I use a DeWalt 12 compound double bevel miter slide saw.

I bought this tool for my contractor. We have bullnose corners in our home. While replacing our baseboards, the contractor didn’t want to make the cuts for the rounded corners. I bought two of these in order to make it so easy; how could they refuse? They used the bench dogs and I got my job done!

Product only accounts for a bullnose with a radius of 3/4 where the transition piece is 5/8. However, rounded corners on my house apparently have a radius of 1/2 so transition piece needed to be 7/16. This threw the math off for both left and right pieces. I ended up using trial and error along with wood putty to fill the gaps. It would have been nice if there was any indication in the description that bullnose corners vary in sizes. This also explained why when I put the trim gauge up to my corners, there were gaps under both sides as they did not sit flush with the corners. I only learned of different bullnose sizes after watching a video showing a cheat sheet. For radius of 1/2, transition piece is 7/16. For radius of 3/4, transition piece is 5/8. For radius of 1, transition piece is 13/16. Finally for radius of 1 1/2, transition piece is 1 1/4.