> Is there a hand tool available for cutting the cove into strips? For the
> filler strips to mate to beaded patterns, a new cove must be cut. Or do we
> just not use beaded strips on the pattern?

Hi Don:

Yes, there is. I have seen this tool. I planned originally to use this tool instead of bead and cove bits for my strips, since I also had no router. I am glad I found a router and bought the bits, this tool would have been the wrong one to cut 2200' of cove/beads. However, for small volumes, it may work well. For the places on my design where I had to cut a new bead, I used a small chainsaw file. I only had to cut a bead as long as the oblique end of a tapered strip. Are you talking about something more than this?

http://www.leevalley.com/woodwork/techinfo/05p/beading.htm

Good luck.

Ed Valley