I just bought a miter saw, with capable to bevel from 0 to 45 degrees only. I was trying to cut a trim for the corner with two different angles(50, 40). Is there a trick that I can cut a 50 degree angle with my miter saw. Please advice.
I just bought a miter saw, with capable to bevel from 0 to 45 degrees only. I was trying to cut a trim for the corner with two different angles(50, 40). Is there a trick that I can cut a 50 degree angle with my miter saw. Please advice.
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You could put a 5 degree wedge behind the baseboard when you cut it.
“The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds..†– Hume
I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge. I'm not really familiar using a wedge. How will I do this?
I'm going to back up for a second...
Is this a manual mitre saw or electric?
Why do you need a 50 and a 40, is this for the same corner?
To answer your question...
A wedge, like a pie shaped shim, between the mitre saw fence and the baseboard will increase the angle of the cut to more than 45 degrees. First without the wege, cut the piece close to what you need, say within a half inch or less. Then put in the wedge between the baseboard and the fence and make your final cut.
If you're using an electric mitre saw, please be very careful with this cut. The extra wedge can make the wood a little hard to keep still when you cut. “The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds..†– Hume
It's electric. Maybe i'm not sure what i'm talking about, but I'm trying to create an outside trim for my wall. The corner is not exactly 90 degree angle. I measured with a protractor, I got a 50, 40 angles, not 45 and 45 angles.
"I just bought a miter saw, with capable to bevel from 0 to 45 degrees only. I was trying to cut a trim for the corner with two different angles(50, 40). Is there a trick that I can cut a 50 degree angle with my miter saw."
If the base is not too wide, you can stand it up against the fence and cut the angle with your miter setting, if it goes to 50deg.
I'm puzzled by the question though. Why would you want a 50/40 corner anyway? That still adds up to 90 except the pieces will not line up on their inner and outer edges.
Maybe I'm not sure how to read the measurement with my protractor. I'm really new to this. I'm trying to create a trim for my wall corner. The corner is not exactly a 90 degree angle. Otherwise I would have done 45 and 45. Instead I have 50 and 40 reading as per my protractor instruction.
Sounds like you are not doing it right. No matter what angle the corner is, the miter is usually 1/2 the measure of the angle of the corner. Only exception that comes to mind is if the trim is different thicknesses on either side of the corner.
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
You want to have both sides of the cut the same angle. I'm not sure how you got 50 deg. on one side, and 40 deg. on the other, but I'd guess from those angles that you need to make the cut at 47-1/2 deg. to make things fit.
If you don't have something like a Starrett miter square to get the angle, use a bevel square to get the overall angle, use your protractor to get the measurement, and divide it by 2 to get the cut angle.
Or just make some cuts on scrap until you get a good fit. The trial and error method is effective, but slow.
I think you've got us all really confused.
A standard corner is 90 degrees. To make a corner with the baseboard, you would cut each of the two pieces at 45 degrees.
It sounds like you measured the corner and you came to the conclusion that you need to make one piece at 50 degrees and the other at 40 degrees. This still adds up to 90 degrees. If you cut those two pieces like you propose and butt them together, they won't match up well at all.
What is the angle on your corner? Are you just talking about one corner?“The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds..†– Hume
If I understand it correctly he has a non-square corner, so two 45s won't work.
No matter what the angle, he should still have to take 1/2 of it to make is miter cut no?
Only one corner. The corner is not a perfectly right angle or left angle(depending how you look at it). If this would have been a 90 degree angle, then I would easily bevel cut 45 and 45 for both side.
You need to find a way to determine the angle of the corner. A 90 angle, which is a right angle, is split into two 45's. If you find the angle to be 100 degrees, then you would need two 50's to make the corner. If you find it to be 85 degrees, then you would need two 47.5 degree cuts.
Can you determine the angle of the corner?
“The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds..†– Hume
Edited 4/30/2007 2:36 pm by JMadson
If it is an inside corner, now would be a good time to learn how to cope.
Bruce
Angles like this happen frequently to me, so my suggestion is the same as Shep's. Make a couple of cuts for trial and error and fit them. Happens all the time when fitting against sheetrock. If you have to cut over or under a touch, shim slightly between fence and baseboard, just be careful with finger location.
What the others said and
To bump your angle past the saw limits just hold your piece off the fence a bit. If your laying the board flat on the horizontal, then you can place something under there to lift it a bit. You're only making this cut one time and it's baseboard.
BTW you ought to post the question just one time, and then wait. Lots of folks are on jobsites during the day and only Breaktime in the evenings.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=89308.1
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=89314.1
Thanks for all your input guys. I think I really like this idea.