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.
The outside corner of the wall is not exactly a 90 degree angle. Otherwise I would have done 45, 45 angles. Instead I have 50, 40 angles reading from my protractor.
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Can you flip the piece of trim over and cut it from the back at 40. When you turn it back over it should be at the 50 that you need.
Cim,
Unfortunately you will still have a 40 degree cut regardless of front or back cut.
Clamp a square piece of plywood to the saw table, with one edge parallel to the blade (when @ 0° setting, for 90° cut). Use this as your fence (perpendicular to the saw fance). Then cut your angle (90°-50°=40°)
Or cut a wedge at 10° and use that against the regular saw fence.
Test pieces not a bad idea, and keep your fingers clear!
Pete Duffy, Handyman
What kind of corner is this with 2 angles? I can't picture a corner with more than 1. It may not be 90°, but it's still only 1 angle.
And just to further confuse me, you said it's not 90, but a 40 and a 50, which actually add up to 90.
Or maybe you're just funnin' with us.
I maybe wrong, but what i'm trying to do is to cut two pieces of trim that will meet at the base corner wall. This corner is not a right angle(90). If this would have been a right angle, I could easily cut 45 and 45 for both pieces and would give me a perfect trim.
Yes.....but you said you had to cut one at 40 degrees and the other at 50.
That adds up to a 90 degree corner. A "right angle".
J. D. ReynoldsHome Improvements
Maybe I'm not clear to what I'm trying to explain. Two baseboard trims will meet at the corner. Using my protractor, one side says 50 degree and the other side says 40 degree. You're right it's still a right angle. All I want is to cut a 50 degree bevel on one trim, but my miter saw can only be adjusted to a maximum of 45 degree.
But now I realized I don't need to do this, after receiving good feedback from you guys. You are all correct. I didn't explain clear enough to what I needed to do. I'm new of carpenting, and I like it as a hobby. I've been buying all kinds of tools and books.
Glad we could help. In general, you want to determine the angle of the corner itself (inside or outside). In this case, it's 90°. Divide by 2 and that's the miter angle that EACH piece gets. So if the angle was 88°, the miter would be 44° for each piece. If the 2 pieces don't get the same miter, their profiles won't match each other.
I use a sliding bevel on the corner, then I place the bevel on the miter saw to get the corner angle. Since the miter saw starts from zero, zero means it's a 90. If the gauge on the miter saw reads 1°, the it's a 91° corner and the miter cuts will be 45.5°.
Now it's a lot clearer. Sooooo many thanks.