I am putting down some oak 1/4rounds, and find that the corners of my house
aren't square, so I need to cut approx 48 degree miters, which my POS miter
saw won't do.
Is there a trick to cutting them? I tried putting the shaft of a punch
along the miter fence to increase the angle, but got a huge kickback that
almost broke my thumb. I may end up just cutting them by hand since my
trial and error method is more error than trial.
Make a 45 degree fence out of a piece of plywood. clamp or screw the
plywood to your miter saw. Then, with the saw at 90 degrees, you are
cutting a 45 on the molding. You can adjust the saw either way to get any
angle that you need.
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"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:10:52 -0400, "Buck Turgidson"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I am putting down some oak 1/4rounds, and find that the corners of my
house
> >aren't square, so I need to cut approx 48 degree miters, which my POS
miter
> >saw won't do.
> >
> >Is there a trick to cutting them? I tried putting the shaft of a punch
> >along the miter fence to increase the angle, but got a huge kickback that
> >almost broke my thumb. I may end up just cutting them by hand since my
> >trial and error method is more error than trial.
> >
>
> This "kickback" is often caused by the offcut piece being grabbed by
> the blade as it cuts all the way through.
>
> The trick is to make a square cut first, at the outside length of the
> miter - without anything packing the quarter round out from the fence.
>
> Then you can pack out the piece (I like using a shim shingle) and hold
> the piece to be cut tight to the packout. Since you won't have
> anything loose for the blade to grab, you shouldn't have any
> "kickback".
>
>
> Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker (ret)
> Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
> Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
A speed square does work but be very careful of your blade clearance as you
change the miter angle. A piece of plywood is much more carbide friendly.
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"Buck Turgidson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "David Chamberlain" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Make a 45 degree fence out of a piece of plywood. clamp or screw the
> > plywood to your miter saw. Then, with the saw at 90 degrees, you are
> > cutting a 45 on the molding. You can adjust the saw either way to get
any
> > angle that you need.
>
>
> How about clamping a speed square to the fence? Any reason why that
> wouldn't work? Thanks for your help.
>
>
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:10:52 -0400, "Buck Turgidson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am putting down some oak 1/4rounds, and find that the corners of my house
>aren't square, so I need to cut approx 48 degree miters, which my POS miter
>saw won't do.
>
>Is there a trick to cutting them? I tried putting the shaft of a punch
>along the miter fence to increase the angle, but got a huge kickback that
>almost broke my thumb. I may end up just cutting them by hand since my
>trial and error method is more error than trial.
>
This "kickback" is often caused by the offcut piece being grabbed by
the blade as it cuts all the way through.
The trick is to make a square cut first, at the outside length of the
miter - without anything packing the quarter round out from the fence.
Then you can pack out the piece (I like using a shim shingle) and hold
the piece to be cut tight to the packout. Since you won't have
anything loose for the blade to grab, you shouldn't have any
"kickback".
Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker (ret)
Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
In article <0FXdc.4049$VE5.1516@lakeread01>, [email protected] says...
> I am putting down some oak 1/4rounds, and find that the corners of my house
> aren't square, so I need to cut approx 48 degree miters, which my POS miter
> saw won't do.
>
> Is there a trick to cutting them? I tried putting the shaft of a punch
> along the miter fence to increase the angle, but got a huge kickback that
> almost broke my thumb. I may end up just cutting them by hand since my
> trial and error method is more error than trial.
>
>
Make a right angle jig that you can clamp to the fence of your saw. Lay
the stock against it and set the saw for the necessary angle: cut. For
greater safety, make the leg of the jig that is perpendicular to the
fence long enough that you can clamp the stock to it while making the
cut.
Kim
"David Chamberlain" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Make a 45 degree fence out of a piece of plywood. clamp or screw the
> plywood to your miter saw. Then, with the saw at 90 degrees, you are
> cutting a 45 on the molding. You can adjust the saw either way to get any
> angle that you need.
How about clamping a speed square to the fence? Any reason why that
wouldn't work? Thanks for your help.
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:53:01 -0400, "David Chamberlain"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Make a 45 degree fence out of a piece of plywood. clamp or screw the
>plywood to your miter saw. Then, with the saw at 90 degrees, you are
>cutting a 45 on the molding. You can adjust the saw either way to get any
>angle that you need.
That's OK in some situations but it's awkward when you are dealing
with a long piece.
Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker (ret)
Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1