Hi, I need to cut the necessary mitres on my skirting board, the board is 170 odd high and my dear old mitre saw wont handle the depth and wont take it lying down, so to speak. I cant justify buying a nice power tool to the wife so can someone tell me what the solution is? Thanks a million.
You could buy a coping saw and butt joint the corner using the saw to match the profile where they join meaning no mitre is required.
No good for external mitres though. I've found a tool just for the job for about 11 quid though, I may have to resort to parting with cash! (http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=2377)
the mitre block might do the job im not sure you would be very lucky to have 90 degree corners in your room!!!!!!!! why not make your own mitre box from 3 bi 2 for the base 12mm ply for the sides you fix the ply 1 inch up from the bottom make it about 18 inches long you mark your angle on the top straight line down the front you saw your angle at the top half inch down the without sawing any more depth at the back you still leave the blade in the back slot for guidance whilst sawing the front you then turn it round and saw down the other straight line your sides need to be abit taller to allow for over lap\clearence about 4 inches taller if you make a mistake just cut another slot about 3 inches away from the last you may need to put battons across the top for support you can now put in your workmate or vice if you need to clamp the box down make the box a bit taller to accomodate the clamps and the packing piece inside the box i would also cut 2 lots of wood so you can easily make another mitre box if you need to ajust the angle slightly you just put apice of between the mitre box and skirting sliding it along to increase decrease angle if you would rather have a new tool dont show the misses this answer just go and buy one good luck big all
it should be apice of wood looking at my answer if i read it i think i would probably buy a saw couldnt be ar**d to do all that big all
Ferm Handshake, Having just fitted new skirtings in the front room I used the compound mitre saw from SFD. Cost £15.19. It has performed well and will cut 150mm mitres. For internal cuts my I suggest scribing. The details of this are in most DIY Books.
Why not use your mitre saw to cut what you can (thus cutting a slot) and the remaining bit not cut, use the slot as a guide for a panel saw or similar.
I would, but the problem is the skirting is 170mm plus high and the mitre saw max depth is 150, so I cant get it in there in the first place.
hand mitre saws go to 150mm. Power mitre saws wont get near that except when the blade is tipped for bevel cutting & then you would need a sliding compound mitre saw. Beech mitre blocks, used with a hand saw are too low as well. A table saw could do it with the blade tilted to 45° but very few corners are exactly 90° so it's hit & miss without a purpose made tool that halves the angle for using a power mitre saw,such as the Trend Anglefix but as already said, they wont cut 170mm. There is The Magic Mitre with Jack Xpert Saw but that only goes up to 135mm. The only thing I can think of without the right tools is find the outside angles with an adjustable bevel then take this to your local timber merchant along with a couple of pieces of skirting & ask them if they can cut the correct mitre by halving the angle from the adjustable bevel. When the pros come on later I hope one of them can give better help.
foxy, those mitre saws don't lift high enough to fit the skirting in. The saw is held on a slide, up & down, & the maximum hight of the saw is between 120 & 150 depending on the model. Its always possible to cut part way by eye then slip the piece into the mitre saw but, having tried that myself, It's a bit hit & miss. I suppose it depends on whether the skirting is to be painted or left as wood. With painting, it's not so importand as the gaps can be filled.
get ur set square,mark it then mark 45 degrees and use a hand saw 2 cut joint,ull be surprised how accurate u r after a few trial cuts!
That's why I went through all the options i could think of when it was 1st posted. I'd use a sliding mitre saw set at half the angle on a bevel cut. I did it on my table saw once but the cut wasn't clean enough for the plinth on my desk.