The Medway Handyman wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
Jules wrote:
I since read you're not supposed to make mitre joins for skirting
though if possible - one piece is supposed to be cut straight and
the other done with a coping saw to follow the contour of the first,
presumably to create some kind of sliding joint so that any
expansion or contraction of the skirting doesn't produce either a
bowing effect or result in a big gap showing up at the mitre. Be
interesting to know if folk do go to that much trouble though, or if
they just use a regular mitre join! :-)
I've coped a number of corner joins - I think it gives a neater
effect, more easily than trying to mitre something, then finding that
your corner is not perfectly square...

I did until I bought a Magic Mitre http://www.magicmitre.co.uk/ does
exactly what it says on the tin. Bloody incredible bit of kit, 100% perfect
joins every time regardless of how ****ed the wall is.

Well worth the money, pays for itself on the first job.


I don't dare buy another tool (yet) - we've just had to replace both the
car and the cooker.