On 20/09/14 09:23, stuart noble wrote:
On 20/09/2014 09:15, A.Lee wrote:
James Harris wrote:

Any general recommendations on tools for cutting skirting boards? ....
* Buy a mitre box....
* Buy a manual mitre saw.....
* Buy an electric mitre saw. ..
The alternative is to make my own mitre box and cut the skirting
using it.

Or, do it the 'old' way by cutting one walls skirting to the profile of
the other piece it butts up to.
One tool required, a coping saw.


Mitres are dead easy with a hand held circular saw set to 45 degs. IME
you do need both hands though, so a workmate is handy for holding things
steady

or even a rough cut followed by a bit of work with a coarse permagrit tool.

It is somewhat amazing to those brought up on power tools to realise how
quick it is to hand shape wood with cheap hand tools




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