On 20/09/2014 08:23, James Harris wrote:
Any general recommendations on tools for cutting skirting boards? Skirting
can be taller than most things we might want to mitre. For skirting the
three options I can think of, along with their problems, are

* Buy a mitre box. Unfortunately the mitre boxes I have seen do not seem
tall enough, being only about 90mm high so too short even for 120mm
skirting.

* Buy a manual mitre saw. An OK piece of meccano but specialised and bulky.

* Buy an electric mitre saw. Might come in handy for other work and I may
well need to buy one of these at some point but they do tend to be big and
heavy. Space is the main problem.

The alternative is to make my own mitre box and cut the skirting using it.

Thoughts?

James


I have one of these (or something very similar).

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Preci...e-Saw/p/168639

Not sure if it quite copes with 120 mm so no good for period houses, but
it gives more depth than a traditional mitre block.