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cutting skirting with mitre saw
I am thinking of buying an electric mitre saw in order to make mitre
cuts in skirting boards, which are approx 100mm high. What's the best way to make the cut - do you stand the skirting board vertically and pivot the blade to the 45 degree position, keeping the blade in the vertical plane, or lie the skirting board flat and incline the blade to make a 45 degree bevel cut? The other application of the tool would be to cross-cut wooden flooring planks (engineered or solid, typically 130 mm wide x 15 mm thick). Over time, I will lay wooden flooring and install skirting boards in around 4 rooms. The saws available range in price by a factor of 20 twenty or so. Any recommendations of which saw to buy for this application, within a budget of around 150 pounds? thanks Julian |
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wrote in message ps.com... I am thinking of buying an electric mitre saw in order to make mitre cuts in skirting boards, which are approx 100mm high. What's the best way to make the cut - do you stand the skirting board vertically and pivot the blade to the 45 degree position, keeping the blade in the vertical plane, or lie the skirting board flat and incline the blade to make a 45 degree bevel cut? The other application of the tool would be to cross-cut wooden flooring planks (engineered or solid, typically 130 mm wide x 15 mm thick). Over time, I will lay wooden flooring and install skirting boards in around 4 rooms. The saws available range in price by a factor of 20 twenty or so. Any recommendations of which saw to buy for this application, within a budget of around 150 pounds? thanks Julian Cut it in the flat plane position. ps also purchase an Angle finder as not all corners are true,other than that profiling is the best technique |
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cutting skirting with mitre saw
The Medway Handyman wrote:
wrote: I am thinking of buying an electric mitre saw in order to make mitre cuts in skirting boards, which are approx 100mm high. What's the best way to make the cut - do you stand the skirting board vertically and pivot the blade to the 45 degree position, keeping the blade in the vertical plane, or lie the skirting board flat and incline the blade to make a 45 degree bevel cut? The latter The former is an easier cut, and certainly easier to mark and measure, but 100mm is probably too high for most mitre saws. I hate using the 45 deg tilt The other application of the tool would be to cross-cut wooden flooring planks (engineered or solid, typically 130 mm wide x 15 mm thick). Over time, I will lay wooden flooring and install skirting boards in around 4 rooms. The saws available range in price by a factor of 20 twenty or so. Any recommendations of which saw to buy for this application, within a budget of around 150 pounds? I have one of these http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 well pleased with it. I'd buy another if it went missing. Looks pretty useful and, at 18kgs, not too heavy to cart about. |
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I am thinking of buying an electric mitre saw in order to make mitre cuts in skirting boards, which are approx 100mm high. What's the best way to make the cut - do you stand the skirting board vertically and pivot the blade to the 45 degree position, keeping the blade in the vertical plane, or lie the skirting board flat and incline the blade to make a 45 degree bevel cut? Unless you get a saw with a very big blade (a Makita LS1214 would do it!), then the latter is usually the only option. You only need worry about the external corners as the internal ones ought to be scribed instead. Some saws don't make using the bevel cut accurately that easy, since they lack an accurate scale. Setting the angle using a angle divider or carpenters bevel gauge usually helps. The other application of the tool would be to cross-cut wooden flooring planks (engineered or solid, typically 130 mm wide x 15 mm thick). All bar the smallest will do that without too much difficulty. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
The Medway Handyman wrote: wrote: I am thinking of buying an electric mitre saw in order to make mitre cuts in skirting boards, which are approx 100mm high. What's the best way to make the cut - do you stand the skirting board vertically and pivot the blade to the 45 degree position, keeping the blade in the vertical plane, or lie the skirting board flat and incline the blade to make a 45 degree bevel cut? The latter The other application of the tool would be to cross-cut wooden flooring planks (engineered or solid, typically 130 mm wide x 15 mm thick). Over time, I will lay wooden flooring and install skirting boards in around 4 rooms. The saws available range in price by a factor of 20 twenty or so. Any recommendations of which saw to buy for this application, within a budget of around 150 pounds? I have one of these http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 well pleased with it. I'd buy another if it went missing. I have the Wickes equivalent of one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...28169&ts=06853 which I find perfectly adequate for skirting board up to 4" high. Light, portable, no electricity needed . . . -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message ... In an earlier contribution to this discussion, The Medway Handyman wrote: wrote: I am thinking of buying an electric mitre saw in order to make mitre cuts in skirting boards, which are approx 100mm high. What's the best way to make the cut - do you stand the skirting board vertically and pivot the blade to the 45 degree position, keeping the blade in the vertical plane, or lie the skirting board flat and incline the blade to make a 45 degree bevel cut? The latter The other application of the tool would be to cross-cut wooden flooring planks (engineered or solid, typically 130 mm wide x 15 mm thick). Over time, I will lay wooden flooring and install skirting boards in around 4 rooms. The saws available range in price by a factor of 20 twenty or so. Any recommendations of which saw to buy for this application, within a budget of around 150 pounds? I have one of these http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...saw&user_searc h=1&sfile=1&jump=0 well pleased with it. I'd buy another if it went missing. I have the Wickes equivalent of one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...28169&ts=06853 which I find perfectly adequate for skirting board up to 4" high. Light, portable, no electricity needed . . . -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! These are useless at cutting straight down a 4" piece of skirting...you get half way and the blade starts wandering of the mark. |
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
George wrote: "Roger Mills" wrote in message ... I have the Wickes equivalent of one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...28169&ts=06853 which I find perfectly adequate for skirting board up to 4" high. Light, portable, no electricity needed . . . These are useless at cutting straight down a 4" piece of skirting...you get half way and the blade starts wandering of the mark. Not in my experience! Maybe they need a bit more skill than I realised. g -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |
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Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, George wrote: "Roger Mills" wrote in message ... I have the Wickes equivalent of one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...28169&ts=06853 which I find perfectly adequate for skirting board up to 4" high. Light, portable, no electricity needed . . . These are useless at cutting straight down a 4" piece of skirting...you get half way and the blade starts wandering of the mark. Not in my experience! Maybe they need a bit more skill than I realised. g The blade is too fine and too flexible. You get a nice cut on small, delicate mouldings but not ideal for skirting |
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cutting skirting with mitre saw
"Stuart Noble" wrote in message These are useless at cutting straight down a 4" piece of skirting...you get half way and the blade starts wandering of the mark. Not in my experience! Maybe they need a bit more skill than I realised. g The blade is too fine and too flexible. You get a nice cut on small, delicate mouldings but not ideal for skirting Correct. |
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cutting skirting with mitre saw
On 26 May, 20:17, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, The Medway Handyman wrote: wrote: I am thinking of buying an electric mitre saw in order to make mitre cuts in skirting boards, which are approx 100mm high. What's the best way to make the cut - do you stand the skirting board vertically and pivot the blade to the 45 degree position, keeping the blade in the vertical plane, or lie the skirting board flat and incline the blade to make a 45 degree bevel cut? The latter The other application of the tool would be to cross-cut wooden flooring planks (engineered or solid, typically 130 mm wide x 15 mm thick). Over time, I will lay wooden flooring and install skirting boards in around 4 rooms. The saws available range in price by a factor of 20 twenty or so. Any recommendations of which saw to buy for this application, within a budget of around 150 pounds? I have one of these http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...=mitre+saw&use... well pleased with it. I'd buy another if it went missing. I have the Wickes equivalent of one of thesehttp://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=28169&ts=06853which I find perfectly adequate for skirting board up to 4" high. Light, portable, no electricity needed . . . -- Cheers, Roger I have tried something similar in the past (I think it was http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...9824&ts=93677). But I found that the blade wore out very quickly. Also I found that if I clamped the workpiece tightly (using G-clamps rather than the clamp that comes with the saw), it needed a lot of force to move the saw blade back and forth. Probably incompetence on my part! thanks Julian |
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