Cutting a bevel 45 angle on baseboard wood.

[howard555]

Any trick to cut such a bevel 45 angle without a circular saw and without a mitre box. Since there should be some trigonomentry formula to determine where the lines on the board should be located. Thanks

[rabbit33]

Just go buy a miter box. A box and backsaw can be had for something like $30 at the hardware store.

[MikeJaquish]

Yes, I've cut miters without proper equipment before.

It never ends well.

[howard555]

I cropped away the circular saw from the left side of that photo. I'll attempt a circular saw

(unless some trick surfaces)

and with the board maybe 18 inches too long I can practice for a few inches.

[Diana Holbrook]

Protractors are unbelievably cheap on amazon, if you don't know how to use a carpenter's square.

https://www.amazon.com/Westcott-6-In...dp/B000F8MFSW/


It's not a trick... you just have to measure it.


Circular saws don't cost that much. Hand miter boxes are also really cheap.

[djmilf]

A coping saw and your own eyeballs...maybe also a speed square and a graphite pencil for marking the cut lines...but only if you're really, really good with the coping saw.

If not...what rabbit said.

[djmilf]

Originally Posted by howard555

I cropped away the circular saw from the left side of that photo. I'll attempt a circular saw

(unless some trick surfaces)

and with the board maybe 18 inches too long I can practice for a few inches.

Is that a circular saw that you have...or a table saw?

[howard555]

Originally Posted by djmilf

Is that a circular saw that you have...or a table saw?

circular and a coping saw will be used after I get the bevel 45. (I have a hand held miter saw)

[howard555]

Originally Posted by Diana Holbrook

https://www.amazon.com/Westcott-6-In...dp/B000F8MFSW/

I have one of those and looking at it and how to use it for the bevel 45 not sure at the moment pending a geometry formula.

[Diana Holbrook]

Originally Posted by howard555

I have one of those and looking at it and how to use it for the bevel 45 not sure at the moment.

You don't see the numbers that go around the outside indicating the angle?


edited to add picture - hint note the angle is measured from the 0 line, not the edge, on this particular protractor. If you draw it from the edge, it's going to be a little off.