2 Easy Ways to Make Extreme Miter Cuts

How do you cut miters greater than 45 degrees? Most miter saws max out somewhere between 45 and 60 degrees. If you want to make a cut greater than that, you're going to have to make an auxiliary fence that changes the angle that the back of your workpiece references from. This is super easy, and today I show you two ways to easily achieve the seemingly impossible task of cutting extreme angles.

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[Personalized_Workshop]

I haven’t seen any recent video notifications from this channel. Hope all is good and well with you Jody. Of the many woodworking YouTube options, I really got a lot out of yours, every time. 🙏🏼

[lefty]

First I appreciate that on your channel you get right to it! None of this crap of talking stuff as filler, shut up tell me what you want to share nd move on, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO! Thank you

[ThereIsNoRoot]

I've been making a lot of extreme miters—like 61.5º—and having to build crazy jigs for proper workholding. Your double-sided tape trick is a life-saver. With that I can tape one fence, make my cuts, then increase the miter angle, cutting the same fence over and over without needing to screw/clamp anything. You just saved me DAYS of work! 🙌🙇

[Erik_The_Viking]

Great trick - people outside of woodworking don't realize how much geometry and trigonometry we actually use!

[skrnsavr]

Simple, straight to the point, and no fluff and stuff. Thank you so so much, I think this tip will help me make my projects just that much better to help me make thousands. I promise, if I make more money just because of this one trick, I'll come back and pay it forward. 🤝 I promise.

[ralfkramden]

Your tips are always easy to follow and so pertinent to the subject. Love your channel and tell everyone about it.

[mertmert]

It's a shame that hitting the like button more than once is not possible. You know what; you are the best woodworking channel from your continent. I'm serious. Your every video is a gem. You are a school to me. Thank you.

[gregm]

Thank you for this video! I'm doing staircase chair rail and frame molding and wasted about 16ft. of material trying to figure out how to cut a 64-degree angle on my miter saw. You saved the day....my project came out perfect after watching your video!

[mikedurkee]

Freaking brilliant! just freaking brilliant! I am so so so so (yep 4 sos) glad that you decided to do this content creator thing full-time. You help so many folks in very real ways! THANK YOU!

[nperson]

Very well explained. Your videos make me regret not learning more geometry in my younger years. Very helpful tips.

[bobhobbs]

Dude, , , the way you explained things makes it so very easy to understand I would have said and cut boards all day long and never came up with a 65 degree cut but after watching you do it, it's so very simple thank you for explaining to us lesser experienced wood butchers how to do it

[davidpingryn]

You just made me feel smart. I needed to make a 60 degree cut on my saw that maxed out at 45. I came up with that idea all by myself. That geometry law about the angles of a triangle adding up to 180 is what helped me. Happy now that my geometry teacher was a real hard ass.

[jeremiahbullfrog]

That tape is the key! My dad always holds it by hand and it's an accident waiting to happen. Thanks for showing a safer alternative.

[theofarmmanager]

A real clear and concise explanation. We do have jobs where we have to cut a lot of extreme angles. We use the second method that you showed because of the frequency that we need to make these cuts. The 45 degree false fence is usually held down by the mitre saw clamp although I think we will try “your” tape method. That false fence is about 1” thick which allows us to mount a toggle clamp to it. So, we introduce the piece of trim or cladding to be cut to the saw and clamp it down with that toggle clamp; cut and release. The only advantage of our method is speed if you are making repetitive extreme angle cuts. If it’s just one or two and we didn’t have that false fence to hand, then tape would be the answer.

[mattelias]

You're a talented woodworker and craftsman, but I have to say that you're a better teacher... and I intend that as a compliment. At this point, I never click, 'Watch later' on your content because your whole channel is nothing but solid, great stuff for those situations we all have in the shop where we scratch our heads and wonder how we're gonna finesse our way out of an impossible situation.

[andyboybennett]

Really useful stuff. Keep it coming, please!

[nbgambler]

Love your short form, super educational videos, that aren't shorts! Although, sometimes you wear shorts.... I've confused myself!

[hjboots]

I am amazed at the way you come up with woodworking tip`s. It`s is a tremendous help to us that are novices and i `am sure woodworkers that are well knowledged in woodworking.

[mikeconnel]

I’ve more or less freehanded these types of cuts my whole career with mixed results lol. (40 years omg) Thanks for making it easy.

[mrtablesawful]

I love a good practical guide to a useful technique, like this one.