How To Cut Perfect Miters

A couple of tips that I use to cut accurate miters on trim and molding.

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A couple of tips that I use to cut accurate miters on trim and molding.

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[ecrusch]

I always enjoy watching your tips John...honest.

[krtwood]

Do I have to collect the back rub there or do you ship him around?

[JeepTherapy]

Great tip with the blade and how to shave that tiny bit off.

[mcnabster]

That's what I'm doing today.... perfect timing...

[StamosTee]

IMHO, Since you have a sacrificial zero clearance fence, the cut should be perfect from the very first time. What I think is that you marked the piece on the side that is away from the fence, otherwise lining up the mark with the blade's cut on the fence would give a precise cut. Anyway, this method works as well as the one I learned and use

[dan__________________]

I find a plane with a 45 degree shooting board much easier and more accurate for the fine tuning part. That said using a handsaw for small pieces also works better than a miter saw.

[researchandbuild]

Miter saws seem like such caveman tools. Coarse as hell blade, way overpowered, etc. No finesse

[petercollin]

Norm Abram used this guillotine-like trimmer to true up his miters on one episode. I thought that was the coolest thing, but way too specialized and costly a tool for me to actually own. A couple of years ago, a friend who I hadn't seen in 15 years contacted me, and said his father died. Was getting rid of all his woodworking tools. Among other things, I was given that same miter trimmer! Now for a project where I actually use it!

[Inski]

Good idea to make the direction marking, I've dropped a few clangers chopping the wrong way.

[WoodesosGuitarMods]

Alright now, show us how to get a perfect cut on crown moulding;-) Never have been able to work that out.

[dravin]

Do you have tips to cut precise bevels of different angles?
I am building a geodesic shape and every corner has a different angle but they need to be super precise for it to glue properly

[chrisgriffith]

No production does it this way... with quality. They all miter to within a half a millimeter of the mark, then let the small gap ride...

[EMTdrummer]

Hmmm Maybe I couldn't see well enough, but it seems like the molding piece is reversed? I usually see the taller flat part of the molding go up against the edges of the opening and then slants down to the panel... oh, well... I like his videos either way...

[DBYNOE]

I am always intrigued by how simple difficult things look in the hands of a craftsman. Btw, Harbor Freight has an after market centrifically operated laser sight that very easily and inexpensively adds to most chop saws. I added one a few years ago and love it, I always wondered if you ever tried one and your thoughts on it?

[intrepidpedlr]

Modern mitre saws will have a laser which will make cutting at precision easier.

[lastOFtheBOHEMIANS]

Hey your door build vid is acting wierd...I dont see it in my sub list or when I look on the vid list in ur ibuildit home chnnl...only way I saw it was thru ur link

[justinsjourney]

Haha the difference between the pro and the beginner! I do almost all the stuff you don't do lol.

[Rosylove]

Brilliant just want l was looking forward Thanks

[Kreith]

Nice to know these details, tanks for the video.

greetings form germany.