Cut CLEAN edges on a DECK. Contractor shows you how.

I show you all my tricks for cutting deck boards at the ends. These are all the tricks and tips that I have collected over my thirty year career as a designer, builder, teacher that will save you time and help you avoid the pain of an ugly line the edge of your deck making clean and quick cuts!

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- Mike D. Stokes

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[fredWaxBeans]

I dig the music for this video. I feel like I'm at a Bar Mitzvah lol Or maybe it's a Briss....showing a clean cut on the "Deck" 😆

[wrongfullyaccused]

That speed square must be one of the handiest tools around. Nice trick!

[gobybikeNY]

I'm going to have to try my muffs upside down now.

[robertlowery]

what kind of wood is that, does'nt look like pt

[yourefuckinnuts]

Nice job man, I don't know if you ever do this but I don't like to screw those last two boards down and after I mark the overhang out I cut those last two before I put them in.
Fast and easy.
I hope I don't come off like a critic but I was wondering why you gapped the deck boards. Have they been pre-shrunk or something? I build a deck four days ago and the planks were so tight that I had to stand on the last two of them pinched up like a triangle and push them flat into the rest of the deck. 2 or 3 days later there was at least a 3/16 inch gap in every one of them.
One other thing you can do to make your decks look even nicer than they already do
-it looks like you ripped the last board down to about 3 in.
you can run 4 or 5 of those deck boards through a table saw at around 5 in or whatever the math works out to that let's you finish with a 5" or 5½"deck board. It looks a lot nicer than a small rip against the structure. It looks nice if you ever have to picture frame the deck also.
If you run a ¾ or ½ round over bit in a trim router after you cut the ends it starts making that deck look sexy.
Nice job, it looks good. I just thought I would share those ideas with you in case you hadn't heard of them. I'm not throwing shade man, I'm just throwing it out there. Good video

[oddassembler]

'And then I free hand the cut' - aaaand I'm out. I can't even free hand cut paper with scissors in a straight line.