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60 deg cut on Mitre Saw

 
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scott
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:28 am    Post subject: 60 deg cut on Mitre Saw Reply with quote
I am making a cubbyhouse for the kids, and would appreciate some help with
cutting the birdsmouths out for the rafters.

Using my compund mitre-saw, I can easily cut the required 30 deg side of the
birdsmouth, but I can't figure out how to make the 60 deg cut for the other
side. Is there a trade-trick that I don't know about, or is this something
that can't be done with the mitre saw?

Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Scott Forbes
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Groggy
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:39 am    Post subject: Re: 60 deg cut on Mitre Saw Reply with quote
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:28:19 GMT, "scott" <saforbes@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

Quote:
I am making a cubbyhouse for the kids, and would appreciate some help with
cutting the birdsmouths out for the rafters.

Using my compund mitre-saw, I can easily cut the required 30 deg side of the
birdsmouth, but I can't figure out how to make the 60 deg cut for the other
side. Is there a trade-trick that I don't know about, or is this something
that can't be done with the mitre saw?

Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Scott Forbes

Flip it and cut a 30 deg.
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BobS
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:40 am    Post subject: Re: 60 deg cut on Mitre Saw Reply with quote
Cut a 30° slice of wood, place it flat against the fence then place the
truss against that piece and make the cut. You will want to support the
truss and clamp it down when making the cuts. I've built 3 sheds in the
past two years using that method and it works fine.

Bob S.


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Quote:
I am making a cubbyhouse for the kids, and would appreciate some help with
cutting the birdsmouths out for the rafters.

Using my compund mitre-saw, I can easily cut the required 30 deg side of
the
birdsmouth, but I can't figure out how to make the 60 deg cut for the
other
side. Is there a trade-trick that I don't know about, or is this something
that can't be done with the mitre saw?

Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Scott Forbes

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MHB
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:15 am    Post subject: Re: 60 deg cut on Mitre Saw Reply with quote
go to page 9 of:

http://www.compoundmiter.com/bookpreview/bookpreview.pdf

It will only show you how the author of this book set up a fence to cut acute angles. The book goes into detail - this will only show you what it takes to do it.


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