He'd building a deck. Cutting the 45's on the end of a 12' board on a tablesaw will be a PITA.
Accurate 45% cuts:
Sep 07, 2008
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Agreed. It's a deck, not piece of ornate furniture. Even if there's a little splintering, it would go unnoticed and if it doesn't, it only adds to the rustic nature of decks. A suitably sized speed square is all that's needed for a deck.
Make your 45's with a slight bevel, so only to top edge hits.
Thanks for all the info guys , I got her done in-between all the rain showers, now I've got to go back to work and take it easy, been on holidays , worked my butt off.
So, what was/were the useful piece(s) to the real problem which was never actually revealed???
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The real problems were cheap tools that had sloppy angle measurements black and decker circular saw 45deg was actually 43deg B+D mitersaw 45deg between 43 and 44deg I bought an protracter to measure the angles. The lumber I was using grade 2 kiln dried spruce some twist warpage etc hard to square up. the good stuff goes to US market.
Sal
So...
"Cut them to exactly 45 degrees" was helpful?
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