the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. kzfaq.infoUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.

I'm one of those DENSE people...I cannot tell you how much wood I wasted trying to get the angles right until I saw your video this morning. I went into my garage, took some 1x4 and 2x4 scraps I had and practiced what you did and HOLY COW it really works. Any my wife is always telling me "Men don't follow directions" well, I did (this time) and I don't think I will be wasting much wood on the next project with acute angles.....THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

The author does like to from scratch, kzfaq.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.

I love that you've decreased the volume when you're using the saw. Makes it so much nicer to watch without the sudden roar of machinery!

Man, I've watched a lot of miter saw videos and I'm telling you, you're is by far the best. No fluff, no unnecessary chatter, just excellent information and communication. I wish all KZfaq how to videos where this good. Thanks.

I was a carpenter/cabinetmaker for 30 years. This is a great explanation. They were just coming out with power miter boxes, (No sliding combination), framing guns, and so on when I was an apprentice. Not many people can say they framed a house with hand saws and hammers these days. I had to learn all of this on a framing square, and in my 3rd year as an apprentice, the Swanson speed square came out. Wish I had had a digital t-bevel or angle finder

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but despite the fact that I had worked for 15 years as a carpenter I'd never learned how to do that. Great video, and piece of info. Thanks!

Bravo!! I am less ignorant than I was before after watching this. Thank you!

Ive been a finish carpenter for over 30 years and I found your explanation very clear. Fortunately I haven't encounter too many acute angles of 60 degrees on the job! Festool makes an angle finder that bisects any angle, I've found this to be an idiot proof solution for me🤣 Thanks for sharing this solution!

I was so proud of myself for learning how to use the saw and nail gun and cutting all my 90’s inside and outside corners. Now I’m ready for anything!!!!! Thank you!!!!

I've been doing this for 40 years ,what you just watched was old school carpentry schooling ...very well done brother.

Dude, this has cleared up so much for me. I feel so much more confident in cutting base boards for my wife's kitchen island, now. I am going to redo them because what i did initially is decent but i hate the small caulk filled gaps where i was toying around trying to get them as close as possible to complementing angles. This lesson in cutting angles: GAME CHANGER! THANKS

This was truly helpful. Just been getting into woodworking and it's people like you and your videos that help people like me learn without making so many mistakes with wood trying to figure things out.

Trim carpenter here. Great explanation/tutorial. Don’t be afraid to add a degree to your cut on baseboard outside angles. this will ensure that the outside of the miter closes up. For example on new construction I typically cut my base with 46 degree angles for standard 90 degree corners.

A simply brilliant demonstration! I will watch this a few more times to be sure I've got this! Thank You!

Sir, this is a game-changer - my grandfather, a woodworker, passed before I got this knowledge passed down to me. It's the things like this handed down that makes a difference, I'm sure it says it somewhere in the little yellow booklet I threw away while unboxing my miter saw. You filled in a huge blank spot, and I'll be putting this to use today when I get off work!

I'm sure there are lots of pros that know all of this, everything you showed makes total sense as you're explaining it. It's just not easy for beginners so videos like yours are absolutely brilliant. Thanks for making it and for explaining it so well. I'll be sure to hit the 👍 button

Ive been a carpenter for a long time and this man is demonstrating some very good tips. Great job sir and thank you

This video just eased a lot of my anxiety. I've literally been putting off baseboards in my basement because of the angles. I've saved this video in my "How To" playlist for the future. Thanks.

I can't tell you how many hours I've been trying to figure this out! I've watched tons of videos and after watching this one, I couldn't believe how easy it was. THANK YOU!!!!

I love this. So many questions answered in one video. I’m going out to my garage right now to give it a go. This has to be better than my “nibbling” method. Many thanks.

There is an easier way to deal with outside angles. Start with your angle finder straight. Adjust the angle to fit the corner. You measured 120 degrees. So you take 180 and subtract 120 and you get 60. So you need to remove 60 degrees total. You want to remove half from each side or 30 degrees. The way to think of inside angles is just to install one straight cut, miter and back cope the second cut. However, this only works when you are square or more open than 90. A tighter angle will require the first cut to be angled enough that the point fits into the corner. Then miter the 2nd and back cope it to fit.

30 years of carpentry and I did not know this method of cutting acute angles on a mitre saw, thank you very much, no more block planing that rock hard piece of oak down to fit 👍

This man gets my Vote! Thank You for letting the blade come to a stop, before raising the head @ 02:39. I’ve gotten a lot of pushback, from others, including a family member that is a contractor, over this. It may take a little extra time, but what cost for safety? Thanks for illustrating the safe use of a saw, as well as prowess on the cuts! Being a former trim carpenter in another season of Life, I can appreciate this. Viewers I hope You took notes! BTW, not raising the carriage on coast down is especially critical on trim pieces. On a framing job, or thicker dimensional lumber, one can get by raising the carriage, but DO NOT let off the trigger until saw is out of the cut. Please stay safe everybody! 👍✌

I know that most of this should be figured on our own with a little deductive logic, but your demonstration makes it work out much easier in our little brains. Thank you

You are awesome man! Anyone who does long division, by hand, on a scrap of wood is definitely a mentor who can teach in a way that I can understand! Thanks.

My current project involves cutting multiple 60-degree angles, which I had never attempted before. I decided to leave it for later as I lacked experience with acute cuts. Today, while browsing my KZfaq account, I stumbled upon your informative video. I am grateful for the easy-to-understand instructions that have given me the confidence to carry out the necessary acute cuts and finish my project. Thanks a lot! 😊

Great video. One thing I'd mention to all home-shop types - you can spend $1k on the best, biggest sliding miter you can find, but if you don't get the $25 mag. angle finder to use to set the blade and the same $15 angle finder he had to figure the miter - none of it matters. Setting up the saw is the most important step that's skipped by 95% of the people out there.

When doing a mitre for acute angled walls, I recommend an infill at the junction point, so (with a 60 degree angle) you would first cut two x 60 degree pieces for the skirting and place each piece in position lining the internal edge with the corner of the wall, you will be left with a gap across the outside edge (because the angles obviously don't match) you then cut a 60 degree wedge piece to fit between them. The wedge essentially has a point on the internal side which meets at the corner point of the wall, the outside of the wedge bridges the gap between the first two skirting pieces. This method divides the acute skirting angle into two-halves and results in a two-step transition of the skirting around the acute wall angle. It alleviates what would otherwise be a sharp angle/point (bit difficult to explain). For example try doing an extremely acute skirting without this technique and you will have a sharp and elongated protruding skirting edge (if it can be cut at all!).

OMG.....I'd been missing trim angles all last summer on my garden boxes. This video helps so much. Thanks

Thank you for posting, I feel confident enough to make a stool for my dog Lolas water and food bowls. Have a blessed day! :)

You killed it! Complicated but you killed it.

Excellent tutorial. I struggled to make the cuts you described - now I know the tricks. Most important: have a digital angle gauge. Once you know the exact angle, you do some math and get perfect miters. Well done.

I was told to make outside miters 1/2 degree over on each side because walls are never square and it's more important to make sure the outside touches than the inside. I replaced all my baseboard and I had 3 outside miters. worked on all of them. Something about that tiny extra that made them work well. BTW, my house is 50+ years old.

Im a GC, i do commercial/residential buildouts!!!BUT THIS IS THE 1ST TIME I LEARNED THIS!!!! JUST WOW!!! THANKS FOR THE TIP!!

If you don't have a digital angle finder, it can be done manually with a t-bevel, compass and straight edge. Set the t-bevel angle against the wall, then transfer to a piece of scrap. Bisect the angle using the compass and straight edge. Set the t-bevel to the bisected angle and use that to set the saw.

Very helpful and concise. I wish I had found a breakdown of the process like this years ago. Thank you

Nice, some clear info. Though for trim, you’re rarely ever going to find an acute angle like this in a house. But for a wood worker building boxes or something, the jig and math is a great tip. With baseboards, keep in mind that there is a 1/4” build up on drywall outside corners that will throw things off. The angle finder will only measure the built up part, but the full length board will either need to curve in past that if it’s flexible, or there will be a gap if it’s solid.

That assessment of 99% is pretty bold statement. Anyone that uses a miter saw regularly should know this.

If you double or triple stack and securely clamp your jig block so there is a taller backer for pieces with compound miters when you use a jig it's much easier to keep the piece you are cutting firmly against the block to ensure your cut is straignt from top to bottom.

Thank you for the nice explanation. There is actually an easier way to determine mitered angles with an angle finder. First, take the angle of the corner, then subtract it from 180 degrees (for example 120 degrees becomes 60, 90 degrees becomes 90, 60 degrees becomes 120, etc.) Then, divide the number in half because there’s two pieces making the angle. That’s it. You’re welcome.

You explained that better than anyone has ever been able to explain it to me ever! You sir, are an educator. Thank you

I'm not a carpenter but love doing repairs around my house. Very well done on the explanation. Can't wait to try it out. Thank you Sir!

This is great I've been cutting angles for a long time and never even thought about doing this. What a time and material savor.

Great video. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I'm a homeowner that's been replacing the builder grade trim in my home (door casings and baseboard) to wider flat-flat front trim. I bought myself a miter saw but it was an entry level saw. I can't stand the 6" base on its end so I have to cut it laying flat. The saw I bought will only miter to the left (sorry if I'm not making any sense). If I need to cut a miter the opposite way I get myself confused every time because I have to flip the baseboard around or upside down or something otherwise I am having to cut using my left hand which doesn't feel safe at all. I'm not sure what the answer is short of buying another much more expensive miter saw which I really can't afford right now. On a side note...all of the wall corners in my house are bullnose so I am going to have to learn how and where to stop the measurement leading up to the bullnose and what kind of angle I need to cut and how to cut those quite narrow pieces that sit right on the bullnose. Ugh!

Brilliant. Respect for taking the time to explain. Don’t even have a miter saw yet, but learned something anyway. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

Nice one once again. You explain miter angles better than anyone else on KZfaq. 🇮🇪

I'm a 30 drywall vet...Great job explaining...MUCH LUV FROM N.AUGUSTA S.C

I been using a miter saw for years,and just learned some new really helpful things.Thank u sir Great job

Subtract the angle measurement from 180 then divide by 2

Thank you. As a novice woodworker i was wondering how to get acute angles on my Miter , but as a qualified Boilermaker( Steel fabricator) i fully understood how you did that.

Finally youtube actually recommends a really good and useful video .incredible cutting skills

Great video. Question: Are you deliberately avoiding the use of the bevel adjustment on your saw?

Man, you're a genius! Zero on the saw = 90 degrees. Of course! Those numbers have been staring me in the face for all the years I've had my mitre saw. I only really ever use 0 and 45 degrees, but now it all makes sense! I need to go and find a weird angle in my house, just so I can cut something to fit it! Thank you so much for this great video!

Awesome video! Very informative, clear & to the point without annoying music. My dad taught me this years ago & this is the first video I’ve seen that explains it the way he taught me, thank you for sharing this!

Thank you and you’re so right of course about houses angles being extremely varied. That was a huge deal for me when I learned it

Everything explained excellent, now I can finish my base boards, I was doing it wrong, thank you very much for this video

A very clear explanation. Suggest that a useful extra tip is, cut the mitre half a degree larger (eg 45.5° for outside miter) or half a degree smaller (eg 44.5° for inside miter) to ensure that the visible outside join is tight.

I already commented once but then I saw the 45 degree jig and I’m so blown away with how simple and effective that was.

I've used this same concept running crown molding with acute angles back in the day in foyers. Thanks for sharing this excellent idea. ⚔️🗿

Very well explained, angles baffle most of us probably due to not taking geometry at school seriously 🙄

Very informative. Try the Starrett protractor, it’ll make cutting angels much simpler..

Thank you so much for this very good explanation. I just realized after watching your video that I could use this on some real small pieces of trim that I've done multiple times for the same kind of project and always spend so much time trying to match it up. I think those days of wasting time are over.

Watched this 4 times and made a world of difference with my cuts! Thank you Champ!!!💯🙏💯

Example: total angle 133 degrees… 133/2= 66.5… 90-66.5= 23.5 Degrees is your mitre…

I am a very experienced trim carpenter. This is an excellent explanation for finding and cutting angles. There are other ways that work for this as well. But, this is a great tutorial for this method. Well done.

Awesome demo Chris. Learned a lot. Putting in base board was looking for something like this. Thank you!!!

OMG, I don’t think I’d have believed this had I not seen it with my own eyes… that was really impressive!

99% of people don’t know 7th grade geometry?

Thanks, loved the way you explained the miter saw measurement tips...For the furst time I really understand how to miter my trim...thanks!!!!

I have made numerous jigs to cut crazy angles on wood, flex and pvc trim. Thank you, I learned today

Thank you so much for this GREAT video. My years of butchering trim may be in the past thanks to your demonstration.

Thanks a lot! I’m newly retired and starting to get into woodworking so am having to watch a lot of videos. Yours was one of the more helpful I’ve come across!

Very cool! Excellent explanation for those of us who don't do this type of cutting often. Great to refresh the basic math too ;-)

mate, this is the best i have seen with the angles, saw another vid, lost me after 45seconds, went all technical, quickly came back to yours. and it sure is the easiest .Many thanks

The details and examples are 10 out of 10 great job thanks for the stepping stone with this video

Awesome video!! You're right about most houses not being "square, plumb, and level". Your explanations are very clear and concise. Thanks.

THANK YOU!!! I would not have figured that out on my own. ❤

Very smart on making up the 60 degrees cut. I just learned it from you so you have my full respect. Thank you kindly 👍🙏🙏🙏

Thank you so much for posting this. I had difficulties making angles cuts under a stair, it was strange and difficult cuts, but you made this so simple to understand, I was able to successfully cut my angles. THANK YOU again!

I've been using a miter saw for 42 yrs and never once thought of the scale like that, I never cut one wrong but now I don't know how I haven't!

Always glad to support a fellow cajun

Very good ! ! ! Thanks for the lesson ! ! ! I don't have any miter saw yet, but I on the process to get one, that's why I learn first.

I can feel my manliness level up after this video thanks so much!

This is by far have been the best instructions and steps I've came across!! Thank You so much... I recently just purchased my first home and the floors are in, now it's time for new baseboards. That angle finder is a huge help, along with knowing how to make the adjustments to the saw.

Wow!!!! you taught me how to do this in less than 5 mins!!!! Thank you , no more over caulking to make up for gaps.

Very many thanks from across the pond! I had to watch this video 3 times and on the third run everything just fell into place. Grabbed some scrap timber and it worked so well that I tried again with some UPVC cladding and perfect! It's great to watch a straightforward video without all the hype. Now all I need is for you to hop over to England and help me finish my project😎

very good explanation.

Great explanation of angle cutting, and the use of a miter saw; Thank you!!!

I met my girlfriend in the 7th grade. We had 8th grade geometry together. Needless to say I didn't pay attention. Been working with wood since I was 12, but never thought to make a jig for that angle. Great video, thanks!

THE BEST...video on angles I've ever seen

Brilliant. Saving this video!

This is a dyslexic’s nightmare, but your explanation makes it tolerable. 👍

Brilliantly communicated and demonstrated! Well done, Sir. Thank you very much.

Came across this by accident and am an avid DIY'er - have struggled with these types of trim cuts before and wondered how the pros do it, this man is a genius as far as I'm concerned 😂😂

Gotta love a cute angle.

This is a brilliant summary. Thank you. 1.7M views is impressive, though 50k are probably just me repeating it. Determined to commit this to long-term memory.

Great video. To the point. It’s funny how we all learn to do things, especially math, differently. I also use a digital angle finder a lot because it’s totally worth the five seconds it takes to do it. Becomes second nature after a while lol. The way I learned to do it fast and right in my head was to subtract the number on the angle finder from 180. So like if it says 88 I just know it’s a 46° cut automatically (92/2=46). Watching your video somehow stated to rewire my brain 😂 I almost had to stop. But I didn’t and glad I did, great method man. 🙂

Excellent! Been doing this for many years, but your explanation and demonstration was spot on! Excellent!

Oh my God it all makes sense now! I don't know why I never got this before! Thank you!