Cutting Floor Trim Angles

Cutting the trim for a door is another great way to practice with your miter cutting skills.

Cutting floor trim angles. While traditional 90 degree corners call for 45 degree angle miter cuts not all corners are 90 degrees. Cut the 45 degree angle on both sides from the short to short direction. Trim to make accurate baseboard miter cuts you need to measure the true angle of the intersecting walls. The most common baseboard corner is an inside 90 degree corner and the easiest way to install baseboards to fit this corner is to cut two pieces of the baseboard at the edges and at an angle so.

Cutting angles on wood takes a little math but don t worry if your math skills are a little rusty. In other words the angles surrounding a point total 360 degrees. Accumulative angles should add up to 360 degrees. If you need to measure a mitered angle that s other than 90 degrees you could hunt around for your protractor but there s a better way.

Learn how to quickly cut a 45 degree angle cut with a circular saw on a quarter round or molding. For example two 45 degree angles add up to a 90 degree. Then traced onto tile to be cut to shape needed. Cut with the piece standing flat against the miter saw fence.

I cut several tile size sheets from newspaper when i tiled my small bathroom floor. Just laid the newspaper tile in the next space to be tiled and made indentation on paper where cutting line for tile would be. Tile job turned out great for never having done tiling before. The video above provides a great cheat sheet that makes it even easier for you to identify exactly what angle you need to cut.

The most popular angles for interior trim are 90 and 135 degrees and each of those angles can be straight on or with a bullnose. Measure across top of door and on the inside and add 3 8 inch to the measurement. Seasoned carpenters know that the best way to measure things is to not measure them at all. Record this measurement with an additional note detailing if the left and right sides of the trim are.

If you need to cut a mitered angle that s other than 90 degrees you could hunt around for your protractor but there s a better way. What s more most adjoining surfaces in a home aren t plumb level or square according to the book home how to handbook. Several smaller angles can go together to create the total 360 degrees.