Can't mitre a 120mm skirting board as its to tall for my saw

[muffking]

Hi Chaps.
I'm in the process of changing the skirting boards in a couple of my rooms, but they are 40mm to tall for my mitre saw.
Is there a way of getting decent 45 degree cut on the end of the skirting to allow me to join them at the corners properly.

 

[big-all]

heeelllooo mufking this what your after

http://www.toolstation.com/search.html?searchstr=12222

 

[muffking]

Beauty! They do these down my local B&Q.
Thanks All.

 

[big-all]

goog liuck muffking just thought i would throw this in you may find it interesting
http://www.screwfix.com/talk/thread.jspa?threadID=14081&tstart=0

but dont worry about it just mitre to your hearts content
as its your own place just use the correct filler when gaps appear

 

[muffking]

just use the correct filler when gaps appear

Are you saying I can't cut strait
My architraving round the door looks ok............. 'ish

The link doesn't work for me BTW. What was it about?

 

[big-all]

just a very long thread about scribing and mitering skirting
if you cant see the link the filler thing is not important
good luck again

 

[muffking]

Got one from B&Q today for £20, but bloody hell is it stiff. Are they meant to be hard as hell?
The cuts fine though so there's no filler needed here It's the fixing to the wall that's the tricky bit as i'm having to screw them in as the nails don't keep it flush to the wall properly.

 

[big-all]

could be stiff because your not holding the wood firmly and it is rocking as you cut binding on the blade
try lightly rubbing the blade with a candle

shouldnt be too tight whats it like if you cut a bit of 2 inch wood

 

[kevplumb]

try a spot of oil on the slides

 

[bed_67]

try lubricating the top chrome bar with something itll work ok then

 

[muffking]

I was hopeing that it was going to be as simple as that. You would have thought thatthey would have lubricated the slider as they have done with the blades.

The wood is clamped in to stop it rocking BTW Al

 

[big-all]

I was hopeing that it was going to be as simple as that. You would have thought thatthey would have lubricated the slider as they have done with the blades.

The wood is clamped in to stop it rocking BTW Al

ok the trouble can be the bottom is clamped the top can start vibrating/oscelating
if the other lub ideas work fine if not try holding the top of the skirting when cutting

 

[muffking]

Sorted. Oiling the slider did the trick, but it doesn't cut perfectly straight, so I think the blade might be bent?

 

[big-all]

check the frame is parrallel hold the the frame with the saw blade facing you with the tubular bar immediatly in line behind it
tip the the frame till the edge of the tube sits on top of the blade
if the blade and tube arnt parralel you wont get a propper cut

 

[Thermo]

dont put too much pressureon the blade as you cut, let the blade do the work, or it does distort as it cuts