Faultless edging stip mitres - how best?

[ivan]

A few posts ago Guyos asked about edging ply, and one reply said "mitres best, but can be tricky". I always find 4 side mitre edging tricky and therefore time consuming. What's the right way to cut trim and fix?

 

[George_N]

I'm surprised that nobody has jumped in to answer this one. I'm no expert but a mitre saw, either powered or hand-powered, to cut just over length and a shooting board/hand plane to trim for a perfect fit. Picture framers also use guillotine trimmers which give perfect mitres but they are an expensive option for just a few mitres. Do a search on this forum for shooting boards, lots of info and choices.

 

[Anonymous]

Ivan

the best way is probably one of those picture framing guillotines hat Charnwood (and others ) sell

I use a powered mitre saw (not sliding type as they are less accurate) without any problems at all.

For small pieces, i tilt the tablesaw blade suing one of those Wixey angle gauges and this cuts spot on too

 

[Paul Chapman]

If you want the best accuracy, I would say use a plane on a shooting board. Very easy to make and it will cost you next to nothing. In my experience, many powered mitre saws are simply not accurate enough if you want the joints to be faultless.

Cheers :ho2

Paul

 

[Waka]

If you want the best accuracy, I would say use a plane on a shooting board. Very easy to make and it will cost you next to nothing. In my experience, many powered mitre saws are simply not accurate enough if you want the joints to be faultless.

Cheers :ho2

Paul

Unless you're using Mikata or Festool, mind you the eye with an LN saw is as good as either.