Diane Maluso
09-17-2003, 10:40 AM
Hi folks. I'm in need of some quick and very basic advice about baseboard angles. I'm out in Duluth trying to help a friend put up interior trim in her rebuilt house. I know next to nothing about it and she knows about as much as I do. Between us we've managed to do much of it but now we're up against the wall... literally! Any help on this is appreciated:
I'm trying to put baseboard up on corners that aren't 90 degrees. The baseboard is just 1X4 with a rounded over top... no taper. So all my angles are being cut as bevels on the CMS.
Two questions about that:
1. Let's say I have an intersection of two walls that is 130 degrees. Each wall is 10 feet long. I've got a sliding compound miter saw that can bevel 45 degrees in either direction. How the heck do I get the baseboard to make the turn?
2. Let's say I have two ten foot walls that intersect at 85 degrees... how do I set that one up?
I have no idea how these angles are figured... I'm guessing that for #2 I divide 85 in half but that didn't work so I'm hoping you guys have more of a clue than I do!
Thanks for anything you've got. I'll take answers, hints, pointers to web addresses, or long epistles sent to maluso@twcny.rr.com. Whatever works.
...Diane (who can't believe how hard real carpentry is and can't wait to get back to her little shop to turn little bowls and make little boxes).
I'm trying to put baseboard up on corners that aren't 90 degrees. The baseboard is just 1X4 with a rounded over top... no taper. So all my angles are being cut as bevels on the CMS.
Two questions about that:
1. Let's say I have an intersection of two walls that is 130 degrees. Each wall is 10 feet long. I've got a sliding compound miter saw that can bevel 45 degrees in either direction. How the heck do I get the baseboard to make the turn?
2. Let's say I have two ten foot walls that intersect at 85 degrees... how do I set that one up?
I have no idea how these angles are figured... I'm guessing that for #2 I divide 85 in half but that didn't work so I'm hoping you guys have more of a clue than I do!
Thanks for anything you've got. I'll take answers, hints, pointers to web addresses, or long epistles sent to maluso@twcny.rr.com. Whatever works.
...Diane (who can't believe how hard real carpentry is and can't wait to get back to her little shop to turn little bowls and make little boxes).