I am making a cubbyhouse for the kids, and would appreciate some help with
cutting the birdsmouths out for the rafters.
Using my compund mitre-saw, I can easily cut the required 30 deg side of the
birdsmouth, but I can't figure out how to make the 60 deg cut for the other
side. Is there a trade-trick that I don't know about, or is this something
that can't be done with the mitre saw?
Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Scott Forbes
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:28:19 GMT, "scott" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am making a cubbyhouse for the kids, and would appreciate some help with
>cutting the birdsmouths out for the rafters.
>
>Using my compund mitre-saw, I can easily cut the required 30 deg side of the
>birdsmouth, but I can't figure out how to make the 60 deg cut for the other
>side. Is there a trade-trick that I don't know about, or is this something
>that can't be done with the mitre saw?
>
>Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Scott Forbes
>
Flip it and cut a 30 deg.
Cut a 30° slice of wood, place it flat against the fence then place the
truss against that piece and make the cut. You will want to support the
truss and clamp it down when making the cuts. I've built 3 sheds in the
past two years using that method and it works fine.
Bob S.
"scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am making a cubbyhouse for the kids, and would appreciate some help with
> cutting the birdsmouths out for the rafters.
>
> Using my compund mitre-saw, I can easily cut the required 30 deg side of
the
> birdsmouth, but I can't figure out how to make the 60 deg cut for the
other
> side. Is there a trade-trick that I don't know about, or is this something
> that can't be done with the mitre saw?
>
> Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott Forbes
>
>