Perfect 45° Miters

Perfect 45° Miters While installing the handrail on my newly constructed deck, I found that the 45° miters I had so carefully cut didn’t fit tightly together. As it turned out, a variation in the deck meant that the boards came together at an angle slightly less than 90°.

Rather than guess at the angle and recut the boards on my miter saw, I clamped the boards into position and used a circular saw to cut across the joint. This created matching angles — and a perfect-fitting miter joint.

Good woodworking,

Wyatt Myers
Online Editor, Workbench

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Printer-Friendly Version Perfect 45° Miters While installing the handrail on my newly constructed deck, I found that the 45° miters I had so carefully cut didn’t fit tightly together. As it turned out, a variation in the deck meant that the boards came together at an angle slightly less than 90°. Rather than guess at the angle and recut the boards on my miter saw, I clamped the boards into position and used a circular saw to cut across the joint. This created matching angles — and a perfect-fitting miter joint. Good woodworking, Wyatt Myers Online Editor, Workbench View a free online preview of Workbench magazine More Tips & Techniques Index of Tips by E-mail More Tips & Techniques WoodNET, Woodworking on the Web Subscriber Links Update your Email Preferences Subscribe
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