My Dad and his brother built the house that I grew up in (1948). I always thought my Dad was sort of a perfectionist, and he considered his brother a perfectionist, so I guess his brother was a super perfectionist. He told me that all the corners in that house were square. They were not professional carpenters but grew up poor, in a large family during the great depression, so they learned a lot of mechanical skills. They could build houses, pour concrete, and were good auto mechanics. If it was mechanical they could probably fix it.

@marilynn8613

3 жыл бұрын

That’s amazing

@thedon8223

Жыл бұрын

@@marilynn8613 It sounded like he was describing me

@jedediahhoffman7925

Жыл бұрын

Good men like that are in short supply these days. They're out there, but few and far between.

@michaelmclaren1333

Жыл бұрын

Are we related?

@becks23mt

Жыл бұрын

Thats literally everyone born ir raised during that time. 🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️

Best explanation I’ve heard for cutting angles, I’m not as intimidated anymore, thanks!!!!

@kevinkelly9303

2 жыл бұрын

Right !

Exceptionally clear and informative lesson. I was able to complete my baseboards like a pro! Thank you for sharing this!

Love your style of teaching brother, thank you for breaking it down 👍🏾

Great job guys! One of the best, easiest videos out there! The trick is remembering that miter saws are set @ 90 degrees already. You have to deal with that 90 degrees when figuring an obtuse angle. These guys did a great job.

Very well done Sir! It had been a long time since I did any trim/finish work and I completely forgot the formulas and your video was spot on. I appreciate you for taking the time to share this with us. Thank you!

Beyond helpful to wrap up my bathroom project, house from 1890 it's literally different measurements every 6-8 inches everything is so settled and shifted over the years. Appreciate it 🙏🏻💯

For once, youtube suggestion got it right, lol. I've watched countless baseboards how to videos. Your description on cutting inside corners is by far is the best. Thank you👌

Nothing obtuse about this video, it is just great, absolutely exactly what I needed, plus the best accent on the web! Thanks!

Super-helpful video. I'd spent ages trying to work out a couple of obtuse angles for a picture rail and was pulling my hair out!, After using your calculations, I got it first hit. Thank you so much.

I moved to small town where no one wants to work during the pandemic. I need all the baseboards and trim replaced. I now feel very comfortable to try it myself. Great video, thank you very much. And thank you for showing me how to practice before I start.

Need to pass along a quick story. 2 weeks ago I was replacing some counter top trip. I could not get the angle. Kept trial cutting and trial cutting. Finally, I got the angle. I hadn’t even looked at my miter saw to see what it was. I was so frustrated that I installed the trim and shut down for the day. I just remeasured the angle then used your formula for Obtuse angles and came up with a figure. Went to my miter saw and it was still set to the last angle I cut. It was set after trial and error at exactly what your formula calculated. Wish I’d see this earlier. This is a great tutorial. Thanks much!

Great video. Love the math lessons. We tend to eyeball everything in life, but leave out the fundamentals. Thanks for your lesson.

Thank you so much, this was very helpful for someone starting out with woodworking!

Wow. You are seriously the best teacher ever. Thank you so much

Thanks so much! I just finished wainscoting my winding staircase. I never would have figured out all the angles without your videos!

This helped me SO MUCH! Thanks for the great explanation and examples.

Thank you for this explanation! This was exactly what I needed. You made this seem so easy...I don't feel so overwhelmed now. I went out and bought an angle finder. Now to put this into practice. Cheers!

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

Chantal Massicotte awesome I’m glad it helped you!

Omg!! Game changer. I wasted more baseboard experimenting with which angles to cut.

I was racking my brain on how to cut an obtuse angles for ceiling molding. I never would have figured it out on my own. Thanks so much! Nice saw too!

I’ve learned from this video. I’m glad I tuned in. Thank you.👍🏻

I’ve always found cutting angles intimidating. You explained it so well! Going out to get the tool right now. Thanks!

By far the best explanation on cutting angles I’ve found on KZread!!! I’ve watched soo many different videos and you give the best explanation, with many different examples. I’m currently building a console style subwoofer box that has a bunch of angles and I’m struggling to figure out how to join the angles. Thank you for this video. You saved me a bunch of headaches!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for this information, it helped me a lot. I've watched other videos but yours is so simple and not confusing at all. I'm doing crown molding in my kitchen tomorrow and you just made my life so much easier. I have quite a few obtuse angles with vaulted ceilings from 12' to 8' and visa-versa. I did my living room and dining room last week, and these angles drove me crazy. Thanks again and God Bless.

This was so helpful. Thank you for being so clear and demonstrating several times!!!!!!

You did an excellent job explaining this.!

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@markprice7581

5 жыл бұрын

Okay thanks

@LFC2458

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. Been watching your videos for most of the day. You make everything so easy and enjoyable You should of called your site "The mitre or angle king" it's very addictive. Thanks so much for the enjoyment and most of all the education. Keep on educating us please Chris. Cya mate. Paul. Liverpool UK.

I just watched your video explaining the speed square and now this one. I really enjoyed them. You made it quick and easy to learn how to use them properly. Determining angels and cutting them with my Miter Saw is no longer intimidating!

Thanks for solving my miter issue mr. "sawdust" guy. Bought an old house. It is well made with lots of non-square angles. Watched you do stuff...now i can do it. Thanks.

I learned more in less than 15 minutes than I did all of high school for math. Thanks so much!

@uniquecastaways

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! Great video.

@michaelrooney9906

3 жыл бұрын

You’ll find that with carpentry every single day my friend

Great explanaition! I struggled with getting the right degrees and then how to take that to the saw and get it right. I'm very bad at math but this couldn't be more clear! Thanks a lot! I've been searching for a good video for a while now and this is the one i needed!

@seriejohnson698

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya.

Thank you for making this so simple to understand! The real pros and knowledgeable people always make anything they teach look easy!

For most of my life I've struggled with these cuts, not any more. Great job, easy to follow, thanks mate.

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Miller that’s awesome! Thanks for the kind words!

man awesome explanation! I've struggled with angles my whole life with my home projects. Thanks for the easy explanation. My wife is going to think I'm a genius for our upcoming projects. Thanks so much!

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Rice Creek bushcraft you’re welcome!

@ElxTapia

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not telling mine I watched this 😂

Exceptional video. Finally , someone explains the how and why. Great Job! Thank you

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@drunckduckdog1

3 жыл бұрын

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You rock! Thank you for the formulas at the beginning! I was thinking of it mathematically like that but didn’t know if what I come up with would work or not but makes complete sense when I see it written down! Thank you so much!

Thank you! I've put off finishing the trim on one of our walls because I couldn't find good directions on cutting inside obtuse angle trim. Yours were clear and detailed! Now I can finish our wainscoting and baseboards!

I appreciate the shit outta this. Helped me trim out a obtuse bathroom with angles I’ve never had to deal with before. Great job explaining too.

Thank you for explaining this soo well! Very helpful!

This video is the best explained and demonstrated on the issue of cutting angles! I am so grateful to have found this, it has helped tremendously! Thank you!!!

Thank you for making videos like this helping all the dyers like me while I am learning how to cut miters inside and out. Thank you . Now I will be able to do this on my own. Keep making more videos like this so we all can learn more

Awesome instructions! I cant tell you how much time Ive wasted just staring at an angle cut, scratching my head, and trying to remember my highschool geometry. I now have the formula memorized. Every woodworker needs to memorize this useful tip!

@SawdustandWood

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Best explanation I’ve seen yet. Straightforward, and to the point! Thank you!

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

@joerizza2853

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent straight forward you made it look so easy best yet for me

Thanks man. I got that same angle finder and was still having trouble. Now I know I can just press the REV button on the tool and divide by two. So easy! Thank you.

It’s starting to make sense Thanks so much from a beginner woodworker in Jamaica

Great video and explanation! 🙌🏼 It saved me so much time and kept me from wasting a bunch of materials. Otherwise I'd would of used my typical cut and test method.

Thanks...I had trouble with this... great explanation

Thanks I was able to finish my stairs in the garage and added edge trims, I had one edge with 167 degrees and you helped me cut them into a perfect fit. From Seattle Wa

The last part of my patio fence has an angled handrail cut like this. Exactly the video i needed to see. Super clear and easy to understand. Thanks mate.

Chris - A great video and clearly explained tutorial. Great job. I have the same Husky Digital Angle Finder and wanted to point out a feature on this angle finder that simplifies your math calculations for obtuse angles. On your Husky angle finder, please note the two red buttons next to the digital readout. 0/On and REV. 0/On = zero calibration/turn unit on REV = show the reverse angle from 180 deg. After you take your first obtuse angle measurement (reference 4:40 in your vid) of 110.0 degrees, rather than do the math one of the two different ways you show, there is a third way. With the Husky Digital Angle Finder display reading 110 deg as in your video, press the REV button. This gives you the reverse angle which will read 70.0 on the digital read out. Simply divide 70.0 (the reverse angle) by 2 and you have the correct angle, 35 degrees, for your miter cut. Math simplified! FYI, I'm not affiliated with Husky of Home Depot in any way. I'm just an interested retired handyman around the house. I really enjoy your videos.

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and thanks for the tip. I did not know that.

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video it was very helpful, great job!

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

I had no idea cutting angles was so easy! I have a project I have been avoiding because of the angle cuts. Thanks for your help!

At last…a clear, easy and brilliant step by step way of doing joints… thanks so much for this 🙏

Thanks! Very clear, easy to follow instructions. I was struggling with my fireplace trim - outside corner 135 degree angle. I didn't have an angle finder so I put two rulers together with a wing nut then used an online protractor. Worked perfectly.

very helpful and easy!! thanks

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad I could help.

I want to say thank you for taking the time to make this video and for the very easy to understand explanation. I could not figure out how to use the angle finder and when I saw your video it worked perfectly. I had to cut some quarter round trim on a window seat that had unique angles all the way around and your tips and formulas worked so well. Thank you again.

BEST explanation I've seen. Great example for us beginning woodworkers! Thanks!!

Thank you!! This is so easy to understand. I was really struggling with obtuse cuts.

@funnynessification

3 жыл бұрын

Sameee

I need to buy an angle finder now. Sure nice having fun with my new miter saw!

@gailcaryn9495

4 жыл бұрын

I put tow metal rulers together with a wing nut and used an online protractor. www.ossmann.com/protractor/conventional-protractor.pdf. Worked like a charm.

The simplest explanation video I’ve ever seen for cutting angles on a miter saw.

excellent training. Easiest I've seen yet that makes a lot of sense about angles for cutting wood. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this video. Just came across it. I just ordered that angle finder on amazon. Gonna do some chair molding.

you mean 180-110.....great video!

@emersonmiles07

4 жыл бұрын

Error was noted on the video.

@declang1851

3 жыл бұрын

It said he was wrong in the vid??

Hi Chris, you are an absolute Godsend. I was using a mitre block and hand saw; what a joke! It nearly got me drinking alcohol again. Great vid and easy to follow instructions. Keep up the good work mate.

Great instructions you're a life saver. Love the ads! 👍🏿

Excellent video buddy thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge very well explained the best I've seen on KZread God bless you and yours brother

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend! God bless you and yours also

Wish I would of watched this before I did my cuts on my project today!!! This seems so easy and yet I was so confused and frustrated with the angles I just glued it together and called it good 😕

Very helpful. I was going crazy trying to figure it out on my own. Thank you!

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! It saved me from an incredibly frustrating Saturday. If you ever come to Nashville, TN the drinks are on me.

Excellent Excellent job explaining. Great step x step. One question that I have is that, when measuring for the length of a piece of baseboard or crown molding corner to corner or even from a door way trim to a inside corner... Do I measure just the exact length like I would anything else, or would I measure a little extra bc I’ll be cutting off the ends for the angles? I’m doing my baseboards for my dining room today, so I could really use the advice. Please and thanks. I have to first go and buy a digital angle measure guide. Hope their not too expensive? Thanks again. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours. I’m now a new subscriber after watching this video. 👍🏻

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much for the kind words. You can get the angle finder I have for $20 at home depot. To answer your question when you are cutting an inside corner you don't need extra but an outside corner you will need to let the board run a little longer so you can cut it. Just measure the length you need, cut the first angle for one side. Then use your tape measure and mark for the next cut if it is an outside corner make your saw blade hit that mark on the outside of the mark. I hope this helps its hard to type how to do this maybe I'll make a video showing the process. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for watching and subscribing and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours as well. Good luck with your project

@nrfa6229

6 жыл бұрын

Sawdust and Wood Awesome. Thanks so very much for the fast reply. Greatly appreciated. I’ll keep ya posted👍🏻.

Does this guy do the voice for Cleveland from Family Guy?

@broglang9102

4 жыл бұрын

No Hank, King Of The Hill.

@Jordybadeaux.

4 жыл бұрын

He’s not an actor or voice actor...

@patricemerritt294

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds New Orleans to me.

@chiefscrubadub3928

3 жыл бұрын

@@patricemerritt294 Me too. I figured Louisiana it's not the Yat accent of NOLA. Anyway, I like this guy and his accent

@jrhoward6226

3 жыл бұрын

How much for you to come on bay the house and finish my quarter round... I'm just tired of buying material and screwing it up. Lol Ty I'm going to go buy an angle finder and hope for the best...

I’m so glad I saw this video. Awesome way to explain it. Now time for me to do my baseboards on these weird angles. Thank you

Jesus you’re the only guy explaining this the right way

I would really love to hear you say, “I tell you what...”

@LLWW

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Your a trim carpenter. I know your traits when cutting these boards. Plus, Chances are very slim the guy who is not a carpenter would know these formulas. I’m a carpenter but chose a little different way to find my angles. I precut my angles in trim pieces and because the angles on a wall would often be a degree or two off because of Sheetrock mud or due to the rock not being nailed off correctly. Great video and refreshed the math for me. Thanks!! Also, you have to be in south Louisiana or at least south of Shreveport. I know the slight accent. Are you Cajun? I’m from northeast Texas about 10-15 minutes from Louisiana. Thanks again, friend!!

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

South east Louisiana you are right my friend!

@jdub6153

5 жыл бұрын

This video turned the light on for me, great job explaining...I do have one question though...if you have to miter both ends, I struggle to cut the board to finish to the correct length...what and where do you measure from?

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

Watch this it should help kzread.info/dash/bejne/nX9psseIg8TaddY.html

Great explanation with example and mathematic formula presentation is solid in both the ways.

I appreciate you, perfect common sense teaching. No need for complication, thumbs up brother!

Understood, but correction should be 180 minus 110 =70

Great video! Way too many ads lol

@AJ-ds9xq

3 жыл бұрын

Let him have it man, you learned something I know I did...lol

@mrprecious1234

3 жыл бұрын

You Tube controls the ads....the information and education presented for free is worth the inconvenience. They are annoying but it is what it is.

@jamiecone9151

3 жыл бұрын

You got free info.... get youtube w/o ads or stop complaining

The best explanation I've seen yet. Thanks Man!!

Took me a couple runs through it but was able to finish the whole master bath after this video, thank you very much.

this is a good video but I think the information for an acute angle is a little misleading. Please forgive me if I missed it in your video, but it seems that your information is stating that any acute angle is simply divided by 2 and that is the cut you make but that is not correct. if you have an 85 degree inside corner, and you divide 85 by 2, you would get 42.5 and two 42.5 cuts would not make that corner. you need the complimentary angle to make that cut. so you need to use your same math, 180-85=95 and 95/2=47.5. so you need to make the cut at 47.5 to get the 85 degree corner. Did I miss that point in your video? if so my apologies

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

I realized I said that also , I made another video on my channel that explains how to cut acute angles. Good catch though. Thanks for watching

@MrJohngi1207

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

GREAT Video. Best of the best on explaining the angles and how to cut them. Thank YOU.

Thank you so much for this video! By far it was the clearest explanation.

The best how to vid yet thank you for sharing this in a simple way

One of the better presentations out there for this topic, nicely done sir!

Man I was really struggling trying to cut baseboard trim for my kitchen. Found your video first and nailed it. The way you explain, and the pace, combined with the visual at every step totally made this click for me. Thanks man👍🏻 subbed!

@SawdustandWood

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Very good video , after all these years I can now utilise my saw a lot better .

Thanks you for this video! It helped me a great deal after i installed a Engineered floor and needed to hide my expansion gaps with shoe molding.You made it very easy to understand and being from the Northeast the Lewzeanna accent was a bonus! My brother is a priest in Nawleans and I love visiting him! Thanx again I really appreciated it!

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad this video helped you. Thanks for watching and what accent are you talking about...lol

@tracynshea1333

5 жыл бұрын

Sawdust and Wood Who Dat?

@SawdustandWood

5 жыл бұрын

Tracy n Shéa who dat!

Thank you so much for your precious video showing how to find inside and outside angles and cut. Yes, it did help a lot.

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Narcisse Tsiloulou you are welcome

I was doing the math ahead of the video after your first cut. I really appreciate you sharing these important information. Thank you

Thank You! I so much struggled with trying to figure out those cuts and now I know!

Thank you. This was clear and very helpful. Practice was a good thing. I needed to lock down odd degrees on the saw so they don't move. I hope you do more videos.

Thanks a ton!!! I'm new at DIY things and this will help me tremendously with finishing our staircase project.

Excellent! Loved the repetition -Cause it's the way to learn!

You just made my life easy. Thanks for making this video.

This is so amazing. Thank you brother. You make it clear and simple.

I almost NEVER comment on videos. This explanation was fantastic! Straight to the point. Loved it!

@SawdustandWood

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped! Thanks

Thanks to this video I learned how it works!!!💪💪💪💪

This is the video that I finally understood completely! Great job!

I have a new video that explains how to cut angles less than 90 degrees on your miter saw! Thanks for watching!

@TheDarkPatriotAndB3Fitness

6 жыл бұрын

Sawdust and Wood Big Guy, what is the brand of miter saw you are using in this video?

@SawdustandWood

6 жыл бұрын

Dewalt 12" sliding compound miter saw

@teresabrooks4522

6 жыл бұрын

I saw the video but you show 2 by fours and not panel molding to cut sharp angles like boxes going down your stairs, this is what people need. Very great full for all you do, but acute sharp angles are more important.