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Cutting window trim into a 45-degree angle

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#1 ·
With my kitchen window, we wanted to encase it in trim, like a picture frame, and we cut the ends of each board into a 45-degree angle cut so they would fit together easily. I was planning to do the same thing for the trim on the front and back doors and the bedroom doors, since drywall wont really cut it. The problem is no electricity, so i cant use a chop saw, which would make things so much easier. We used a miter box with the window, and it was such a pain! Is there an easier way to do the cuts without electric?
 
#3 ·
not one that is close enough. closest neighbor is about twenty feet away, but he hates me, so the next closest neighbor is about 150 feet away, too far for any extension cord. the only power we have is a generator, and we cant run it constantly for the time it takes to do trim
 
#15 ·
well once the power is finished i will get it turned on but thats gonna be a pretty good while from now. only room with receptacles is the kitchen and the power pole isnt even in the ground yet. and my neighbor has nothing to do with the generator, i cant use it for very long cause i cant afford the gas to run it. it uses 5 gallons of gas in just a couple of hours only running a lamp. hooking a tool up to it would probably take 5 gallons of gas in half an hour. last winter we used it during a 3 day power outage to run the tv and heater and spent $500 just in gas to keep it running. and that is not an exaggeration.
 
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