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  1. Carpentry
    I am installing crown molding on my kitchen cabinets. I have no problem with the 90 angle (two 45 degree cuts), but i am having trouble with 3 other angles. They are all 135 degree inside (if that makes sense). I am using a compound miter saw, but can't seem to get the miter and bevel set...
  2. Carpentry
    Have a 4' section on a "bump-out" that has 18" return walls back to the rest of the room. Am installing crown around room using 3 & 5/8" crown. About halfway around room, not much trouble till this windowed bump out! Left return outside corner is 92°, left inside is 88°, right inside is 90°...
  3. Tools
    I purchased a RIDGID table saw off Craigslist. I love it but for one irritating problem. The seller did not have a miter gauge so I bought it without one. I had one from my old saw and figured I'd use that one on the RIDGID. It works fine in the right slot but will not fit into the left...
  4. Carpentry
    Hi all, I'm trimming up several rooms in our house using a Dewalt 12" miter saw, and ran into an issue today. I've already installed crown (painted maple) and baseboards (pine with quarter round), in one room without incident. Today while cutting oak quarter round, 0 degree cuts were fine, but...
  5. Carpentry
    I've always worked with painted moulding and caulk is clearly a wonderful thing. However, with natural wood, I'm finding it hard to hide the gap at the miter. I tried putty, but found it hard to get in the corners...very time consuming as well. Thought about mixing wood glue with saw dust...
  6. Building & Construction
    OK... so my downstairs bathroom is 90% complete, but I am stuck on 1 issue. I am trying to place trim around a door, just adjacent to an inside corner. The area is too narrow to place the full width of the trim -- which would make for an easy job with my table saw... BUT the area available for...
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