Can I borrow a Mitre cutter/saw?

Does anyone have a mitre cutter/saw that I could borrow?

Its for making a mess of replacing skirting :oD

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will be your best bet – it’s far easier to get a decent job done when the walls aren’t quite square and you won’t be cutting dozens of joints.

If you live near Cambridge then yes…

Hora you gimp! B&Q is that way > All of quarter mile down the road. Get your clueless skinflint arse down there and buy one of these:

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9273321&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=mitre+block&fh_eds=%C3%9F&fh_refview=search&ts=1286358774710&isSearch=true

And a saw. I’ve got both but I’m not lending the too you as i may face litigation when you saw your fingers off

Lend it to me or I will kick your cock off. I’m sick of spending money. Edit- Just opened the link….thats cheap!

Fancy a ride on Sunday around Hebden? I’ll be knackered from Sat but need to ride.

binners – Member

Hora you gimp! B&Q is that way > All of quarter mile down the road. Get your clueless skinflint arse down there and buy one of these:

And a saw. I’ve got both but I’m not lending the too you as i may face litigation when you saw your fingers off

🙂

Always better to have your own tools Hora.

Here’s a top tip too. Use a candle and rub it on the blade (sides). The wax will lube it and it will work, smooth as a babies butt.

What size skirting are you fitting? If its decent 9″ tall stuff usually found in old houses round your way you’ll need a bigger sliding mitre and not the cheap little ones.

I have one….You can borrow it if your stuck but you have to be very carefull! the Guard lasted about a week and its a big bugger.

The room in question (from memory) has 6″ high skirting. I’ve ripped out two fireplaces and had the walls replastered. So need (want) to have a go at replacing myself (and take my time). I’ll be using “no nails” rather than smashing the walls to bits with my cack-hands.

Funnily my Grandfather owned his own Joinery business so you’d imagine (nay hope) I’d have some ken on this……sadly woodwork at school was more about drilling kids glasses and belts than woodwork…

It depends on just how straight the walls are Hora, but if you have to apply any sort of bend to the skirting to get a tight fit on even the slightest curve in the wall, no nails is useless, especially if the skirting board is slightly warped to start with as is often the case with B&Q stuff. Your far better off with a couple of frame fixing bolts into the brickwork behind. Normally just a couple of well positioned bolts are all thats needed and will pull the board in tight. Any small gaps between the board and plaster can be filled later with decorators caulk.

Grimy I am listening but as is the way of the new DIY’er I will be learning this on my first curved wall and thinking ‘yep Grimy was right’ 😆 8)

you could also make your own mitre box….

And I’d fix the skirting to the wall using nails.