How to cut a ceiling plinth using a miter box template. How to make the corner of the ceiling plinth with the help of a miter box and improvised means. Description of the process with photos and videos How to cut the floor plinth at an angle

09.11.2019

Choosing what to cut plastic plinth, prefer a familiar and fairly easy-to-use tool. It's about about a hacksaw familiar to all masters.

However, this is not enough, since it is required not only to accurately make a straight cut, but also to accurately and correctly cut corners.

For the qualitative performance of this operation, you will need such a device as a joiner's miter box. It is with its help that you can cut an angle of 45 or 90ͦ. Of course, you can use a grinder, but in this case the cutting line will be quite wide, which is not always convenient.

Choosing the Right Tool

Completing the repair and finishing work in the room, each specialist asks himself the question "how to cut a plastic plinth". The answer depends on how important the quality of the resulting edge is.

It will be of the highest quality when using a hacksaw for metal. Its blade is quite thin and strong, so the cut will be thin and even. The edges will not crumble, and it will be convenient to cut the plinth.

If the quality of the edge does not really matter, but the speed of work is important, then many builders and finishers use the grinder.

The thickness of its disk is such that the cut line will be quite wide, but the edges will not always be able to please the owner with their quality. However, with this tool, you can perform a fairly large amount of work in a short time.

The Bulgarian will leave a smooth edge

Cut floor plinth you can even use scissors for metal if there is no other tool at hand. Such manipulation cannot be called convenient, but if necessary, the master will easily cope with the task.

Anyway cutting tool must meet certain requirements, including:

security;
efficiency;
accuracy.

You should use this or that device after you are convinced of its productivity and the possibility of high-quality work.

Alternative to standard views

The right tool will leave no nicks on the cut edges

After the PVC skirting board is cut, there should be no chips at the edges. The right tool, which will have to cut the skirting board, does not cause cracks or significant irregularities at the edges of the edge.

An electric jigsaw is no less popular with builders, but it can only be used when working with panels. Skirting boards, which feature rather thin walls, cannot be cut with high quality using such a device.

A sharp move and rather large teeth will lead to cracking of the product, making its installation impossible.

After a hacksaw, a conventional mounting (wallpaper) knife is recognized as the safest and most effective.

Cutting thin-walled skirting boards that are fixed to the floor with such a tool is quite quick and easy.

Floor PVC skirting boards equipped with a cable channel are easiest to cut with a conventional manual jigsaw. It will allow you to make a clear cut, keep the edges of the edge intact and prevent cracking of the bar.

It is necessary to cut the bar that closes the cable channel after preparing the baseboard itself. When it is cut exactly to size, it is necessary to install a blanking bar and only then cut it off.

Laying the floor plinth starts from the far inner corner. If the length of the wall is long, then you will have to use a connecting plug, and then cut the skirting board, not reaching 1.5 cm to the edge of the wall or 0.5 cm to the next corner. Regardless of the number of corners and joints, cutting is carried out strictly in a straight line, which greatly facilitates the work. For a detailed manual on cutting and joining skirting boards, see this video:

Working with ceiling moldings

Novice craftsmen often ask how to cut a ceiling plinth in order to properly form an internal or outer corner. Ceiling moldings cannot be accurately cut without the use of a miter box. This device allows you to cut at any desired angle.

You can perform the correct trimming with strict observance of geometric shapes. Using a miter box makes it possible to get a perfectly even and accurate cut.

Scheme of work with a chair

Fixture with full set has grooves created for cutting blanks at an angle:

45&;
60";
67.5&;
90s.

To perform the operation, during which it is necessary to install the skirting board in the corner, you will need to cut the panel strictly under 45 ͦ. In this case, two pieces put together will give a full 90 ͦ when creating both external and internal corners. For more information on how to properly cut the skirting board with the required angle, see this video:

Cutting any skirting (ceiling or floor) is done after determining the correct slope.

The location of the cut on the inner or outer surface of the part depends on the configuration of the corner itself.

In cases where the walls in the room are uneven and there are practically no strict corners, you should not use a miter box. It is better to cut the skirting boards by hand, using a regular painting (stationery) knife.

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The first subject, educational, necessary and useful. This is a traffic light, by which children will learn the rules of the road, a paramount thing.

I’ll make a reservation right away, they also made a version of the pedestrian with little men, but simpler from cardboard.

In principle, this three eyes were also asked to make a cardboard-simple one, but how can I do it without problems)) I thought, why not make a reliable academic subject right away, and I did. How much is enough.

The concept of the figure is as follows, large enough for everyone to see, stable, durable and with a swivel mechanism, the meaning is that there are 4 sides, one side shows all the signals for a general understanding of the device.

The other three sides on one signal, the teacher can turn and show any color from 3 and ask the kids about its purpose.

In general, I thought it would be right

The initial thoughts about color circles on magnets and other light bulbs had to be canceled, we need a simple, understandable solution that is difficult to break, magnet circles can be lost, battery bulbs fail.

I don't know if it worked out, but time will tell.

The whole base is MDF, which glued the pva, for a temporary tack, also fastened it with a micro-pin.

Separately, I note that it is possible to make circles of various diameters on the circular and, most importantly, of the same size, using a non-tricky device, first we cut square blanks, and then on the device, rotating the part, cut off the corners to the polyhedron, and then rotating the part, we add to the circle.

I glued the box, the visors are halves of the eyes of the circles, I made a groove under them with a milling cutter, so such things cannot be reliably glued into the end.

The whole thing revolves on a pipe from the Joker system, in my opinion, for shelving, so that the stops do not fall out and fail, which I fixed with bedbugs.

I made the base massive and wide from thick layers of MDF, with such a base it is not so easy to tilt the traffic light on its side.

I played the fool and drilled through the pipe, I had to slap a plate from the return line.

I painted everything from a spray can, then varnished it, the thing is ready.

I did not paint the signal mugs, they are cut out of self-adhesive paper, so it is easier to update the demonstration item.

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The ceiling plinth performs not only a decorative function, visually separating the walls from the ceiling, but can also hide the joints of various finishing materials ceiling and walls. Not every interior design involves the use ceiling plinth, but most often the general view of the room seems incomplete without it. In fixing this element - fillets - there is nothing complicated, almost all types of skirting boards are attached with glue. But the question of how to properly cut the ceiling plinth in the corners of the premises can confuse many. After all, even in the simplest room there are internal corners where the planks of the ceiling plinth must be precisely and beautifully joined. And in a more complex configuration of the room, you will also have to dock the skirting boards, making the outer corner. In this article, we will look at various options how to cut a ceiling plinth with and without improvised tools.

First you need to deal with the question of how to cut the ceiling plinth, the answer to it depends on the material from which the fillet is made. At the moment, ceiling plinths made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), expanded polystyrene (polystyrene), polyurethane and wood are sold.

PVC ceiling moldings are the cheapest. Dents and creases are easily formed on them, which cannot be eliminated, so the product has to be thrown away. Also, their disadvantage is electrostaticity - the ability to attract dust. You can cut them with a sharp construction knife or a hacksaw.

Styrofoam ceiling moldings are also cheap. This material is very fragile, it easily crumbles during processing, therefore it is necessary to cut polystyrene foam with a sharp knife or a hacksaw for metal, without making too much pressure.

Ceiling moldings made of extruded polystyrene foam slightly more expensive than polystyrene foam, denser than them and more difficult to cut. However, they crumble less, so they are easier and more comfortable to work with. They are cut with a construction knife and a hacksaw for metal.

Polyurethane ceiling moldings are currently the most expensive. They are durable, elastic and moisture resistant, easily cut with a construction knife and do not crumble. The disadvantage of polyurethane baseboards is their dependence on temperature changes. For example, over gas stove the polyurethane baseboard will acquire residual deformations and begin to crackle slightly. If you try to process or cut such a plinth, it may bend or deform in another way.

Wooden ceiling moldings are dense, heavy products that can only be cut with a hacksaw, preferably with fine, frequent teeth. You can also use metal sheet.

Before moving on to listing ways to properly cut a ceiling plinth, I would like to note that it is possible not to cut a plinth with particular accuracy. Available for sale special corner pieces into which the edges of the plinth are inserted. In this case, it is enough to cut the skirting board at an angle of 90 °, and the corner element will hide all the flaws. But this method is not always used, since the dimensions of the corner elements are somewhat larger than the baseboards themselves, so the corners in the room will stand out against the general background. Sometimes it can look sloppy. However, if the design of the room allows the use of corner elements for ceiling plinths, it makes sense to use them. Further instructions useful for those who nevertheless decided to precisely cut the skirting boards at a given angle.

The miter box is a simple carpentry tool that allows you to cut the workpiece at the required angle. Most often it is a tray made of plastic, wood or metal with vertical slots for cutting at an angle of 90 ° and 45 °. There are also more complex designs of the miter box - for cutting at angles of 90, 60 and 45 degrees. For more professional work, a miter box with a swivel mechanism is used, where the hacksaw can be fixed at any angle to the workpiece.

How to cut a ceiling plinth with a miter box - inner corner:

We apply the plinth to the ceiling, measure the required length.
Then we install the plinth bar into the miter box so that the position coincides with the position of the plinth on the ceiling.
The plinth strip should be pressed against the far wall of the miter box.
Hold the plinth with your left hand.
We choose such a position of the hacksaw when the angle is 45 degrees and at the same time the handle of the hacksaw is as close as possible to the left hand.
We cut the workpiece without making excessive pressure on the saw.
The next step is trimming the plinth striker. We also install it to the far wall of the miter box.
Pressing and holding right hand.
We choose a position for the hacksaw when the angle is 45 degrees and the hacksaw handle approaches the right hand.
Cut off the plinth.

Next, we join the trimmed skirting boards and check the cutting accuracy. For a more accurate orientation, they also say that in order to make an internal corner, it is necessary to start cutting from the front of the plinth. Wooden plinths after trimming, most likely, will still have to be adjusted with a file.

How to cut a ceiling plinth with a miter box - outer corner:

In order not to make a mistake with the dimensions, it is better to start by marking the inner corner, and then cut out the outer corner. Otherwise, a situation is possible when the straps may not be long enough.
It is necessary to attach the bar to the ceiling and outline the dimensions.
We install the ceiling plinth bar and press it against the nearest wall.
Hold with your left hand and select the position for the hacksaw at an angle of 45 degrees, when the handle approaches the left hand.
We cut off the workpiece.
We set the reciprocal bar to the nearest wall, hold it with the right hand.
We set the hacksaw at an angle of 45 degrees, when the handle approaches the right hand.
Cut off the workpiece and join the corner.

Trimming the workpiece with a miter box is only suitable if the angle between the walls is even - 90 degrees. If the accuracy leaves much to be desired, you will have to use other methods.

How to cut the corner of a ceiling plinth using ceiling markings

Marking the skirting board on the ceiling also allows you to cut the corner evenly and accurately. The only drawback of this method is that it is difficult and inconvenient to keep the plinth plank suspended during the cutting process. For the rest, it is possible to outline the angle for cutting in this way even more accurately than in other ways. When applying the skirting board to the installation site, all wall flaws and deviations in the size of the corner are immediately taken into account.

Trimming the corner of the ceiling plinth:

First of all, two blanks must be cut at an angle of 90 degrees.

Then we first apply one plank, resting its end against a perpendicular wall. We draw a line on the ceiling, outlining the contour of the plinth.

We remove this bar and apply the reciprocal bar, also resting its end against the wall. Let's draw a line.

The point of intersection of the marked lines will be the mark at which the plinth must be cut.
Again, we apply each bar in turn and mark the cut point on them.
We draw a line from this point to the other edge of the plinth.

We cut off the skirting boards along the marked lines, join them and apply them to the installation site. Please note that using this method it is more convenient to cut internal corners.

Something resembling a miter box can be made by applying the necessary cutting angles to paper, cardboard or wood. It is necessary to draw two parallel lines, determine the center, and then set aside the necessary angles using a protractor. The advantage of this method is that you can postpone any angle, including more than 90 degrees. Of course, before cutting the corners of the ceiling plinth, you must first check the angle between the walls with a corner and measure with a protractor.

The technique for cutting off a ceiling plinth using a painted miter box is exactly the same as using the miter box itself. We press the plinth bar to one of the parallel lines, then set the hacksaw at the desired angle, which is already outlined, and cut it off.

Improvised tray-miter box do-it-yourself

Making a miter box with your own hands is also not difficult.

Method 1. You will need three wooden planks or boards that need to be hammered into a U-shaped box. Then, the necessary angles are marked on the walls of the box, and a cut is made with a hacksaw. The result should be a wooden miter box in which grooves are cut.

Method 2. A combination of an impromptu miter box and a template with outlined lines. For the convenience of cutting, it is necessary to build something in which it will be convenient to hold the ceiling plinth bar, since it is difficult to keep it on weight. It is enough to put together a corner from two wooden planks or boards. On paper, you need to draw lines with angles for cutting at 45 degrees or at any other. Then we apply the plinth blank to the corner, press it with our hand, as described in the technology for using the miter box, move the paper with the template under the edge where we are going to cut, and cut it off. In the process of cutting, we focus on the line drawn on paper.

Method 3. As an impromptu miter box, you can use anything, everything - that we form an angle. For example, a table pushed up against a wall.

Important! Pay attention to the rule for taking measurements for trimming the ceiling plinth. To mark the inside corner, you need to measure the length directly from the corner itself. To outline the outer corner, it is necessary to be guided that the plinth will protrude deep into the room at a distance equal to its width.

It is not necessary to fix the strips of the ceiling plinths before you cut the reciprocal strip and tried on their location. Only after the two reciprocal strips have perfectly converged in the corner, you can begin to mount them to the ceiling. Minor flaws can be improved with a file or nail file in the case of wooden and polyurethane skirting boards. To fit the foam products, you will have to wield a sharp knife.

If suddenly, even after adjusting the skirting boards, a small gap remains between them, do not despair, it can be repaired with putty. Trimming the ceiling plinth yourself is not difficult. But in order not to spoil a lot of products, it is better to pre-train on small blanks.

- This is the design of the corner. It is necessary to join the planks in such places very carefully, otherwise appearance decor will be hopelessly damaged. Of course, you can use quite aesthetic special corner elements.

However, naturally joined planks usually look more harmonious. Yes, and spend additional details in this case you don't have to. Therefore, later in the article we will consider how to cut the corner of the ceiling plinth correctly and how to process the seam.

Trimming the ceiling plinth

Ceiling skirting boards are made from the most different materials- foam, plastic, wood. To trim them, tools available in every home can be used. Styrofoam strips are cut with scissors or a knife. The wooden plinth is cut with a hacksaw for wood. How to cut a plastic plinth is also not a question. You can cut it with an ordinary hacksaw for metal.

Trimming a wooden plinth is done with a regular hacksaw

What is a chair?

For accurate and most accurate trimming of ceiling plinths, a special tool is usually used - a miter box. It represents a tray knocked down from three boards. There are slots in its walls located at a certain angle to the axis (45, 60 and 90g, etc.). They are designed to guide the hacksaw blade when cutting. You can buy a miter box for a ceiling plinth at a hardware store.

Trimming the planks at an angle of 45 degrees is done in a miter box

Trimming the ceiling plinth in the miter box

Trimming in the miter box is performed as follows:

The right strip is placed in the tray from left to right with the wrong side to the bottom (the part that will later adjoin the ceiling). Part of the junction with the wall should be leaning against the side board of the tray (closest to you);
The bar is pressed tightly against the tool and cut through the slot.

How to make a corner of a ceiling plinth

Important: When trimming, remember that when making an internal corner, the edge of the plinth adjacent to the wall should be longer than that adjacent to the ceiling. When finishing the same external - vice versa.

A second ceiling strip is inserted into the tray from right to left and cut off;
Finished planks are attached to the corner and the joint is adjusted with a knife;

Planks are attached to the corner, and adjustments are made

How to join the corners of the ceiling plinth? You can do this from a ladder right on the wall. But this is not very convenient, so experts advise combining polyurethane and foam plastic elements and gluing them with each other on the floor with special glue for joints.

It is best to glue the corner before installing the skirting board on the walls.

How to cut the plinth:

What to do if there is no miter box?

So we figured out how to saw down a ceiling plinth (the video above may help someone figure it out better) using a miter box. But what to do if this tool is not at hand? In fact, it is possible to adjust the slats evenly without using it. There are two main ways to solve this problem: marking directly on the wall and making an imitation of a miter box.

In the first case, the procedure is as follows:

The left band is pressed tightly against the ceiling;
Line 1 is drawn directly on the ceiling with a pencil along its upper edge;

How to cut a ceiling plinth without a miter box. Carrying out the first line

Next, the right ceiling element is attached to the ceiling and line 2 is drawn;
A mark is placed at the intersection of the edge of the right plank with line 1;

The second line is drawn and a mark is placed on the plinth

Further, the left element is again attached to the ceiling;
A mark is also placed at the intersection of its upper edge with line 2;
Now on each strip you need to connect the marks with the end of the bottom edge of the plinth;

Then, along the resulting line, the plinth is actually cut at an angle.

Without the use of a tray, the strips mounted in the corner can be quite neat

In order to cut an even angle, you can also use the imitation of a miter box:

On a smooth plywood sheet, we draw two strictly parallel lines;
We put a point on one of them and, using a protractor, connect it to the second line at an angle of exactly 45 degrees (draw to the left);
At a distance of 10 centimeters to the left of the first point, we put the second;
We connect it with the second line at an angle of 45 degrees (draw to the right).

How to cut a corner of a ceiling plinth using an imitation of a miter box

The improvised miter box is ready. Now it remains to attach the right ceiling element (wrong side) on the right with the lower edge to the line closest to you and cut it off. The same with the left bar (only you need to apply it on the left).

Advice: You can cut polystyrene strips with a knife. However, be sure to sharpen it properly. Otherwise, the material at the ends will simply crumble.

How to cut a ceiling plinth (video) without a miter box:

How to connect planks if the angle is uneven

In city apartments, and especially in old ones, the walls are rarely even. Therefore, the angles between them are often not straight at all. How to cut down the ceiling plinth in this case?

In fact, it is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. You just need to measure the angle. To do this, you can use a special tool Malku or just make a template out of paper and use a protractor.

An uneven angle can be measured using a small protractor

We divide the resulting angle by two, draw the corresponding "miter box" on plywood and cut the strips. Next, you just need to connect them with glue.

How to clean up corners

How to cut the corner of the ceiling plinth, we found out. Now let's see how to finish the joints. How to cover the joint in the corner? In the event that a small gap remains here, the sealing can be done with ordinary putty to match the color of the plinth. Joints can also be passed with silicone sealant.

The gap between the planks in the inner corner can be puttied with putty

Important: Only the inner corner can be sealed with putty or sealant. The outer should be adjusted as carefully as possible. It will simply be impossible to remove even a small gap in the future imperceptibly here. Especially when the plinth is wide.

Corner pieces for ceiling plinth

Trimming ceiling strips when using corner elements (special connectors) is also usually performed in a miter box. How to cut the planks in this case? Everything is very simple - the cutting is performed at a right angle. In the absence of a tray, you can use a regular protractor or square. Corner elements (photo):

When using corner elements, strips are trimmed at right angles.

How to trim the floor plinth

Floor plinths can be made of, or MDF. Just as in the case of a ceiling plinth, they need to be sawn, depending on the material, with an ordinary hacksaw (wooden) or a hacksaw for metal (plastic).

Now you know how to cut down a ceiling plinth. Next, let's see how the fitting and trimming of the floor is performed. How to use the chair in this case? When cutting a floor plinth, the procedure is approximately the same as when cutting a ceiling plinth. For inside corner:

We take the first strip and put it in the tray from right to left so that it lies in it in the same way as on the floor. We lean it against the far wall of the instrument as against a wall;

The strip is inserted into the tray and pressed tightly

We trim the unnecessary piece from the left end at an angle through hole 1 (figure below);
We insert the second strip from left to right in exactly the same position and cut it from the right end through hole 2.

How to cut the plinth in the corner if it is external:

We insert the first strip into the tray in the same way as for the inner corner (from right to left);
We cut it from the left end through hole 2;
We insert the second bar from left to right and cut its right end through slot 1.

How to cut a ceiling plinth for external and internal corners

Advice: An end at an angle of 45g should be done not only in order to cut elements in the corners, but also to make joints on the wall itself. In this case, the connections will not be as noticeable.

Thus, we have considered in the most detailed way how to cut the baseboard in the corners. The procedure is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance. Starting pruning in a miter box or using its imitation, you will see for yourself.

And adjacent walls.

It is very convenient for them to mask the joints on the walls and on the ceiling, especially if they have different structure and not done very well.

Its presence makes the design of the room clearer and more complete.

Often people ask themselves the question: how to competently and accurately finish the room with a ceiling plinth?

This is especially true for those cases when the owner of the house prefers repairs made by himself.

To do this correctly, it is important to strictly observe existing recommendations and finishing rules. And then the result will please you.

There are no difficulties in fastening the fillet (this is the name of this element): in fact, all types of products are attached to reliable glue.

They lend themselves well to processing with a special fine-toothed hacksaw. You can also use a reliable canvas for metal. So how do you cut the ceiling plinth correctly?

Finished factory corners

Note that each master has the opportunity not to pore over the exact cutting and fitting of corners.

In the hardware store, you can purchase a factory-made corner element into which the prepared skirting edges are easily inserted.

It is enough to measure the required length of the workpiece, and cut it at a right angle.

All defects and flaws will be hidden by this special element. But so convenient way it is not always possible to use it, since the standard sizes of such factory corners can differ markedly from the size of the baseboard itself.

Such corners will stand out for their disproportion, and it will not look very neat. But if the design of the room and the size of the blanks allow you to use this method, then you should not neglect it.

For those who have to use one of the ways to trim the ceiling plinth, the following tips will come in handy.

Fillet cutting

Pruning using a miter box

How to evenly cut the corner of the ceiling plinth with it?

A miter box is a simple tool used by carpenters. With it, you can cut any workpiece at the right angle.

It is usually a wooden, metal or plastic tray, on which special vertical slots are made for cutting at an angle of 45 ° and 90 °.

There are complicated designs, on which, in addition to the named corners, there is also a hole for making a 60-degree cut.

For professional work, a special miter box is produced. Its rotary mechanism allows you to fix the cutting blade in relation to the workpiece at any given angle.

Inner corner

The prepared one is applied to the ceiling, the desired length is set aside.

Then this same bar is inserted into the miter box exactly as it will be located on the ceiling. It must be pressed against the far wall of the device. In this position, the plinth is held with the left hand.

The hacksaw blade should be in such a position that its angle is 45 degrees, and the handle would be as close as possible to the hand. Trying to avoid pressure on the saw, carefully cut the workpiece.

The position of the hacksaw is similar to the previous procedure - its handle approaches the hand at an angle of 45 degrees. The plinth is cut off.

Then the finished, already cut strips are joined - the accuracy of the fit is checked. It is believed that for better orientation, when making an internal corner, it is better to start cutting from the front of the product. The cut points usually still have to be adjusted with a file.

outside corner

It is most correct to observe the dimensions more accurately, first begin to mark the inner corner, and only after that proceed to the outer one.

Otherwise, it may happen that the entire length of the plank is not enough.

The bar is applied to the ceiling, basting is made in size. Holding with the left hand, the ceiling plinth is pressed against the nearest wall, the handle of the hacksaw approaches the hand. The workpiece is cut off.

The striker is pressed against the nearest wall, while it is held with the right hand. The hacksaw blade should be at an angle of 45 °, the handle of the tool approaches the hand of the master. A piece of the workpiece is cut off, the corner is neatly joined.

Such processing by the edge of parts with the help of must is good in cases where the angle between the walls is even and straight (90 °).

If its performance leaves much to be desired, then it is worth using a different method.

How to cut a ceiling plinth without a miter box?

Ceiling markings

The method with markings on the ceiling allows you to cut the corner accurately and evenly. He has one drawback - the bar is rather inconvenient to hold on weight during the procedure.

In all other respects, using this method, you will be able to outline the angle for cutting even more accurately than others.

When the skirting board is applied to the intended installation site, all dimensional deviations and inaccuracies are noticeable and immediately taken into account.

cutting corner

First you need to take a couple of blanks, then cut them at a right angle. Abutting the end of the plank against the perpendicular wall, we apply one plank. We draw a line on the ceiling along the contour of the plinth. We remove the first bar, then, in the same way, resting the butt against the wall, we apply the reciprocal bar. In the same way, we mark a line along the contour.

The intersection point of the two separate lines is the mark at which the workpiece is cut. Each plank is applied to the surface again, on both the point of the future cut is marked. From the found point to the other edge of the plinth strip, draw a line. We cut the skirting boards according to the outlines made earlier, carefully dock them, and place them in the place of their installation.

This method allows you to more accurately handle internal corners.

How to make a miter box template with your own hands

If you do not have a miter box, it is not necessary to buy a tool for one-time use. A template with similar functions can be made independently.

To do this, the desired cut angles are applied to wood, paper or cardboard.

Then you need to draw a pair of parallel lines, find the center, and then use a protractor to measure the angles of any given value.

This method is especially convenient because, using it, you can set aside an angle of any size, even more than a straight line.

The method of processing the plinth blank using homemade tool practically indistinguishable from the original. The bar is pressed against one of the parallels, after which the hacksaw is set at the required angle and cut off.

Remember that before cutting the corners of the workpiece, be sure to check the angle between the walls! To do this, use a protractor and a corner.

How to cut a ceiling plinth correctly. Important little things

The measurements needed to trim the skirting board to the ceiling should be done in a special way.
To define and mark an inside corner, the length must be measured from the corner itself. To mark outer corner it must be taken into account that deep into the room the plinth will protrude at a distance that is equal to its width.

It is not advisable to fix the skirting strips until their exact location is tried on and the mating skirting board is cut off.
Only after the ideal convergence in the corner of both strikers, you can begin their installation and fastening. If work is carried out with polyurethane or wooden skirting boards, defects and flaws can be corrected with a nail file or file. To fit the product