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Oh man what is the deal with that? Have you have ever tried to cut woodwork before like maybe it is a baseboard or chair rail and you cut two 45 degree angles. You went to the corner and put them together and you end up with a big crack like that. Here is why that happens. You cut perfect 45 degree angles with your Miter Back saw but the corner is not 90 degrees. I will tell you what we are going to do. We are going to cut corners like the old German carpenters. You know what they did? They would cope the joints. Now here is how you do it.
You do not have to cut 45 degree angles on both pieces of wood. You actually straight cut one piece of wood and slide that into the corner and you are going to slide into it a piece of trim that has the profile cut into it with a little coping saw.
Now how do you know where to cut the profile? You can trace the profile that would work from one piece of trim to another. That is too hard. Use your Miter Back saw, cut a 45 degree angle with an outside corner or an outside angle and then take the coping saw and very carefully cut where the face of the woodwork meets the cut part of the woodwork and back cut it very slightly, angle your coping saw and what you are going to end up with is a piece of trim that when you slide it up against that one in the corner, it is going to meet perfectly.
Maybe just a slight little bit of caulk is all you are going to need make that perfect joint. All right, now that is a tight joint. See how easy it is to make really nice finished carpentry joints and corners. You just need a little coping saw and some patience.
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