I need to make a 60° cut on a section of handrail for a stairway with an odd configuration. My miter saw only goes to about 48°. Anybody got any tricks? I don’t think I have the necessary skills to do it with hand tools and acheive any reasonable accuracy. Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
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Quickstep.
cheat!
use a wedge to increase the angle (or you can buy a Dewalt SCMS which will go to 60degrees on one side.) You can also build a jig to hold a circular saw at exactly 60 degrees.
Sounds like an interesting staircase! There is a host of ways I make miters greater than the saws capacity. In your case, the easiest way to make a 60* miter is to make a new fence. Take a piece of 3/4" plywood or mdf and cut a 12"X12" right triangle. Then nail and/or screw 1X4s to the perimeter of the plywood triangle (upright) making a new fence you can now clamp onto your saw. Put the new fence on your favorite side of the blade and clamp it to where the blade will just miss the new fence (saw set at 0*). For a 60* cut, simply set the saw stage at 15* towards the fence (45+15=60).
Hope I wasn't too confusing in my description.
Regards, Sean
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