Hi folks. I'm in need of some quick and very basic advice about baseboard angles. I'm out in Duluth trying to help a friend put up interior trim in her rebuilt house. I know next to nothing about it and she knows about as much as I do. Between us we've managed to do much of it but now we're up against the wall... literally! Any help on this is appreciated:
I'm trying to put baseboard up on corners that aren't 90 degrees. The baseboard is just 1X4 with a rounded over top... no taper. So all my angles are being cut as bevels on the CMS.
Two questions about that:
1. Let's say I have an intersection of two walls that is 130 degrees. Each wall is 10 feet long. I've got a sliding compound miter saw that can bevel 45 degrees in either direction. How the heck do I get the baseboard to make the turn?
2. Let's say I have two ten foot walls that intersect at 85 degrees... how do I set that one up?
I have no idea how these angles are figured... I'm guessing that for #2 I divide 85 in half but that didn't work so I'm hoping you guys have more of a clue than I do!
Thanks for anything you've got. I'll take answers, hints, pointers to web addresses, or long epistles sent to maluso@twcny.rr.com. Whatever works.
...Diane (who can't believe how hard real carpentry is and can't wait to get back to her little shop to turn little bowls and make little boxes).