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Cutting Composite Decking Boards

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DIY How to build a Deck - Step by Step Guide to Composite decks pt2 of our "Idiot proof" series

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What happens here

To create precise 45-degree miter cuts for the 'picture frame' border of the deck, use a miter saw. Place the composite decking board on the miter saw and adjust the saw to a 45-degree angle. Make the cut, ensuring a clean edge. Unlike traditional wood, composite decking typically cuts cleanly without splintering, so special blades or flipping the board are usually not necessary. The Makita miter saw used demonstrated a very clean cut.

Goal: Make clean and accurate 45-degree miter cuts on composite decking.

Tools and materials

  • Composite Decking Board MoistureShield — The decking material being cut
  • Miter Saw Makita — Making precise 45-degree cuts for the deck borders

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materials you've set in the detent at 45 on your cut yeah and then is this plank upside down or right side right side up where my next flip okay so we're gonna see how well this saw will cut composite wood okay let's think that yeah that is really clean man that stuff cuts nice yep yeah look at that and this is clean can grease wars that's the first cut we've made yeah I mean that's so the old-school way you'd flip them upside down to cuddle yep right if you're building a wood deck here's why you flip it upside down to cranky you gotta use

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