Demonstrate Bevel Cut

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Miter vs bevel vs compound

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What happens here

The presenter moves on to demonstrate a bevel cut. He returns the miter angle to zero but instead tilts the saw blade itself, setting a 45-degree angle through the thickness of the board. He performs the cut and then compares it to a miter cut, highlighting that a bevel cut angles through the material's thickness, not across its face. He also clarifies that while simply rotating the material might sometimes achieve a similar angle, it's not always feasible depending on the material's size or shape.

Goal: Perform and understand an angled cut through the thickness of the material.

Tools and materials

Miter Saw Ridgid — Performing the cuts
Piece of Wood — Material to be cut

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together and make a 90. You'll see this all the time when you're doing finishing work. I used miter cuts to trim out this window. Now a bevel cut is different. I keep my miter at zero and instead I tilt the blade. So now instead of angle cutting across the face of my board, I'm going to angle cut through the thickness of it. That's a bevel cut. Now you might be thinking, "Couldn't I just turn the board and make a miter cut?" In some cases, absolutely. And reorienting the board can create the same finished angle. But depending on the size and shape of your material, that's not always practical. I could try to miter

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