Baseboard trim install setup

[shulse01]

Hi everyone, I'm about to start a baseboard install project where no two walls are the same, hence lots of cuts. Looking for suggestions on my setup, my plan is Kapex with rails/extension wing and a roller/ballbearing stand. Each baseboard is 16 ft, and I have 600ft. Let me know if you agree on this setup, or suggest another for making the cuts. Thanks!

 

[woodferret]

I'd probably skip the wings. Then again, a lot of times my stock has some tension in it and I'd rather it only register on the deck near the cut and merely supported by rollers or other point things. I also don't have that much space either side when working hence the faster I can move the miter saw to the ends, the better.

 

[Packard]

With the miter saw, getting accurate 45 degree miters is pretty much automatic. More difficult is getting measurements that are sufficiently accurate to make the miters meet up perfectly.

I don’t use a tape measure or any other measuring device for this type of application. I bring the moulding to the installation location and mark directly on the moulding the correct length. If the 16 foot length is too long for that to happen, I would cut the moulding a few inches oversize and then mark it directly onto the moulding. No tape measures or measuring devices.

I have an older Lion Miter Trimmer. The trimmer allows for precision “fine-tuning” of the length of the moulding.

Lion is unfortunately now out of business due to Chinese knockoffs. The knockoffs are frequently very good. The blades that come with them are of mixed quality. Infinity sells a good offering.

They are limited to a capacity of about 5”. I don’t remember the exact size, but the site should have that information. Note: The miter trimmer is for trimming only. You cannot cut a miter with it. I can get slices so thin that I can see through it, probably about 0.005” (more or less).

 

[woodferret]

Baseboard, not picture frame. You'll need standing miter cuts for inside corners so you can cope.

 

[Packard]

Baseboard, not picture frame. You'll need standing miter cuts for inside corners so you can cope.

Granted that the baseboard trim does not require the precision that picture framers require, the miter trimmer works fine for situations where you might use a shooting board plane, but for less money and greater accuracy.

I use it as I describe, and it is easier to use than shaving a bit off with a miter saw.