How Do You Make A Miter Joint?
Miter joints consist of two cuts made at equal angles and joined together. Picture frames are made in this way, and both pieces in the miter joint of a picture frame are usually attached to each other. On the other hand, miter joints are sometimes used in trim carpentry, and in this case the molding usually gets attached directly to the frame of the house instead. Only occasionally when one is running molding around an abutment will two pieces of molding ever be attached to each other. The emphasis of this article will be on the assemblage of a four-sided frame, where each piece is attached to another. Choose your stock of wood and cut the wood into four pieces. Cut each end at a perfect 45-degree angle. You can make each piece the same length for a square-shaped final product, or you can cut the wood into paired lengths to form a rectangle. Make sure the paired pieces are of equal length after the angles have been cut. You can use a simple miter box for these cuts, but a power miter b
