Mitre Saw for coving??

[webrits]

I'm about to fit some coving and am thinking of using my mitre saw to cut the angles. Am I right in thinking that if I lay the coving face down and use a compound angle I could get it to work??
Because the coving is quite large I cannot stand it up in the saw like normal as it taller than the back plate on the saw but if I lay it face down and rotate the table at 35° and angle the blade at 30° from vertical this (I think !) should give me the equivelant of a normal 45° mitre due to the compound angle.

Can anyone confirm that this would work??

Thanks !

 

[Trazor]

Why not use a piece wood as a false back plate, but higher.
You could even rebate the wood, so your coving would not only be pushed back, but would also sit on the rebate.

 

[Robbie uk]

Ive used many different types of coving mitres and most of them dont work.I now use a Wickes one for £1.99. curved blue plastic. works every time.

 

[confidentincompetent]

Mitre block far easier.
Try browsing through This to get an idea of how mitres will look. At a pinch you could even print off the templates that apply to your cove/cornice and use them..but a mitre block as robbi says .. is the best

 

[webrits]

Thanks for all the replies, I'll give them a try !

 

[webrits]

Just a quick update, I did use the 35° + 30° compound angle with the coving face down and it worked perfectly ! Much more stable than than trying to hold it at 90° too !!

 

[Tenksen]

Sorry for bumbling this, but had to say thanks to webrits. Couldn't find info anywhere about using a power mitre for coving only the blocks. Using his angles worked a treat.