Mitre Saw for dado rail and coving?

[Bodge-it]

We are not diy'ers but have got several rooms to cove with plaster type coving and dado rails.

I've just bought from Argos a Challenge Electric Mitre Saw which I hoped was going to make life a bit easier. Have I bought the right tool for the job? There are no instructions with the saw as I spose they expect people who buy them to know what they are doing.

If I've bought the wrong thing what should I get? I'd like to know asap as I will take it back before we get it out of the box and start practising. Thanks.

 

[^woody^]

An electric compound saw is not really for plaster coving or dado. Timber dado yes, but you may need a finer blade than the rough one which normally comes with the saw

Look for a ' Magic Mitre ' box to cut plaster coving or dado, or get one of those small aluminium guides normally on the shelf next to the coving

 

[diyisfree]

I have always used my Mitre saw for coving amongst other things

Sorry woody. Does this mean i'm a naughty boy...

 

[^woody^]

Well, you can use it for cutting the beef joint on Sunday if you want, but its not really meant for that either.

No so much naughty, more misguided. So consider this a mild reprimand

Through the dust, I've seen them used for plaster products, and also dodged bits of flying plastic when some guy is cutting hollow soffits with a rough wood blade fitted.

 

[diyisfree]

Through the dust, I've seen them used for plaster products, and also dodged bits of flying plastic when some guy is cutting hollow soffits with a rough wood blade fitted.

Guilty as charged

 

[Bodge-it]

Damn, I've already got a mitre box but it's not much use when the angle isn't 90 degrees exactly.

 

[Paul_GPvR]

Are these any good?

Looks like it can only take small bits of material

http://www.magicmitre.co.uk/

 

[^woody^]

The Magic Mitre will take 4"coving. You also get a little device to put on the wall to check the corner angle, and then this transfers to the mitre box to set it at angles slightly over or under 90 degrees, so that the two cut mitres match.

You can probably get it for less than the qvc price though.