Cutting 6 inch skirting

How may cuts do you need and are they inside or outside?

The traditional mitre box for for deep skirting is shown here https://www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/mitre-boxes-blocks/what-are-the-different-types-of-mitre-box

but not seen one in years. Suspect because its nearly always done with a compound mitre saw.

Faithful used to do one but its not in the current catalogue

Some on ebay.co.uk and Amazon list this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emir-EMI289-9-Inch-Skirting-Board/dp/B0001P03BK but not in stock.

Best I can come up with https://www.amazon.co.uk/DRAPER-325MM-180MM-60MM-MITRE/dp/B00DUC66QC/

Make your own.

You dont need to be that accurate. As long as the cut is greater than 45deg for an external corner, you will have a gap behind the joint -only a small bit visible on top which can be filled easily.

Less than 45deg for internal corner does the same job.

the only important bit is the cuts need to be at the same angle; but then you realise your walls weren't that straight to need perfect angles anyway.

Apart from the fact that nobody has recommended using a powered mitre saw, "chop" saw safety isn't rocket science, a few minutes on Youtube or reading would sort you out. They're not particularly dangerous, there's probably more injuries from falling off ladders than mitre saws. Table saws, sure, even experienced operators lose fingers.

Anyway, what are you doing posting in a DIY forum if you don't think people should be fitting skirting boards themselves?

You'll need an architect to measure the lengths aswel, have you told your insurance company about this

Are you mad- for putting up a bit of skirting the minimum you would want to retain is a full design team and a full construction team.

They can then direct you to use your mitre box to cut the skirting.

For all the very informative DIY replies the OP got here, maybe they should have used the golden pages as mentioned above.

The OP was asked - are the mitres internal or external? - and no confirmation of this was received.

However, most rooms will have 4 Nr. Internal mitres. Some rooms might have 5 Nr. internal mitres and 1 Nr. external mitre or 6 internal and 2 external.

All the wonderful brilliant DIY experts here, apart from their usual criticism, as usual, did not give the OP advice that a simple Scribed Internal Joints in Skirting boards are superior to Mitring, and very simply to cut.

(Note to OP, I’m unable to use some of the words used here above by the clique, because if I use such words I will get another warning.)

They have claimed that this is a DIY forum, and that all the DIY Experts on this forum will furnish you with all the fabulous DIY advice needed.

External joints in skirting boards must be mitred.

The clique Experts above will explain why Scribed internal shirting board joints are better than Mitred joints.

It is easier to cut an external mitre joint with a hand Panel saw, than cutting an internal mitre.

See Scribed joint here-

To cut the Scribed joint you will need a Coping Saw which costs approx €8.

There are a few methods of accurately making the scribe line on the skirting boards and the Expert Clique DIY’ers above will inform you how to mark the line needed to cut with the coping saw.

You only have to wait…………..

That's interesting, I never would have thought that.

Why would an external mitre be easier to cut than an internal mitre?

Do not under any circumstances cut a scribed external joint in skirting boards as suggested above.

Its not simple when you can't describe it properly. Its not a mitre joint when its a butt joint.

Hopefully some day you will be in a position to get the experience.

Supposedly we are here to give the OP advice.

In Joinery a scribed joint is not a butt joint, and it is not a mitre joint.

When you do not know the names of the joints used in Joinery, you are only wasting my time and giving the OP unusable information.

An internal corner in a rectangular skirting board can be achieved with a butt joint.

An internal corner in a moulded skirting board cannot be butt jointed. It can be correctly jointed with either a mitre or a scribed joint.

A craftsperson qualified in Joinery would never use a butt joint in an internal corner in a moulded skirting board.

A craftsperson qualified in Joinery would never use a butt joint in an external corner with moulded skirting boards. because it would expose the end grain of the timber.

I am well aware what DIY’ers would do and I do not care.

Ando

As all the expert DIY’ers have not informed you how to mark the profile line of the moulded skirting board to be cut with a coping saw, so I will give you the details below:-

1. A Craftsman Joiner can draw the line to be cut with the coping saw, freehand with a pencil using his tradesman eye.
2. A Craftsman Joiner will cut an internal mitre joint on the moulded skirting board. With a pencil he will outline the profile between the front planed face of the skirting, and the 45 degree saw cut. This is the line to be cut with the coping saw.
3. A DIY’er can purchase a Contour Profile Gauge for approx €20. This can be used to get the profile of the moulding on the skirting. The set Contour Profile Gauge is then used to mark the profile of the line to be cut with the coping saw on the skirting.
4. See photo of Contour Profile Gauge below.

Ando

If you have any other questions on Joinery, I will answer same for you.

I will not reply to anymore of the other fishing comments here from the clique.

I just used a guide batten clamped at 90 deg and a jigsaw with the sole plate set to 45deg. Easy.