Compound Miter Cut on a 6X6?

I need to make some compound cuts (7 degree x 7 degree) on some 6×6’s.

I only have a 10″ miter saw and haven’t tried it yet. It might get me close enough if I roll the timber, but I’ll have to reset angles for each roll.

Would I be better off just using a circular saw set at an angle?

Speed square, pencil, circ

Set the miter saw to your angles and cut as far through as possible. Then using the kerf you just cut as a guide cut the rest of the way with handsaw or sawzall.

munchy wrote:

Set the miter saw to your angles and cut as far through as possible. Then using the kerf you just cut as a guide cut the rest of the way with handsaw or sawzall.

+1 to this^

munchy wrote:

Set the miter saw to your angles and cut as far through as possible. Then using the kerf you just cut as a guide cut the rest of the way with handsaw or sawzall.

+2. Sawzall and a stiff 12-inch wood blade works great.

Grouse

How many do you have to do?

B-man wrote:

I need to make some compound cuts (7 degree x 7 degree) on some 6×6’s.

I only have a 10″ miter saw and haven’t tried it yet. It might get me close enough if I roll the timber, but I’ll have to reset angles for each roll.

Would I be better off just using a circular saw set at an angle?

Depends, what type of material and how tight do you want your mitres?

Thanks the advice guys.

I ended up going with a slightly different design that didn’t require a compound cut, just a single angle cut on each end.

My miter saw worked just fine, I had to finish just a tiny amount by hand. They were rough sawn timbers (I was thinking they’d be true 6″, but they were the same as a standard timber)