How to cut
45 Degree Angle With Circular Saw
How to cut a bevel angle using a circular saw
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guys I'm back in today we're gonna talk
about how to cut a bevel a bevel
specifically on a 2x4 using a portable
circular saw
alright we've already cut a normal
crosscut we've cut a a miter now we're
gonna cut a bevel and a bevel is
different this is a miter cut a bevel is
gonna go the opposite direction that's
gonna cut through the stock in this
direction so I'm gonna show you how we
go about that so in this particular case
we're gonna cut our bevel thirty inches
long so before we get started we're
gonna cut our bevel thirty inches long
and we're gonna tilt the base of our
portable circular sole at 45 degrees
it's a very common cut that you make
45-degree bevel or a twenty two and a
half degree bevel in this case we're
going to tilt it forty-five degrees the
first thing you want to do is make sure
the depth is all the way down when you
want to make sure your sole is unplugged
make sure that the depth is all the way
down okay now we're going to tilt the
base of the sole using the adjustable
knob here we're going to use the
gradient here on the on the tilting
table and we're gonna adjust it to 45
degrees like so then we're gonna lock it
into place now we've created a 45 degree
angle from the table base to the saw
blade so if I pull up the retractable
guard you can see that the base of our
sole is gonna cut through our stock at a
45 degree bevel alright so again we're
gonna have a long point and on the other
side we're gonna have a short point we
always said it's a long point is up when
we're cutting a bevel for the most part
in this case we're gonna cut it thirty
inches and I'm gonna cut it square
across from the face of the board so I'm
gonna come over here I'm gonna get my
carpenters pencil down I'm gonna hook my
board on him make sure the end of my
board is square again if you've already
checked after we make sure it's square
we hook our tape on the end now in this
case I'm gonna cut it square across so
we can really mark it at the board
anywhere I want when I come over here
I'm gonna mark 30 inches I'm gonna put
my crows foot so it could be 30 inches
looks something like that would be a
crows foot or a check mark but you're a
making sure you make a pencil mark with
a point to it you're gonna take your
square that means a speed square at this
this time there's a square cross these
are my carpenters pen so I'm gonna make
a mark I'm not sure my my square is
tight against my 2x4 so I'm making a
90-degree angle
now I'm gonna take my circular saw I'm
gonna make sure I'm break my to my sole
horses are close enough together braced
really well if it the saw kicks back
it's not gonna get me this is a more
difficult cut to make okay try to cut it
so that we have this is gonna be the
waist side of our line so we're gonna
try to cut it so that we have just
barely a black line left again this will
be the waist side because of our saw
kerf we wouldn't want to cut it on this
side of the line because we make our
board too short so we're gonna get it
started before we run into the stock
again we're gonna hold firmly we're
gonna make sure we're not gonna get a
kickback
so when we're done it'll looks like so
now in this case is why I always carry
my rasp I can clean the edge up if I
need to it has those little fuzzies on
it and when I clean the edge up you can
see that barely just the black lines
left the cuts accurate at 30 inches and
that's the long point of the bevel this
would be the short point of the bevel or
again the toe and the heel of the cut
okay so there we just demonstrated how
to create a bevel on a 2x4 utilizing a
portable circular saw
