Re: Compound Miter Calculation Help
Larry, thanks for your help. I was just trying to turn an outside 90 degree corner with base casing, but on one wall the casing is coming down on ...
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Thank you
Change to parallel and everything works fine now. Next time I ignore the retail guy selling me the parts and trust my judgment.
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