How To Make Angle Cuts In Hardwood Flooring: 5 Easy Steps To Cut Angles On Wood Flooring


Wood flooring is considered one of the practical, popular choices when it comes to hard floors, due to the fact that it looks attractive while being easy to maintain. Another best thing about installing wood flooring is that it is extremely easy to do yourself, with very little experience. However, you will usually come across one main issue that you need to work around, which is non-standard angles in your room. You can easily locate the degree of these angles in order to cut accurate, well-fitting pieces of wood flooring for a professional as well as a seamless appearance. You will come across situations when you start installing a hardwood floor, where you have to crosscut boards where you have to rip them, and the majority of these cuts are straight. The need for angled cuts mostly occurs due to the reason that the walls aren't straight or you need to install around a feature, like a fireplace. Making an angled crosscut is an easy task, however, tearing or pulling apart a flooring board at an angle is another matter.

5 Easy Steps To Cut Angles On Wood Flooring

One of the easiest & safest ways to cut angles on hardwood flooring, after making sure the board is firmly clamped to a workbench, is using a circular saw. Go through the below-mentioned steps carefully in order to make angle cuts in hardwood flooring:
  1. Measure The Angle: First of all, you need to ascertain the size, amount, or degree of the angle you need to cut, with the help of an angle finder, also known as a bevel. Lay down the body of the tool in opposition to the last board you installed, alter or move the blade against the angled wall slightly in order to achieve the desired fit and tighten the nut.
  2. Transfer The Tool To The Board: Now, move or shift the tool to the board that you are planning to cut and draw a line through the board with the help of a pencil. Widen the line as needed through the length of the board using a straightedge. Draw this cut line on the back of the board so that you will be able to cut from the back in order to reduce the chances of tear-out.
  3. Scrap Plywood: Next, lay down a piece of scrap plywood that is longer in comparison to the board that you are cutting on a workbench and set the board face-down on top of it. Shift the plywood and board to the edge of the bench before clamping them with the help of C-clamps. Place the clamps near the center and end of the board in opposition to the one you are cutting so that they won't interfere with the saw.
  4. Circular Saw Blade: After that, adjust the depth of the circular saw's blade to the density of the flooring material, plus nearly 1/8 inch. Trim through the line using the blade lined up so that the kerf, which is the segment of the board that the blade removes, is on the off-cut side.
  5. Rip Lengthwise Angles: Tear or pull lengthwise angles quickly, like you need when installing the last row in opposition to a wall that isn't straight, using a circular saw. Put down the board face-down on scrap plywood and place a clamp at one end and near the middle of the board to hold it. Start trimming at the other end. As soon as the saw reaches the center clamp, stop sawing and move the clamp behind the saw. Keep sawing as long as the saw reaches the end clamp, before moving that clamp behind the saw to finish the cut.
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