IF YOUR MITRE SAW DOESN’T CUT TO 60°…

Building the chicken coop’s three A-frame assemblies requires cutting the upper ends of each rafter to 60°. But what if your mitre saw only cuts to 45°? Here’s a simple way to retrofit your saw to cut the 60° mitres.

Start by making a cutting guide from a piece of 19 mm plywood or offcut. Cut the guide about 100 mm wide and at least 305 mm long. Rotate the mitre-saw blade to 30° and trim off one end of the guide. Next, clamp the guide to the mitre-saw table, as shown

[1]. Now, to make a 60° cut, rotate the mitre-saw blade back to 0° and lock it in place. Hold the rafter against the 30° mitred end of the guide and make the cut, as shown [2]. The result will be a precise 60° cut.