miter joint

miter joint

A joint made by beveling each of two surfaces to be joined, usually at a 45° angle, to form a corner, usually a 90° angle.

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mi′ter joint`

a joint between two pieces of wood or the like, meeting at an angle in which each of the butting surfaces is cut to an angle equal to half the angle of junction.

[1680–90]

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Noun

miter joint - joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner

miter, mitre, mitre joint

joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together

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Englesson (1973) investigated the strength of five different corner fasteners, including a butt dowel joint, a mitered joint with an included plastic angle, a mitered joint with dowels, a simple miter joint, and a miter joint with a spline.

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Set the saw to the angle that is read on the tool-the red scale and arrow show the angle for a miter joint while the black arrow and scale provide the angle to fill a single work piece to an angle.

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The red scale and arrow show the angle for a miter joint; the black arrows and scale provide the angle setting for a simple crosscut.

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paint can to make ours), so each arc bottom ends at the miter joint; cut with saber saw.

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A pair of notched "pinch blocks" puts clamp pressure right on the miter joint. This approach is especially good for picture frames because it lets you deal with one joint at a time rather than all four at once.

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These three steps see their ultimate expression in the production of the Kimball Office compound miter joint, which, coupled with Pura is a patent-pending component of the Fluent line.

Kimball Office's coating advance enables mighty miters: Kimball Office says its new coating technology shifts wood products manufacturing paradigms, while delivering environmental advantages