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Figured I'd start a thread here in the 'technical' section, instead of where I'm asking questions in the 'Parts wanted' section, so some tech is preserved.
We got all the molding I ordered in-house, and after comparing them to what I think are the OEM parts, have arrived at one we'll use. Now, the question is: how do you cut a bevel on the ends? A good look is to have beveled ends, especially at the front of the door. I'm not finding a good way to do this. The 'molding cutters' they sell online are little more than long-jaw pruning shears, and when you try to cut at an angle, it just deforms the molding. My hose cutters won't do it either, same thing. Bypass pruning shears, same thing.
I did see one Yuutoober who used a power miter box saw, but that's one of the few tools I'm missing in my inventory. I tried using a cutoff blade with a Dremel, but that's all free-hand, and kind of melts and leaves a rough finish on the cut edges. The only solution I've found so far is to use a scalpel (and I continue to be thankful the CFO here works in the medical industry, so many tools are useful on cars), but you can't stop cutting after you start. The finish is 'ok', but about the best I've found so far.
So I'll ask here, does anyone have tried-and-true solution for cutting molding at an angle? Thanks.
The link to the 'Parts wanted' thread is here:
We got all the molding I ordered in-house, and after comparing them to what I think are the OEM parts, have arrived at one we'll use. Now, the question is: how do you cut a bevel on the ends? A good look is to have beveled ends, especially at the front of the door. I'm not finding a good way to do this. The 'molding cutters' they sell online are little more than long-jaw pruning shears, and when you try to cut at an angle, it just deforms the molding. My hose cutters won't do it either, same thing. Bypass pruning shears, same thing.
I did see one Yuutoober who used a power miter box saw, but that's one of the few tools I'm missing in my inventory. I tried using a cutoff blade with a Dremel, but that's all free-hand, and kind of melts and leaves a rough finish on the cut edges. The only solution I've found so far is to use a scalpel (and I continue to be thankful the CFO here works in the medical industry, so many tools are useful on cars), but you can't stop cutting after you start. The finish is 'ok', but about the best I've found so far.
So I'll ask here, does anyone have tried-and-true solution for cutting molding at an angle? Thanks.
The link to the 'Parts wanted' thread is here:
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