Cut Out Rot & Replace.

Recently I was cutting rot from a window sill and I made the mistake of cutting the first bit of wood on the wrong angle and had a gap to fill. If I had done it properly there would be a fine gap not a large one like I had. So I am just passing this tip on to help others not make the same mistake I made.

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Image 1 shows us the Window Sill or a length of wood with say for example, half the wood needs replacing on the left side.

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What I did was use the multi-tool and accidentally (without thought) cut on the wrong angle. Image 2 shows what I should have done and Image 3 shows what I did.
And I know that it seems obvious not to do this for some reason I didn’t think about it, probably just keen to do the job, and cut the wood the wrong way. I could have cut it again, but…

Image 4 - The new piece on the right is at 90 degrees, but not the left. As we see I got a big gap to fill. This can be done, but it is preffered to have as little gap as possible.
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If I had cut it as Image 5 shows then as we see in Image 6 the top at least is squared and looks good with as little gap as possible.
The goal really should be for two 90 degree cuts, but sometimes with some tool like a Multi-Tool we may not be 100% accurate, so aiming to cut in such a way as to keep the top square and straight as much as possible means a more secure and clean looking join with less work to clean up later on.

Remember, the goal s to make the join secure with as less visible evidence of the join as possible.

All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
24th of August, 2021.