A ___ cut is a combination of a bevel and miter cuts.

A ___ cut is a combination of a bevel and miter cuts.

• A. Straight cut
• B. Compound miter
• C. Rabbet cut
• D. Dado cut

Answer: (B)

A bevel and a miter cut together create a compound miter cut. A bevel cut tilts the blade to change the angle through the thickness of the workpiece, while a miter cut angles the cut across the face to meet at a corner. When both angles are needed at once to fit joints that aren’t square, you combine them in a compound miter cut. This is common for trim and molding that meet at complex corners, such as crown molding where the piece sits against both the wall and ceiling. The other cuts are single-angle operations: a straight cut is 90 degrees with no tilt, a rabbet cut creates a notch along the edge to accept another piece, and a dado cut is a groove across the face for another board to fit into.