Believe it or not, I certainly don't, there are no instructions on this across the entire web as far as I can tell.

It's not immediately obvious how to do this correctly. I mean, good looking, leakproof.... correct. Sure, the average 'joe' is going to say "what's so hard?" But if you give the task to 10 guys who have never done it before, you're going to get 10 different ways to do this, a few of which will be complete ****-ups. Why so hard to find instruction on this?

There are multiple planes and angles going on here, and that's even before considering the confluence of slopes on the hip roof edge.

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Anyone able to point me to a source of PICTURES/DIAGRAMS that instruct how to do this? I've found many pictures of the final corner once accomplished, and a few explanations (without pictures... are you kidding me?), but nothing that actually shows the cuts being made step by step before the miter is assembled together. Obviously the corner cannot be a bent one or the drip edge itself would not be able to meet at 90 degrees. Has to be a full cut miter. So what is the best profile, with overlaps/tabs to cut in both sides?

 

Snip the bottom 1/4" lip that's bent at an angle (at the bottom of the vertical leg). Then cut the top on both sides of the vertical leg. If you like, cut one of the halves at a 45. Then bend the piece 90 degrees.

If you don't like that, score the first 7/8" of the vertical leg where it meets the horizontal leg, then bend the resulting tab around the corner, and install it on one side of the corner. Then for the other piece on the other side of the corner, just cut the vertical leg back 1" and let them overlap.

If it's a hip roof and this is going to be installed over a gutter, you should be using gutter apron IMO, not drip edge.

 

Thank you for that advice.

However it's the same that I mentioned finding in multiple places. Without pictures, for a slightly challenged individual such as myself, it does not help.

For instance...

I left out the "if you like" since that suggests an option before bending to 90 degrees. Just for clarity's sake.

"top both sides of the vertical leg" are you describing the horizontal "lip" that forms the short side of the "T" (which needs to be cut somehow before attempting to bend). The long side of the "T" is the section nailed to the roof. Which "both sides" do you mean? So per those instructions, the piece cannot possibly be bent at 90 degrees. You would be trying to bend a flat horizontal piece of aluminum (two pieces actually.... considering the folded edge).. horizontally 45 degrees. Physically impossible without a LOT of warp and distortion. Or are you suggesting cutting the long horizontal 45 degrees, and one cut of the short horizontal resulting in a square removed from the point.... and the drip edge lip would not meet at a tip?

See what I mean? Your directions are probably correct. But without pictures, and following them TO THE LETTER, they cannot be accomplished. There is ALWAYS ambiguity in language.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD can someone just link pictures of this? I've got a lot of these to do and want to do them PERFECT. Not slip shod like 75 percent of what I see when looking closely to other homes.