Cutting Crown Molding

[Red Green]

From what I read...

Spring angle is 45 and it is narrow enough for my miter saw fence & .

For cutting outside corners the simplest method is cutting it in-position (at a

45 against the fence) aka upside down and backwards. This only requires a miter and no bevel. The cut angle is simply 1/2 of the angle. For example, an 85 degree corner gets a 47.5 miter cut with no bevel.

Is this oversimplified and I'm missing something?

[Red Green]

Oops! Sorry about the bad word wrap.

From what I read...

Spring angle is 45 and it is narrow enough for my miter saw fence & .

For cutting outside corners the simplest method is cutting it in-position (at a 45 against the fence) aka upside down and backwards. This only requires a miter and no bevel. The cut angle is simply 1/2 of the angle. For example, an 85 degree corner gets a 47.5 miter cut with no bevel.

Is this oversimplified and I'm missing something?

Wish I could find one of these locally. No woodworking shops around!

[WW]

RED Pull up rec.woodworking Lots of helpers on that site. Warren

[Oren]

Not all Crown has the same Spring angle - just sayin' "check it" and made certain.

Snoop around here for some DIY help I've used. (Sold at HD)

[Red Green]

Oren wrote in news:tli5j5d3kmbmv4q4r9bnchdf9oihe20a2r@

4ax.com:

I've seen that book there often. Don't know about the plastic angle tool though. Never really looked. I'll snoop HD online to see if I can find it. Of course, everything they have is not online.

Thanks for the reply.

[Red Green]

"WW" wrote in news:veCdnUzr55TAUK_WnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

Sounds like an option. Thanks.

Just thought I'd give the locals a chance to beat on me first :-)

[Jon Danniken]

Got a community/college/university near you? Try their bookstore.

Jon

[Red Green]

"Jon Danniken" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Found a bunch of stuff online Jon. Was just looking for a sanity check to see if I understood it right. Thanks.

[Matt]

Am I confused or is the scenerio above wrong ? If the cut angle is simply

1/2 of the angle and the deg corner is 85 how can the miter cut be 47.5. 85 deg divided by 2 is 42.5 degs.

I received the Miter Master Plus angle finder tool for a birthday gift last year. It has turned into one of my favorite tools.

Amazon.com just released a 10\" version Im hoping to purchase soon.

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