Cutting Crown Molding

Dec 24, 2009 8 Replies

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?


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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!

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

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)

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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.

"WW" wrote in news:veCdnUzr55TAUK_WnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@bresnan.com:

Sounds like an option. Thanks.

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

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

Jon

"Jon Danniken" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

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

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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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