Woodworking Projects: Tips for Installing Beautiful Crown Molding
If you’re a beginner in woodworking, you might find yourself a bit put off when it comes to fitting crown molding. Given that it is far more difficult than any woodwork you may have done so far, doing the crown molding requires a lot of dexterity and training. Even the smallest of errors is likely to be detected by anyone. Rest assured though, that once you get the hang of it, you won’t find it so overwhelming. In fact, once you have the right tools for the job and have learned a few good techniques, you will be quite successful with crown molding.
Cutting angles accuracy is the key.
Cutting the crown molding is the most important task. The angle and length of each cut must be precise. The significance of angle accuracy will become more visible as the width of the molding grows. If you are working with a wider molding, then even the smallest mistake in the angle cut will result in a noticeable gap when the two pieces are joined.
Just because you can easily cut a picture frame doesn’t mean you can do the same where cutting crown molding is concerned. There are two techniques that will work in cutting your molding correctly. You can successfully use a compound cut, provided that you make no errors in the setting of both miter and saw blade. You need to set the saw fence to the right angle to make the miter cut and can obtain a beveled cut if you tilt the saw blade. Using this method for cutting means you can lay the molding flat while doing the cut.
Calculating the right angle:
You don’t have to be a genius in mathematics, but you do have to know a thing or two on the subject if you want to use the compound cutting technique. However, no tragedy will occur if you lack math skills, since there are ready-made charts for different crown moldings. A thirty-eight degree cut is so often used that most saws come with pre-set markings for making the cuts needed for ninety degree corners. Miter cut marks are set at 31.6, whereas bevel cut marks are set at 33.9.
The “Upside Down” technique is another equally successful method employed in cutting the crown molding. Most carpenters who do a lot of trim cutting feel this is the easier and the most effective technique. Using this method, the cutting is done by holding the mold in the place it will take when installation is complete. In order to achieve that, all you need to do is turn the molding upside down in such way that the ceiling rests of the saw bed can meet the molding’s edge. Also, the fence of the saw sustaining the wall rests will need to be set right against the molding. After you’ve finished setting all this in place and made sure that the blade and the saw bed meet perpendicularly, perform a 45 degree cut. Adjusting angles is a much easier task thanks to this method.
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