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I don't want my corners looking odd. Also, I've got corners that aren't 90 degrees, how do I make cuts for those?

2006-10-21 06:05:03 · 8 answers · asked by Karen 2 in Home & Garden Do It Yourself (DIY)

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I just installed crown molding in an entire house. If you want to cope the corners you will need to have excelent control of a coping saw, if you don't, miter the corners. To make tight miters, accurately measure the angle in the corner by holing a protractor against the wall at the ceiling, then bisect the angle and cut the miters at that angle. ex.(if the corner measures 89 degrees cut the miters at 44.5 degrees, if the corner measures 92 degrees cut the miter at 46 degrees) To keep the joint from seperating you will want to preassemble it with glue and brads driven through the back, then fasten it to the wall. Be warned, a properly made coped joint will always look better than a properly made miter joint because it is impossible to put your eyes at the right angle to see the crack in a cope joint but it is easy to line up and sight down the crack in a miter joint. that being said, a properly made miter will look better than a poorly made cope.

2006-10-21 18:23:11 · answer #1 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 0 0

None of the previous answers are correct. If two walls come together at a 45 degree angle it would be impossible to install crown molding. Standard compound miter saws can only cut 45 degrees to the left and 45 degrees to the right, some higher end models extend to 50 degrees. Take for example a wall that comes together at a 60 degree angle, if your crown molding is standard (sits on the ceiling at a 52 degree angle and on the wall at a 38 degree angle, known as the “spring angle”) the miter would be 46.8 degrees and the bevel (tilt of the saw blade) would be set at 43 degrees. Anything sharper than a 59 or 60 degree angle would require a saw that would spin 360 degrees. Basically a 45 degree wall angle is beyond the range of a saw. The answers other people gave would be correct if your question were about baseboard or another type of trim that sits flat on the wall.

2016-03-18 22:28:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes you can make 45 deg. cuts for crown molding. It will fit good. For the other corners you can use an angle finder and it will help you with the odd corners. The best way to cut the crown molding is to use a compound mider saw. If you don't have one or can't find someone to loan you one you can pick up the things needed to cut the angles at Lowes they have a staley adustable angle miter the model # is 20-800 and the Item # is 27517 for $40.00 and to find the angles get a tool that is called General tools plastic protractor model # 29 Item # 186519 it is only $5.00, and if it is for just a one time thing then you can alway sell it after you get done with it. Just don't for get that when you find the angle of the corner to half it to set the angle on saw

2006-10-21 13:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by sweet al 2 · 0 0

Crown Molding Spring Angle Chart

2016-11-03 00:12:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Do you have a miter saw?

If not, those are tough to cut. I have a miter saw and just did that recently in my bathroom; turns out my saw is a little off and it made a big difference (my tool, my fault).

Making some of the pieces straight and cutting out the others with a coping saw would be the way to go if you do not have a miter saw. My miter saw came with a chart for every set of angles for cutting crown molding (it also came with instructions for fine tuning the saw but I never got around to it); it gets complicated.

I also have some wood filler to fill the gaps. At least until I get motivated enough to adjust the saw and make new pieces.

2006-10-21 16:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by n0witrytobeamused 6 · 0 0

you can make 45s but coped joint looks better on inside miters and if you cope the inside miters if theyre < or > a little it will still fit good.
you con also cut crown with a non compound miter saw if you put the crown in the saw as it would be in the corner(ceiling wall) only upside down .

2006-10-21 14:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by typhoon491 1 · 0 0

yes u can make 45 deg angel cuts and join a inside corner......the other way is to cut one piece square and then cope the next piece to it.........

2006-10-21 06:38:54 · answer #7 · answered by bigg_dogg44 6 · 0 0

if u have 90*corners u can on inside corners ,coped corners fit tighter than 45 if u dont and they are'nt odd

2006-10-21 06:49:12 · answer #8 · answered by dhragtop 2 · 0 0

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