Is there anyone out there that prefers to cut crown molding laying flat on the bed on the miter saw? I tried this method last night and it was so much easier than trying to position it at a 45 degree angle against the fence. All you have to do is set the bed at 31.65 degrees and the blade at 33.65 degees. If you don't have a double compound miter saw like me, do the following when you're cutting the piece on the right side, the bottom has to be up agaist the fence and when cutting the left hand peice the top has to be up against the fence.
2007-01-09 11:31:23 · 6 answers · asked by fordfan444 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
To Nathanael,
I really like your method for cutting crown molding.
I tried to e-mail you, but it wouldn't go through because it said you e-mail hasn't been confirmed.
Could you e-mail me a picture of your jig or tell me how you built it?
Thanks,
Brian
2007-01-10 05:39:49 · update #1
When you cut the piece put the piece upside down and backwards.
You then will come out with the right cut
2007-01-09 13:11:53 · answer #1 · answered by zen522 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I build a quick jig that hold the moling at exactly the right spring angle, 38, 45, or 52 degrees, then I just have to set the miter at half the included angle and I don't have to worry about the bevel setting. I find that this is an easier way than using a compound miter.
One of the other benefits of this method is that I don't need to get out a conversion chart to check for the angles if the corner is 88 degrees or 135 degrees, whatever the angle I just need to divide by two.
2007-01-09 11:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a 15 inch Ryobi miter saw. It cuts crown moldings easy as pie with a little feed side surface fence that keeps the molding at 45 degrees to the vertical fence, and enough blade to cut all the way through in one chop. It is old, and heavy, but with 120 teeth, cuts amazingly smooth. It also chops through 6 by 6 in a single cut.
2007-01-09 15:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by MarkLight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took a couple of blades, put them in a heavy shop brake, and bent them at various angles -10, 12, 18, 22.5, 30, 45.. So for each angle I want to cut, I just replace the blade with the correctly bent blade. Vibration is a bit rough, but I'm working on that one. More than 45 degrees seems to shake the saw a bit too much though, and I haven't tried cutting with that one. Threw a few carbide teeth, too, but that's to be expected with a hybrid like this.
2007-01-09 16:22:13 · answer #4 · answered by BuddyL 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-23 01:11:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure works good if you got the time to play around..but in the real world, time is money
2007-01-09 22:52:33 · answer #6 · answered by urbanstatistic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋