Cutting crown molding on table saw. Hold the molding at the same angle as it will be installed. This is just a small part of it. Tools used in this video. One way to cut crown molding it to use the 90 degree intersection of the table and fence on a miter saw to play the part of wall and ceiling.
Dont buy crown molding. If you are interested in cutting molding you should be aware that there are many ways to do itwhile using a miter saw is a very popular option there are many reasons to choose other methods. Place the molding flat on the saw table so its finished side is facing up. Otherwise id have used a skilll saw.
The miter angle and the bevel angleto make it crystal clear the miter angle is the green 32 degrees and the bevel angle is the blue 34 degrees. I used a talble saw but it was a heavy table saw not a contractors saw. Spring angle the spring angle is the angle at which the crown molding shoots up from the wall and to the ceiling. If you do not have access to a miter saw but you do have your own table saw you can use this tool to cut your molding instead.
A safe way to do such a cut on a table saw is to attach a long piece of scrap plywood onto the crown at the correct miter angle and attach other pieces of scrap boards to it going perpendicular almost to the edge of the first ply which will be running along the fence. Hold the molding with one hand and make the cut. And the cuts are even weirder. To make a scarf joint in the middle of a long run start by placing the crown molding upside down on miter saw table.
The joints found on a crown molding are labeled compound because the cuts on every side have two angles. Because crown molding bridges the ceilingwall planes the face of the molding is not in plane with either surface. Two ways to cut crown molding. Therefore when adjusting the saw for out of square corners the user needs to only adjust the miter system as opposed to both miter and bevel systems when laying crown materials flat.
Set blade at 45 degrees and make cut in two lengths of molding to create a scarf joint. I show in this video how to make some crown molding on the table saw. In this video andrew shows you how to make a simple cove style crown molding on the table saw. The top edge of the molding the edge that contacts the ceiling when installed should be against the saws fence.
Slide the molding to the right side of the blade to cut a right hand piece for an outside corner.