How To Cut Inside Corner Crown Molding With A Compound Miter Saw
If using a compound miter saw set bevel angle to 0 no bevel on an inside corner the top of the molding will be shorter.
How to cut inside corner crown molding with a compound miter saw. The saw can be adjusted to cut at any angle set it to 45 degrees for one side of a standard 90 degree corner. On an outside corner the bottom will be shorter. Only inexperienced diyers hit the fence while cutting crown molding on a miter saw. The joints crown molding is referred as compound since the cut on every side usually has two angles.
The saw can be set to 45 degrees to the left or 45 degrees to the right. Non compound method vertically nested the advantage to cutting crown molding using this method is that no bevel cut is required. If you have a sliding two piece fence you might want to slide one side of it out of the way. How to cut crown molding.
These angles are the miter angle and bevel angle you can see the biggest benefit of compound saw in this way that the blade of the saw can be tilted to cut the bevel angle and it can be easily rotated to cut the miter too. 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. To cut the left and right inside corners adjust the molding upright and rotate the saw so that the miter angle is set at 31 6 degrees and the bevel angle is set at 33 9 degrees. One of the advantages of using a compound miter saw is that you can tilt it to make a bevel angel while rotating the saw will enable you to make a miter cut.
Look for preset angles on the saw to cut angles for a 90 degree corner. Tilt the saw to the left and set the bevel angle at 33 9 degrees. The joints in the crown molding are called compound because the cuts at every side have two angles. Rest bottom of molding against the fence and top of molding against table.
Don safety glasses and a dust mask. After your first corner is done flip the crown molding end to end to readjust your miter position. It s a best practice to cut crown moulding upside down on the miter saw. After that make your cut in the same manner you did before.
Set miter angle to half wall angle. Most compound miter saws already have correct angles for crown molding. 45 miter for 90 walls. If yours doesn t have them rotate the saw counterclockwise and set the miter angle at 31 6 degrees.