arched crown molding – cutting pieces
Chairwright
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I have an arched crown molding on the exterior of one of my house porches which needs repair. Upon inspecting it, it was made up of many short lengths of crown (about 2″ long each) with both ends beveled to fit together. Since it is about 14′ above the sidewalk, it worked (and lasted 130 years). Now, I need to replace several pieces and I’ve got the correct knife for my molder, and I can get the correct angles from an existing piece. Has anybody done this, or have any suggestions for how to actually go about safely making the beveled cuts?
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Once you've created the stock, cutting the bevels is no more difficult than cutting any other trim. Just have several lengths long enough to keep your hands away from danger, and chop the bevels accordingly, that is if top and bottom of the crown are parallel. If not, it'd help to build a jig to hold it.
For those short pieces, I would screw fences at the correct angles to my table saw sled. I find this method to cut short pieces are safer and easier once setup.
Garry
WoodWorks by Garry
I like that.
There is an artical in of Fine Home Building issue 74, page 79 about laminating curved crown molding. I have done it & it worked very well.
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