How Do You Cut Miter Corners On Crown Molding?
Crown molding is designed to beautify a room by dressing up the margin where the ceiling meets the walls. In order to completely outline your ceiling with crown molding, it is necessary to join together two pieces at each corner. What makes this difficult is that 45-degree angles must be cut to join the two pieces without leaving gaps. Cutting perfect angles for these corners requires the use of a miter box or a compound miter saw. A miter box is an inexpensive method employed by most craftsmen who are doing a small job that only requires a couple of cuts. Measure the piece of crown molding and make a line with your lumber crayon where it needs it to be cut. Measure corner to corner in the room, and make the mark on the back of the molding. Place a scrap piece of wood up against the back fence of the miter station. This will help hold the molding against the fence. Position the molding upside down and face out in the miter saw station. The part of the molding that will rest on the ceil
