Michael J Evans
01-12-2020, 3:27 PM
Hi All,
Its been a long while since I have been on this forum or done any WW projects, but I finally bought my first home and am starting to have a use for all these tools again...
We had to remove a cabinet in order to accomadate the larger fridge we wanted to put in. No Big deal, I removed the molding and cabinet and figured it would be easy enough to put it back on the new cabinet. Well I was wrong.
I need to make a corner now with the molding versus the straight section it previously was. So I measure from the wall to the edge of the cabinet, set my saw at a 45 angle cut, double checked my measurement, was happy it was right on and went inside. Only to find out the my straight 45 was nowhere near what was currently attached to the cabinets, URG! So I went onto the interwebs and discovered compound miters. Now my mind is blown.. I watched 4 or 5 videos and still can't really wrap my mind around the angles / measurements.
I am pretty sure my current crown is a 45/45 molding. I took a square and both measurements are about the same ( 1 leg is like a 1/16 longer). So I looked a chart and it said I need to set my miter at 35.26 degrees and my bevel at 30 degrees, if the molding is 90 degrees to the wall. The molding doesn't touch the ceiling but it is 90 to it ( I think??).
Anyways my questions I have are
1) How does a 35.26 miter end up giving me a 90 degree angle??? I would think both miters would have to be 45 degrees???
2) Since I already screwed up my first cut on the molding, I don't have anymore to test cut. How do I ensure that the current molding is 90 to the wall.
3) Where do I start my measurements? From what I understand on YouTube, you put the molding flat on the saw, with the top half against the fence. My saw only bevels to the left (wheres most youtube bevels both ways), does that mean I need to make all my cuts backwards? I took some regular 1x4 pine to do test cuts, but couldn't figure it out. From what I understand I have to make the following cuts.
1a) left - butt cut / right outside corner
1b) left outside corner to right inside corner.
I have attached a few pictures to show what I need to do and the molding profile. I am sure I am making this much more complicated than need be, but I only have exactly enough molding to finish the project, So I really don't want to screw up.
Any help is appreciated!
Regards,
Michael 423548423549
Its been a long while since I have been on this forum or done any WW projects, but I finally bought my first home and am starting to have a use for all these tools again...
We had to remove a cabinet in order to accomadate the larger fridge we wanted to put in. No Big deal, I removed the molding and cabinet and figured it would be easy enough to put it back on the new cabinet. Well I was wrong.
I need to make a corner now with the molding versus the straight section it previously was. So I measure from the wall to the edge of the cabinet, set my saw at a 45 angle cut, double checked my measurement, was happy it was right on and went inside. Only to find out the my straight 45 was nowhere near what was currently attached to the cabinets, URG! So I went onto the interwebs and discovered compound miters. Now my mind is blown.. I watched 4 or 5 videos and still can't really wrap my mind around the angles / measurements.
I am pretty sure my current crown is a 45/45 molding. I took a square and both measurements are about the same ( 1 leg is like a 1/16 longer). So I looked a chart and it said I need to set my miter at 35.26 degrees and my bevel at 30 degrees, if the molding is 90 degrees to the wall. The molding doesn't touch the ceiling but it is 90 to it ( I think??).
Anyways my questions I have are
1) How does a 35.26 miter end up giving me a 90 degree angle??? I would think both miters would have to be 45 degrees???
2) Since I already screwed up my first cut on the molding, I don't have anymore to test cut. How do I ensure that the current molding is 90 to the wall.
3) Where do I start my measurements? From what I understand on YouTube, you put the molding flat on the saw, with the top half against the fence. My saw only bevels to the left (wheres most youtube bevels both ways), does that mean I need to make all my cuts backwards? I took some regular 1x4 pine to do test cuts, but couldn't figure it out. From what I understand I have to make the following cuts.
1a) left - butt cut / right outside corner
1b) left outside corner to right inside corner.
I have attached a few pictures to show what I need to do and the molding profile. I am sure I am making this much more complicated than need be, but I only have exactly enough molding to finish the project, So I really don't want to screw up.
Any help is appreciated!
Regards,
Michael 423548423549