Saturday, 1 December 2012

How do you cut crown molding?



Crown moldings are generally used to add flare, beauty and elegance to a room, generally speaking majority of the people who are having their houses built wants to add crown moldings at some parts, if not, the whole of their houses. Crown moldings are the elegant wood carvings that are placed in the angular space where the top of the wall meets the ceiling, and the design can go from anywhere from the simplest one, to the most complex designs, depending on the dimensions of the room.
Cuttingcrown molding used to be a dreaded task since it seemed very time consuming as well as complicated. But, cutncrown.com has formulated a way on how to cut crown moldings in the littlest effort possible, aside from that, their process has proven to be very simple and fool proof.

If you want to learn how to cut crown moldings using the way of cutncrown.com, follow the steps below:
ñ  Determine the angle of the spring. Generally, crown moldings come in three spring angles, 38°, 45° and 52°. The spring angle determines the angle of the tilt of the crown molding. The spring angle will be based on the height of the wall.
ñ  Using an angle finder, determine the angle of the corner of the wall that you are working on. Then, divide that by two using your miter saw. Tools like the angle finder or degree finder can be bought from cutncrown.com's online store.
ñ  Once you have set the saw on the right angle, you can now proceed with cutting your molding. Some tips and tricks to be able to have a clean cut is to make sure that the jig fits perfectly to the saw guide you are using, and also make sure that the molding is aligned perfectly with the jig. Another tip is to make sure the jig you are using does not touch the blade of the saw. But of course, during the course of this process, it is not ensured that the molding will stay on its place, cutncrown.com has created roller guides to aide you with that, this will once again be available on their online store.

After following all the steps and being able to practice a little further, you can perfect the cutncrown.com way of cutting the crown moldings, and in a short time, you can even do the ones in your very own home.