How To Cut A Crown Molding Tapered Dead End

For the dead end you want an imaginary outside corner.

How to cut a crown molding tapered dead end. Take the two pieces of crown molding and move them to the power saw. How to install crown moldings on a flat wall with. How cut a square dead end on the end of a crown molding run. If you read my earlier post you know that you determine what angle you need to cut by looking at the corner.

The molding s bottom edge should sit against the fence of the saw and the other edge should rest against the table. If we are looking at where the molding ends it would be a right outside corner. Cut crown molding in any position in a miter saw cut vaulted down corner for angled ceilings cut an outside bullnose corner cut a back to back corner for an end wall or island wall cut a tapered dead end return for the end of molding runs cut a square dead end return for the end of molding runs see how to cut a large angled 130 degress etc. Place the crown molding into place upside down.

Make an outside miter cut to length by setting the miter saw to 45 degrees. Carefully make the cut. We are the fir. Note how the tray ceiling framed in the narrow molding comes right to the edge of the inside box that houses the hvac ducts or perhaps it s a second floor furnace.

Below since architects don t design homes with moldings in mind you end up with oddball intersections like the one below. Set the saw to 45 degrees right and cut a 90 degree outside corner in one of the moldings by setting it flat against the fence with the bottom of the molding up.