How to cut crown molding round corners coping duration.
Kitchen cabinet crown molding angles. How to hang crown molding on kitchen cabinets ask this old house duration. Paul ricalde 327 925 views. Cutting crown molding for topping kitchen cabinets tends to be easier than cutting it for walls because unlike most walls the square angles on cabinets actually are square. As with crown molding on walls the trick to.
My angles were 45 degrees. Fill in all the nail holes with wood putty. Crown molding can give your cabinets an extra air of charm and sophistication. The crown molding is not nailed directly to the wall cabinets the trick that makes this project so simple is with the addition of wooden nailing strips at the top of the wall cabinets these strips help you accurately position the crown molding and provide a place to nail onto other than the cabinet face.
There are dozens of sizes and patterns to choose from and you can even combine multiple moldings for a chunky look. Take a piece of crown molding longer than the front of the cabinet and cut a 45 degree angle off one side. For any cabinets with an inside corner cut the miters with the opposite 45 degree angle so that the miter angles on the crown molding cuts into itself. Free quick start guide here.
Repeat for each cabinet side. Place your tape measure on the edge of the crown and extend it to the length of one cabinet side. Installing crown molding on kitchen cabinets is one project that takes a little bit of skill but is totally doable. Measure a piece of crown molding equal to the length of the cabinet.
Measure and mark the molding with the length of the front piece of baseboard starting from the deepest part of the 45 degree cut. Use a pencil to mark the exact spot that needs to be cut. Next you need the angle of the wall or in my case cabinet you are trying to go around. Next you set your jig to reflect that angle in my case 52.
Measure the length of the front piece of baseboard.