Cutting Crown Molding For Top Of Cabinets

Steps for hanging crown molding.

Cutting crown molding for top of cabinets.

Place the crown molding so that it is rests upside down and at a 45 degree angle against the saw fence. Place your tape measure on the edge of the crown. Make rabbet cuts on the filler pieces so that the piece fits tightly on the top of the cabinet and over the door of the. Cut a 45 degree angle off the opposite side so the deepest part of the cut meets the mark just made.

Measure a piece of crown molding equal to the length of the cabinet. Learn how to angle cut the gussets and where to locate them on the top 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. Take a piece of molding.

Set your saw to a desired angle. These will be the filler pieces. How to easily cut crown molding. Measure and cut all pieces of crown before nailing any to the cabinet.

Set the miter saw to a 45 degree angle cut. Once the cuts are all made. You don t want this molding to pull off the cabinet if someone pulls or pushes on it when moving the cabinet for example. Take a piece of crown molding longer than the front of the cabinet and cut a 45 degree angle off one side.

Hold the bottom of the. I find that holding the piece of crown moulding up to the cabinet and marking where it needs to be cut is far more effective than trying to measure the cabinet with a measuring tape and transferring that measurement to the crown moulding. Cut strips of the 5 4 pine to length and width based on the size of the cabinets. Glue and nail or screw the wood strips atop the cabinet flush with the visible edge of the cabinets.

How to cut crown molding for kitchen cabinets step 1. Cutting straight pieces 1. Measure and cut the crown molding front section measure and mark the front section of crown molding to the cabinet width. If the edge of your piece will sit flush against a wall or frame a straight 90 cut.

Turn the miter of the saw to 45 degrees right so it s facing away from the trim. Crown molding that sits atop kitchen cabinets gives them a solid finished look. Cut strips of 3 4 inch x 1 1 2 inch wood to the length of the top of the full run of cabinets as well as another piece cut to size for each exposed side cabinet view that requires crown molding.