Crown molding adds decorative detail to the interior of your home. The molding is installed where the wall and ceiling join. Although you can purchase a variety of crown molding, you can make your own to match the historic molding in your home or create a custom design. Run basic pine boards through a router table equipped with a special bit to create the molding.
Instructions
1. Insert a crown molding bit into the router in the router table. Adjust the height of the bit so that it cuts the depth of the bit profile into the 3-inch side of the pine boards. Adjust the fence so that the depth of the profile is cut into the board.
2. Run each pine board through the router table with the 1-inch side flat against the table and the 3-inch side tight against the fence. Guide the board smoothly across the table and fence until the cut is complete. The routed side of the boards is the front face.
3. Remove the crown molding bit. Insert a molding edge bit. This cuts the angled edges onto the boards to create the correct edge required for crown molding. Adjust the height of the bit so that the profile of the angled bit will cut onto the edges of the boards.
4. Rout the back corner of the 1-inch edges of each board. Run the boards through the router table with the 1-inch edge flat against the table with the front 3-inch face flush against the fence.
5. Sand the front face of the molding with a scrap of 120-grit sandpaper until the surface is completely smooth. Always sand with the grain.
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