Saw Operations
Cutting Base Molding
—Base molding can be cut vertical against fence or flat on the table. The maximum size that can be vertical on the fence is
—Follow the table for helpful hints on cutting base molding for corners that have 90° angles.
—Cutting base molding can be done either as a chop cut or a slide cut depending on the size of the workpiece.
BASE MOLDING CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS
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| Molding in Vertical Position: | Molding in Horizontal Position: | |||||||
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Molding Piece Being Cut |
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Inside | Miter Angle |
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corner of wall
Right
Outside
corner of wall
Left | Right |
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Position of | Bottom | Bottom | Top against | Bottom |
molding on Saw | against table | against table | fence | against fence |
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Finished | Keep left | Keep right | Keep left | Keep left |
side | side of cut | side of cut | side of cut | side of cut |
Miter Angle | Right at 45° | Left at 45° | 0° | 0° |
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Position of | Bottom | Bottom | Bottom against | Top against |
molding on Saw | against table | against table | fence | fence |
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Finished | Keep left | Keep right | Keep right | Keep right |
side | side of cut | side of cut | side of cut | side of cut |
Cutting Crown Molding
— Crown molding must be cuts must be positioned | — See also pages 29 & 30 for miter and bevel angle | ||||||||||||||
properly to fit exactly. |
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| charts for cutting crown moldings | that | have | ||||||
— There are two ways to cut crown molding: flat on | 38° and 45° spring angles (and the material is | ||||||||||||||
laid flat on the miter saw base). Each chart lists | |||||||||||||||
table or angled to table and fence. |
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| the exact miter and bevel settings required for a | |||||||||||
— Crown | molding’s | “spring | angle” | is | the | angle | |||||||||
wide range of corner angles. |
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between the back of the molding and the bottom |
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flat surface that fits against the wall. |
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| rooms do not have angles of exactly 90°, there- | ||||||||||||
— This | miter | saw has special | miter | detents | at | ||||||||||
fore, you will need to fine tune your settings. | |||||||||||||||
31.6° | and | bevel | detents | at | 33.9°. | These | |||||||||
The optional Bosch DWM40L MiterFinder | |||||||||||||||
detents allow you to easily position most crown | |||||||||||||||
Digital | Anglefinder/Protractor measures | spring | |||||||||||||
moldings flat on the table and make precise cuts | |||||||||||||||
angles and corner angles, then automatically deter- | |||||||||||||||
for 90° corners. (These detents are only for use | |||||||||||||||
mines | the exact miter and bevel | settings | |||||||||||||
with | crown | moldings that | have | a 38° | “spring | ||||||||||
necessary to make each crown molding | cut fit | ||||||||||||||
angle”.) | NOTE: | These | detents | cannot | be | ||||||||||
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used with 45° crown molding. | perfectly. |
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