Bosch Power Tools 4410L manual Cutting Base Molding, Cutting Crown Molding, Inside, Corner of wall

Cutting Base Molding

•Base molding can be cut vertical against fence or flat on the table. The maximum size that can be ver- tical on the fence is 3-5/8", flat on table is 10-1/4".

•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 work- piece.

BASE MOLDING CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS

LOCATION OF		Molding in Vertical Position:		Molding in Horizontal Position:
MOLDING		Back of molding is		Back of molding is flat
ON SAW		against the fence		on the table
Molding Piece Being Cut		To left of corner	To right of corner	To left of corner	To right of corner
Inside	Miter Angle	Left at 45°	Right at 45°	0°	0°
corner of wall	Bevel Angle	0°	0°	45° left	45° right

Right

Outside

corner of wall

Left Right

Position of	Bottom	Bottom	Top against	Top against
molding on Saw	against table	against table	fence	fence
Finished	Keep left	Keep right	Keep left	Keep right
side	side of cut	side of cut	side of cut	side of cut
Miter Angle	Right at 45°	Left at 45°	0°	0°
Bevel Angle	0°	0°	45° right	45° left
Position of	Bottom	Bottom	Top against	Top against
molding on Saw	against table	against table	fence	fence
Finished	Keep left	Keep right	Keep left	Keep right
side	side of cut	side of cut	side of cut	side of cut

Cutting Crown Molding		• See	also page	32 for	miter	and	bevel	angle
		charts for cutting crown moldings that						have
• Crown molding must be cuts must be positioned
		38° and 45° spring angles (and the material is
properly to fit exactly.		laid flat on the miter saw base).
• There are two ways to cut crown molding: flat on		• Even though these angles are standards, most
table or angled to table and fence.		rooms do not have angles of exactly 90°, there-fore,
• Crown molding’s “spring angle” is the angle		you will often need to fine tune your settings.
between the back of the molding and the bottom flat		The	optional	Bosch	DWM40L		MiterFinder
surface that fits against the wall.		Digital	Anglefinder/Protractor			measures		spring
• This miter saw has special miter detents	at	angles and corner angles, then automatically deter-
31.6° and bevel detents at 33.9°. These		mines the exact miter and bevel settings
detents allow you to easily position most crown		necessary to make each crown molding cut fit
moldings flat on the table and make precise cuts		perfectly.
for 90° corners. (These detents are only for use
with crown moldings that have a 38° “spring
angle”.) NOTE: These detents cannot	be
used with 45° crown molding.
		31.