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   nigelUsa | Nov 25, 2002 08:35am | #1

   Stop at the opening and return the crown into the wall. Basicly its an outside corner but ends when it hits the wall.

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   SgianDubh | Nov 25, 2002 08:45am | #2

   I see it done two common ways.

   1. Cut it off square at the end and fill the triangular hole with a suitable piece.

   2. Neater is to let the crown moulding 'die out' just short of the outside corner by compound mitreing a piece as if you were going around an outside 135° corner. The moulding has to be compound mitred to fit where it dies out on the wall too. You end up with a wee triangular looking piece. Slainte.

   Some stuff I've made.
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   Mach70 | Nov 25, 2002 08:07pm | #3

   Is this similar to how you end a chair molding by cutting the miter as if you're doing an outside corner.  The little return piece is the face profile glued where the endgrain would be??

   Sounds like I'm going to cut up a few bucks worth of oak crown getting it right--but if it looks like I image it should be real nice.

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   SgianDubh | Nov 27, 2002 08:13am | #5

   Yes, it's similar, and I think it is what Nigel suggested, where you end the profile as a right angle. My version of the ending is similar to his, but it's at 135° from the main run as viewed looking down on the run of the wall rather than at 90°, and mine dies out rather than ends abruptly. In either case there are compound cuts and dihedral angles to consider, but my suggestion is more complex and quite likely more mathematically challenging.

   If you can do a search for posts by Joe Fusco over at Breaktime, he has some useful information on the topic. After I leave this, I'll do a search for links to his website and post it for you as an edit. Excellent information available there on tackling these tricky jobs. Slainte.

   Edit. Link to Joe's site. Go to the calculations section once you've browsed around. http://www.josephfusco.com/

   Some stuff I've made.

   Edited 11/27/2002 12:20:37 AM ET by Sgian Dubh

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   Mach70 | Nov 28, 2002 12:15am | #7

   Slainte,

   Looking forward to trying this out after the weekend. Maybe a couple weeks after--been working hard to get the house presentable for company ;-)

   Mark

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   riverr1 | Nov 25, 2002 08:55pm | #4

   As a plasterer I somewhat biased ;-), but Plaster is much better for crowns and coves then wood. It doesn't care about flaws, contours or imperfections with the walls or ceilings. Also buying it from a local plasterer that has run it on the bench for you can be less expensive then wood. Of course that would depend on how intricate your crown is. With most plaster forms, intricacy is irrelevant. Never a problem with mitering either!

   Don

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   JeffKurtz | Nov 27, 2002 03:48pm | #6

   What about a decorative block butted against the end of the moulding?  I used this method on the corners of a room with crooked walls and really liked the look.

   Jeff