Jeff B wrote:
Does anyone have pointers to websites or publications that can provide
info on making my own crown moulding? My custom kitchen cabinets
came with really nice stained cherry crown molding. But to complete
the room, I need about 50' of paint grade molding. The profile is NOT
standard and only comes from the cab manufacturer (of course!). Even
for their unstained maple, they want an outrageous $12 per lin foot.
A local lumber mill can design a cutter and run some for me, but that
isn't much cheaper since the cost of the cutter set up is about $250.
Theirs works out to about $10 per lin foot.

I just need some $1.50/ft paint grade pine but with a matching
profile. I'd like to look into making my own from stock with a router
and saw.
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Generally what he (Robert aka nailshooter) said...

Does it have to match exactly or is close good enough? If you're
painting as opposed to the cherry, I'd assume it isn't going to be
abutted directly so once it's installed, if it's even close it's
unlikely anybody will ever notice.

Or, go w/ a contrasting moulding that's obviously not trying to match
would be another alternative, possibly.

As for the making, it's simply look at the profile and find a series of
coves and other cutters of proper radii and plan out a series of passes
to get the desired profile. That, of course, is easier said than done.

Oh, last thought -- any chance you could come close by taking smaller
available mouldings and build it up piecewise?

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