Compound miter setup calculator

Calculate saw miter magnitude and saw bevel magnitude with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Installed crown spring angle to wall (degrees)
38
Corner included angle (degrees)
90
Saw miter magnitude (degrees)
31.619007
Saw bevel magnitude (degrees)
33.862914

Try another scenario

Installed crown spring angle to wall (degrees)
41.800000000000004
Corner included angle (degrees)
90
Saw miter magnitude (degrees)
33.684744
Saw bevel magnitude (degrees)
31.811821
Calculation method

Calculation method

Saw miter magnitude (degrees)

Flat compound crown setup: miter=atan(sin(spring)/tan(corner/2)); bevel=asin(cos(spring)*cos(corner/2)).

Saw bevel magnitude (degrees)

Flat compound crown setup: miter=atan(sin(spring)/tan(corner/2)); bevel=asin(cos(spring)*cos(corner/2)).

Symbols and units
a
Installed crown spring angle to wall (degrees)
b
Corner included angle (degrees)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Magnitude settings for symmetrical crown molding lying flat; left/right signs follow saw and workpiece orientation. Verify a scrap joint before cutting. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Magnitude settings for symmetrical crown molding lying flat; left/right signs follow saw and workpiece orientation. Verify a scrap joint before cutting.
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