Teamcasa wrote:
"Todd the wood junkie" wrote in message
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I have a garage full of walnut and am going to be making some crown
molding for my kitchen and family room. I have a nice router table and
thought I would rip the walnut into 3-4" boards, then resaw to 1/2"
thickness before profiling them on the router. I also have a DW705 to
do the corner work. I have researched crown molding router bits and
have settled on a few bits my wife likes.

Coupla questions. Is 1/2" sufficient or do I need thicker on the
boards?
Anyone have any experience they can share, particularly with the router
bits (dos, don'ts, etc)?

Thanks,

Todd

If you plan to paint it - use a different wood and send the walnut to me.
However, walnut machines very nice. I would/did cut the profile on the
router table before cutting it into thinner pieces. It makes it much easier
to control.
I also made the mounding up in three separate pieces and glued them together
after machining.

Dave

Thanks for the help Dave. No way will I paint this. FYI, I have two
large piles of walnut. One 250bf pile is all heartwood, air-dried, 14"
crotch boards. No worries, that will be used for furniture (dining
room table, english bar, etc). The other 250bf pile is heart/sap
boards from the same tree, that I will use a part of for the moulding.
I will take the less desireable stuff, and dye the sap to match the
heart, so this project will be mostly about finishing.

Dave, I like your idea to machine before resawing, much safer. Do you
have any pictures of your work you could share?