Install question

rnt80

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I'm installing this weekend in the space you see below.  The cabinet that I'm putting in the space will be set back from the existing ones and the moulding that is highlighted by the arrows will run across the front of the new cabinet.  I'm debating how I'm going attach the new moulding to the existing pieces.  Should I cope the new moulding to fit around the existing pieces or should I miter the existing pieces in place and then cut the new piece to fit?
 
rnt80 said:
I'm installing this weekend in the space you see below.  The cabinet that I'm putting in the space will be set back from the existing ones and the moulding that is highlighted by the arrows will run across the front of the new cabinet.  I'm debating how I'm going attach the new moulding to the existing pieces.  Should I cope the new moulding to fit around the existing pieces or should I miter the existing pieces in place and then cut the new piece to fit?

I would scribe your new piece to the existing. I think it will be easier. Unless I have miss understood what your sayin.

 
Wow,
I am wondering how you are going to cope the right side of the face frame of the cabinet to the center of that wainscoting panel. That is a very complex profile, chair rail,upper rail, rabbited panel molding, raised panel, rabbited panel molding, lower rail, and base board.  Even if I used a back cut  loose style and coped it to the wainscoting's profile then laminated it to the cabinet's face frame. Even then I think seasonal wood movement would cause it to gap in a year or so. I would never be brave enough to try a one chance coping of the face frame.  Can you pull out the wainscoting?  I think those panels would make the heart of nice matching doors. As far as the chair rail I would miter it. But, I would use the proportional dividers included in My Kapex, just in case the corner is not square. What no Kapex? Me either, then use a protractor.
Very best of luck. Dan
 
Daniel,

Needless to say this should be an interesting install.  The good part is that the face frame doesn't butt up to the cabinets.  There is a piece that overlays the ff that will butt up to the cabinets so that is what I'll be scribing.  While it will be a challenge at least they're not all connected to the ff.
I'm not too worried about movement.  We live in AZ and it's not too much of a concern. 
I probably will miter the corner that goes into the wall side, I'm not sure what I'll do on the cab side but I'm leaning towards coping.
I'll post pics when I'm done.
 
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