Photo: Wendell T. Webber
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To prevent the outside miters from coming open, glue and screw small reinforcing blocks to the backs of the crown at each joint. In this case, the faces of each block are cut at a 22½-degree angle so that it sits flat against the moldings' sloped backs. To pull each side of the joint together, offset two screws and drive them through the block perpendicular to each other.
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