So - despite the fact it seems this type of casing is pretty prevalent in 20s era Craftsman homes - I've had a hard time finding a particular crown pediment -
(it's the crown cap on this original-to-the-house window in J's room)
The only place I've actually found an exact match is the Rejuvenation store in... Portland (the Seattle store doesn't stock molding - only Portland). Not necessarily wanting to make a trip 2-1/2 hours south for 32' of crown, I searched around here and found Blackstock lumber whose catalog showed what appeared to be an exact replica -
(it's the BL-0140)
The thing is... it didn't exactly match the Rejuvenation stuff, which exactly matched the stuff already in the house. The 'lip' on the front was way too thick. Bother all.
Well... I had 32' (or 40') of it, so now what to do? Enter... table saw!
I just needed to shave a little bit off of it, so with a test scrap I set up a feather board on the saw and had K help on the outfeed end.
It was tough, and the saw I could tell was struggling (I haven't yet looked into upping the power supply from 120V to 220V, but the manual has instructions on how to do it and there's a 220V outlet in the garage that someone installed for me - which will allow the saw to draw a more even current) - but it made it through each 8' pass -
And then I took a look at the leftover scrap - err, slivers, of fir -
Holy. Cow. I could tell the blade - set at almost 3" high - was a little off (and by a little, I mean about 1/32" at that height), but over the 8' course, it was dead-set parallel to the fence. I had taken some time setting all that up when I got the saw, and for the first time really got to see how it paid off to spend a little time fussing over the details.
Here then is a fitted (but not assembled) header casing for the kitchen door (albeit, with one of the four 4' sections of crown I had leftover from Rejuvenation) -
Anyway... that table saw = magic. Seriously. I love it.
