Cutting Crown Molding

Cutting crown molding is simple with these tips from http://go.askthebuilder.com/NewsletterSignupNow Tim Carter. Your crown molding will easily fit any inside or outside corner if you follow Tim's tips. Simple crown molding will be even easier and complex crown molding will be doable.

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[myoung1204]

How do you cut outside corners that are not square? I have several 130 degree corners in my house. It is driving me crazy!!

[AsktheBuilder]

Easy...... Go watch my Fancy Crown Molding Corners video and read that same column at my AsktheBuilder web site.

[akdamagecontrol]

How about compound angles, like gables? We spent all day and did not successfully make a single joint.

[AsktheBuilder]

You have the keyword in your question! The angle in a gable end is NOT a compound cut. The crown is not going around a corner. Both pieces running up the gable are in the same plane. Think about how easy that cut is....... Think door or window casing.

[vivamexcabrones]

Thank you. Does an old school powerless miter box work well? If so how do you prevent the molding from sliding outward as you cut the angle(creating like a 43 or 47 deg. miter cut)? Thank you very much.

[AsktheBuilder]

By tacking a small strip of wood to the table that holds the molding in position

[afoolsheart]

thanks for your help ! Granted this was my first time installing crown molding , and trust me , profanity was being used....... after all was installed and caulked, it really looked nice and i was proud ! ...... my biggest advice to people trying this, is to stay calm and figure it out ! the whole upside down and backwards concept IS how its done, and you will say as i said " there has to be an easier way to cut crown molding " lol.... good luck !

[oOLim0o]

Are these tools usually rent-able at the local home depot or lowes?

[oOLim0o]

Thank you for the helpful videos!

[vanessabella1]

Just divide 130 Degree corner by 2 and you have 65 degrees each peice. Most outside corners are 90 degrees so it would be a very sharp corner at 130 degrees.

[zelmergobi]

if they are inside corners try coping moldings and if that doesn't work then put the molding against the ceiling and trace the height and projection with a pencil on both sides of the corner making sure wall lines align and then mark the molding where it will meet and find your angle on the saw...hope this helps

[tipetu]

that was actually a good idea!