crown molding

Baw, if you’re asking you’re gonna F up some crown

Get on of these, I did a whole house using one.





ETA: I had never done crown moulding before doing it in this house.

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whats the best way to cut inside corners?

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while coping for some reason has a reputation of being a highly skilled techinque, its not bad at all. Coping gives you some play in cutting accuracy. You can have a section cut 1/8" short and it will still be ok.

So get a coping saw and watch a couple youtube vids. Do your best and caulk the rest.

I would do all I could to avoid the dreaded double cope.
Always started on the back wall 90 cuts on both ends then go around the room clockwise.

Never minded coping after I got decent at it. Good coping saw (old wood handle USA made Craftsman in my case) and good blades (US- or Swiss-made Olson or Pegas mediums) makes it much less a chore and more a challenge to see how fast you could go and still keep it clean. My habit is to lay over the cope too much so it's more work and a thinner edge that's easy to damage. One guy I worked with would cope almost flat then take his utility knife and carve out the cheek, I never liked doing that except on really odd crown styles.

I don’t mind coping. I cope just about everything. On wide, stain grade base and crown I’ll usually use a jigsaw and clean it up as necessary.
I just don’t like a cope on both ends. Always takes me 2-3 attempts.

I’ve run a lot of crown. The key to getting a good inside corner fit is letting the square cut (the end the coped side mates with) float. When you’re nailing that square end, don’t nail it any closer than like 2’ from the corner. That way, when it’s time to mate up the coped end, you can twist the floating square end in whatever direction it needs to go to get a good fit. Once your fit is good, nail the coped end and it will hold the square end in place. You can nail the floating/square end after that, but don’t nail it any closer than 6-8” or so from the corner, or it may pull it in and screw up your joint.

Thanks for showing that product. May give it a try.