How To Cut Crown Molding w/ a Jig
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Who else always buys an extra length of moulding because of inevitable cutting mistakes? 😊
Your jig & ‘map’ are good ideas. Thanks Lin. You are always worth watching to see your creative mind at work, even on normal DIY jobs.
V isions when I worked for a remodeling company in philly we always bought one extra board (or two if it’s a big project).
@@MikeTheMaker1 I do remodels around philly, 90% of the time there is no extra pieces and it's almost always expensive special order stuff.
I was always taught that the most decorative edge goes down, so the edge with the cove would be the bottom. You are placing it upside down. The other difference with the way you installed it, the crown sticks out from the wall more than it comes down from the ceiling. Typically the crown comes down from the ceiling further than it sticks out from the wall. Aside from all that, your jig is awesome!
I agree, she is making good cuts, but it's upside down.
The 'story stick' is a much underrated tool... :) This is a permanent addition to the toolbox and an excellent way to remember which direction to cut!
I use "crown stops" on my miter saw--easy to make and secure with carpet tape. For inside corners, it is best to cope one side--the side that projects to the main entrance to the room. Coping helps conceal a corner gap that may open up over time--really not hard to do with a little practice. Even experienced carpenters make mistakes, buy an extra foot for all inside corners and 1.5 extra for each outside corner. Be fussy and make tight joints--unlike baseboards, crown molding is VERY visible for all to see!
This is amazing, thank you for uploading this. It's great to see woman doing this craft; since it's dominated by guys or woman who just wear tight/ revealing clothing. Keep up the awesome job!
LOL I was chuckling at the end there with your confusion as those inside and outside corners can smuggle with your head :-D But the jig does make a huge difference to make them just perfect. I love those soft corners and agree they should be done more
Erika Cronje Preach ^^ those soft corners always make the room look better.
Like you said. Until you make a jig and are cutting it .. upside down and backwards... it's a real mind bender!! Sooooo worth the 10-15 minutes to set-up the jig. Going to do that tomorrow morning. The "3 piece" turn is great, looks super fancy and is kinda easy. You can use it to make a termination at the end of a hallway, or anywhere you want to terminate in a room.. Maybe a bathroom before the shower tile.
I love that you're showing confusion trying to keep what you're doing straight in your head. I get that same look every time I put up crown molding. Personally, I use your first method: flipping it upside down. After I find the "sweet spot," I use a stop block on the "ceiling" to keep the angle consistent. The angles on the crown you're using are 52 and 38°. The long side traditionally goes along the wall (yes, you have it upside down. But you can do it any way you like).
I've made crown jigs before, but I never thought of yours. Very clever!
You just one upped Tom Silva of This Old House.
He doesn't make a jig, he just thinks upside down which is fine for professionals, as doing it for a living allows you to get proficient with the doing of it.
The rest of us need a jig.
Great video! 👏👍👍👍👏
I do this for a living, I put a piece of blue tape on the miter table as a guide and cut upside down.
There is also a way to cut it flat against the table but it's slow and the math gets to complicated if it isn't perfect 90° corners (it never it)
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Do the comparison.
That jig is a brilliant idea ! You have saved us from thinking upside down ! Excellent ! Phil Dodd, Leominster, Herefordshire, UK
The look on her face at the end priceless, thanks for putting that in video
Years of renovations have driven me to carpentry, and cornices just about sent me over the edge, but finally I learned to "cope" :):)
The end of your video really made me smile. Countless times I've stood staring into space, trying to wrap my brain around something. When the concept finally clicks into place, I mutter to myself, "You're an idiot."
Great idea!
It's personal preference on how each person wants the architectural detail to look , and in this instance I believe the crown was for a book case,so which element of the detail isn't ceiling or wall dependent.
I always cut upside down,using a tablesaw jig-that enables me to cut wider compound miters on the larger mouldings. Each jig is different depending on the flat width of the stock. .
Awesome tips! I love boiling down a seemingly hard and confusing ideas to a few basic rules and the outcome came out amazing!
Really nice work, Linn! 😃
It's going to be even more beautiful! 😃
"...and hit the damn bell!" I'm literally ROFL!!! :-D
They ARE beautiful! I love the 22.5 degree cuts! I've seen them on corners in homes made in California in the early 2000's that had the rounded corners instead of the crisp sharp corners.
You are a genius with that jig! :-)
Thanks for sharing Lynn!
Oh, bummer, didn't see Darbin. :-( ;-)
Fun with angles. And crown molding. Like the jig.
Thanks for taking the confusion out of that... since I do not do crown molding every day... when I do have to it's a learning process all over and about 2 ft of molding wasted trying to re-learn again.
Thank you for the jig and angle reminder for which way to cut in and out corners.
I am about to start doing crown molding for the first time in my kitchen, they used chair rail on top of the ceiling so the ceiling looks inverted. It looks like baseboard at the top so crown is going be a fun project.
awesome video. thank you for sharing a part of your life with us.
I went through the same as the last few seconds in your video, LOL. I started to put an angled pencil line on the moulding to help keep track of the cut i should be making. Great video and jig idea!!
Ha - loved the stinger on this. That's exactly how I sound inside my own head: "I should make a map".
nice work with the jig
Great Video! BRAVO!! I wish Finish Carpenters that do trim work were as good at making the ends and corners fit correctly! I can't tell you the number of homes we have purchased that have had trim work filled in caulking in the corners and ends because their cuts were so off. Unfortunately, most contractors are more interested in $$$$ instead of doing it correctly!! Keep the videos coming!!
A good result with the right tools.
Maps are extremely helpful! It can be confusing to think upside down and backwards lol. You did well! Next you'll be grabbing the coping saw to do the copes :)
Thanks for charing the thought and laughs😊
such a great instructor ...thank you
Yes, that jig is amazingly helpful!!
What a genius, what a beauty
personaly i hated doing crown and base...for crown i kept marked cut offs i called my keys so i could make the right cuts.....as far as always keeping extra on hand for the mistakes...hell yes..when it comes to finishing caulking and paint do wonders
I put crown in my upstairs hall and living room, in the traditional way. When I decided to put it in the bedrooms I discovered corner blocks :) yea!!!!!
I can’t cope with all these extra angles!!
Charles Hanson I like what you did there lol
Nice jig. Most of the houses I've trimmed are older and no where near 90 degrees. So I prefer to cope inside corners instead of miter them. I find that coping inside corners gets a tighter joint when the walls are not 90 degrees.
love the jig, I'm about to do a bunch of this in my shop so good timing. Fortunately, it's a shop, so I'm not too concerned about how bad I make it look.
Ha ha 😂 love the ending .
Great video Linn! Thanks for sharing it with us.👍😎JP
Loved this video, Lynn!
I think you have the crown upside down, as the decorative edge goes down on most moldings. But you can hang it as it looks best to you. Most compound miter saws have instructions for cutting crown flat or as you did with a jig.
Thanks for showing how and sharing that
Tack för tipset med mallen
Nice video. Thank you!
I caught it in the measurements, but you should have mentioned in the video to add the thickness of the plywood to the measurement for one of the two sides of the jig.
Very good!
Thanx, good show
Great video for the standard 45° angle corners, but you probably don't see more of the 22.5° OUTSIDE corners because the corner" is not "closed", or 90°. The piece in the center will always run into the outside corner of the wall you are putting the moldings up into. Perhaps you were cutting the center piece large to show the design, but it has to be cut so that it allows the outside pieces to form a 90° corner. If you don't, the center piece will never fit. The INSIDE 22.5° always works because the center piece never touches the inside corner. When you do it right though, it looks fantastic.
Love the video! I have seen various jigs for crown molding and I am using an adaptation of your method for mine including the story stick map. FYI: It seems you are using your crown molding upside down? Typically the detailed more piece of the crown is installed on the bottom against the wall.
Thanks for the info Lynn! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Hi Lin..have you seen Finnish Carpentry site..the guy cuts that stuff for a living and he is one hell of a joiner..go take a look..by the way love your site and am very chuffed with what you do
Very nicely done!. Thank you.
The last 20 seconds..... Rofl! 😂. I've had those moments also.
innovative idea !
Hahaha, yep, good old crown molding installs,...
Can really do your head in. Pays to check, and recheck which way to cut before actually making the cut.
Makes a huge difference to the aesthetics, that's for sure.
Your method has an advantage over the standard approach of cutting upside down, when the saw capacity is not quite sufficient. Your method will cut a slightly larger molding with the same saw.
As to the 22.5 degree corners: if you make the corner piece small enough to come to a sharp point at the bottom, it would fit to dress up a standard 90 degree outside corner.
5:00 the look I had 90% of the time when I did baseboards and trim 🤣
Another great video, so informative, thanks.
Jigs are totally underrated. My bosses always yelled at me, when I started building them. Now I am my own boss and have jigs and templates for everything I have to do more than 3 times.
How is the short one doing? Has he discovered your screwboxes?
Excelente explicación, y un buen uso de la plantilla para los cortes y así no confundirse
Just want I’ve been looking for👍👍👍👍👍👍🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Thanks pretty you make more easy for me👍
Great tip! How about LED lights behind the molding for next tip video?
Why doesn't it exist in every room? Because it's time consuming. Just because you can hot glue a few pieces together at the workbench and hold it in your hand doesn't mean it will install without big gaps at the drywall once it gets nailed up. You have to go back after its all put up and fill in the gaps with spackle, sand, sand again, and paint. It takes a lot of time, patience, and do-overs to make it look good. Don't ask me how I know this.
think think think.. nice thanks!
How about a stand to place large books that are in current use? Making a dictionary stand for a relative now.
Boa dica de corte com jig.
Nice video again! Thanks!
5:09 - the face I made every time I've attempted to cut molding
Är du möjligtvis Svensk/Norsk (jag tippar på svensk)? Det låter lite så när du pratar så jag chansar på att jag kan skriva på svenska 😂
Jag hittade dig på Instructables, kul video! Riktigt bra och informativt!
Har precis brottats med gersågen hemma när vi bytade taklister i hallen. Riktigt smart med din rig!
Det jag funderar på, hur säkerställer du så att det inte "fläcker" när du sågar? Så frustrerande det är!
Tack för ett bra klipp. Prenumerant.
bra gjort !!
Thank you, Lynn! This has always frustrated me.
When will we see this on the walls/shelfs?
Two quick things:
1) Your videos are not showing up on my subscriptions page (even though I am subscribed); and,
2) I think your visual aid for making those miter cuts would be a great downloadable resource and would provide you with a "call to action" opportunity for your marketing.
Every time I've done crown molding, it's always is like rubbing your stomach and patting your head! Nice work with that jig! Is that a Ryobi cordless hot glue gun?????
Because it's asking to much of the workers to make it with out getting paid more money that's why people dont ask for it but we're in from Puerto Rico it's in every church you see and labrsry too eve in some houses and schools too and most of all the museum
That's awesome
How have you liked that Ryobi cordless glue gun? I've wondered a few times if it was worth picking up. Nice video, got some useful ideas!
Damn bell-Ha
Down here Cornice as we call it 99.9% of the time made from plaster we just use a simple jig and cut with a hand saw
Thanks a lot! )))
Bravissima 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
You look beautiful while thinking...at the end of the video..
You have your top and bottom mixed up. It goes the other way
Was wondering when someone was going to break the news to her.
Actually its preference, but typically your right.
Good women
upside down and backwards i s how I was taught... my mind does not work that way... Lowes sells a jig for 20 bucks... lol
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Oh it is frustrating
If they could do the explanation in Spanish.
:🤣 Its confusing no matter how much you master it .. I sure have NOT!!! The 22 1/2 degree has no situation where its useful... unfortunately.
Around a column.
@@darbinorvar Maybe but you'd have to have an octagonal (?) column I think. Loads of small pieces... Fun though.
Your backwards.... the detailed part is always on the wall.
First example is upside down - stopped watching there.
هل انت متزوجة ?!
what is the point of this video?
You are cutting your crown , on opposite side of spring angle , upside down.