Use that to determine the exact low point of where the two pieces of crown will touch in the corner on the wall.
Cutting ceiling molding angles.
Just an fiy take on the same principal that chris uses there s a youtube video that shows a master carpenter who basically threw out his angle finder crown molding protractor in lieu of a roll of paper drywall joint tape to figure out angles a link is easy to find by typing how to measure for crown molding without tools but.
For a right hand cut with the trim in the same position you re cutting the right side of the joint source.
It s best to cut a standard inside corner template as you see in the video above.
Blend your house sides together with help from an experienced foreman.
Top of the crown molding rest against table.
Place one arm of your angle finder flat against the wall just below the ceiling and open the angle finder until the second arm is flush against the slope of the roof.
How to cut crown molding.
No it s not necessary to cut and use the complicated triangular piece.
Place trim molding on a miter saw in the position it will go when installed.
Crown molding vertically nested against fence decorative edge is always against the fence.
With a measuring tape measure from the outside edge of the corner back along the wall to the end.
Angled flats on back of molding must rest squarely on the fence and base of the saw.
Nail it in place by shooting trim nails every foot or so at a diagonal angle.
Some digital angle finders give you an automatic reading of this slope while others have buttons to push first in order to find the angle measurement.
For a left hand cut most of the molding will be to the left of blade when the finished side of the molding is face up bottom down.
Set the moulding to the top of the wall with one flat side to the ceiling and one to the wall so the curved side faces down at you.
Each molding joint has a left side and a right side.
Step 6 measure the rest of the spans along the wall tops and cut them in the same manner.
Put the first end of the molding under the blade.
Non compound method vertically nested bottom of the crown molding rest against fence.
