Crown molding vertically nested against fence decorative edge is always against the fence.
Cutting ceiling molding angles.
Non compound method vertically nested bottom of the crown molding rest against fence.
It s best to cut a standard inside corner template as you see in the video above.
With a measuring tape measure from the outside edge of the corner back along the wall to the end.
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.
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.
Ceiling trim makes ceilings better looking by creating a link between wall and ceiling.
For a right hand cut with the trim in the same position you re cutting the right side of the joint source.
How to cut crown molding.
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.
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Top of the crown molding rest against table.
Each molding joint has a left side and a right side.
Use that to determine the exact low point of where the two pieces of crown will touch in the corner on the wall.
Put the first end of the molding under the blade.
Place trim molding on a miter saw in the position it will go when installed.
Turn the blade to 45 degrees outward.
Angled flats on back of molding must rest squarely on the fence and base of the saw.
Standard 45 degree cuts can be used on a sloped ceiling.
