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A set of crown molding templates give you a visual guide which you can cary around and use to figure out every single corner you have to cut! Easy peasy! My brain is very visual. I tell you this so no one out there feels inadequate or not smart because they find this confusing.

I do too! Use the crown molding you plan on installing in your home to create your templates because they not only make determining your cuts easier, they also come in handy when you are installing your crown. Remember that your saw is set to bevel left at Now you should have four of your very own crown molding templates that are going to make your job so much easier! In all seriousness, learning how to cut crown molding is still tricky because you are usually working with very LONG pieces, climbing ladders, climbing ladders with very long pieces, working with another person who may not like climbing ladders…or worse yet, trying to install crown ALL BY YOURSELF which I think is plumb crazy—but it is doable.

But, crown molding templates that make installation easier should at least clear up any confusion about what cut needs to be made where!

OR, you can use a little trick of mine to fix gaps in crown molding with spackle! And these handy crown molding hangers make installing tons easier! Thank you for this! Now I know!! I know you posted this awhile ago but I am new to the world of crown molding and was looking for something exactly like this. I actually spent like two hours making my own templates today and these are soooooooo helpful.

Having these as a reference was a real game changer. Thanks for posting such clear instructions. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I read about templates in other wood blogs, but they never included saw settings and I always came away feeling vaguely stupid, not just ignorant. Two very different things to me. I really appreciate this and will put it to good use when we finally reno our ceilings. Should prove interesting…..

Thanks again! We all think about and understand things differently. My brain sometimes has to go on a long journey to get to the same conclusion that someone else might get to in a split second.

That is why I try to give detailed tutorials for those that have very creative brains like me. We think and understand things much differently than others. Because we are awesome! Thank you for your response. I should complain about the splinters on my lips! It was so easy to follow! I have never done crown before. The timing of your post was perfect! Templates are done. Now, on to the project! It was also great to meet you at Haven! My comment should say from Robyn Everyday a la Mode.

I blame it on kissing the templates too much. Well I knew it was you because it says so in the author field. LOL Mwah! Go refresh your lipstick now. Awesome tutorial. Hey, Sandra! Excellent instructions. Sandra, thanks so much. I have so many molding projects dancing around in my head. I got as far as buying some tools then went for the miter saw.

Got it home and panic set in…. I never took the saw out of the box. This tutorial is just what I needed. This is the ONLY tutorial that made sense. Others use miter saw to saw them awkwardly and wrong, then use coping saw to fit them. When Sawdustgirl-site caught my eye on Google results, I just continued to check the other sites and videos. Dumb me. I was sure that somebody has these instructions, and then even then by accident! I checked this site. Thank you, sawdustgirl, and sorry for every girl and woman for my prejudice.

Well, glad you were able to find a tutorial that made sense to you. Even if it DID come from a lady! Also, good for you for working on changing your inner brain. The point of this method is to create compound mitered joints. Using a coping saw to remove the profile off one side of the joint so it fits over the other piece of moulding is a whole different method. Thanks so much. This was so helpful I want to dance and sing. Thanks again.

All you have to do after that, is put your other pieces of crown against the little piece of wood you have clamped down and it gives you the exact same angle as the first piece.

Looks fantastic. Love love love crown molding! And love the contrast of the wall color against it. When we moved into this house ALL the walls were white. Painting it made me giddy. Now it pops! Love the molding it makes so much of a difference.. I am redoing my kitchen.. This looks fantastic! I received a 10" miter saw for Christmas, but am considering trading up for a 12". What size did you use for this project?

The crown molding looks great. We really want to do it in our house also. What a difference it makes. I just found your blog through my daughter LOVE it. I also really love crown molding and love when someone ELSE does it for me It looks great. And you are so right about caulk. Great job! Oh it looks spectacular! I think crown really finishes a room and it highlights the lovely non-white ceiling too! Your blog is one of my all time favorites! Thanks for all the wonderful ideas.

I hope you will visit mine, if you ever have a minute. I want crown moulding in a big, bad way. But we have popcorn ceilings. I know it can be done, and I know I'll have to scrap off just enough popcorn to make the fit snug on the ceiling. Anyone out there put up crown moulding on popcorn ceilings?

I really like this post. Now I have some new ideas for the next project. It seems like every time I have done crown in the past, it has required double the amount needed :D. I love crown molding. We have crown molding in every room of our home. We also have the same corner pieces in the photo with the green wall [the photo on the left]. For us the cost was free since they were in there before we moved in [the previous owner was one of those lovers for woodwork lol].

One of the other downsides is when you paint I usually have to dig out a small paint brush [like a canvas type brush] and paint along the edges of the piece. Love how your molding turned out! I want to come sit in that room, like right now! I know you haven't recovered the chair yet but in that picture you can hardly tell. I'm so excited about this room!! So cute! We just installed crown into our living and dining room, but used the corner pieces like you have in your green room pic above.

Seriously looks the exact same and I know how expensive it is! Which is why we only did 2 rooms so far, lol. Still need to caulk and paint it though. This looks fabulous! Crown really does add so much to a room - we put it up in our dining room and just love it. And yes, it IS important to remind yourself that you're on the floor and the molding is up high - or at least, I know I had to remind my husband at least a half dozen times!

Great tutorial! I've been wanting to do this at our house and this tutorial will be great for my hubby! You are awesome!! When we buy our home one day I will definitely be putting up some crown! I've always loved it.. You did a fantastic job!! I am so excited to get to Menards and buy some molding!

Your blog is amazing I enjoy reading it. Caulk and wood filler putty. Thanks for the inspiration :. It looks incredible - what a difference! I've heard of people using foam crown molding, have you ever worked with anything like that before? Happy New Year, and thanks for sharing great information with your blog! Betsey at b. Good gosh woman I have the compound miter saw but I have yet to do all those fancy cuts!

Thanks for the how-to and inspiration. One day I'll have to stop staring at rust and actually TRY this. It looks great! I love molding. We added the skinny piece an inch or two under all our downstairs crown. This may help, we used a lego piece to measure the gap between the original crown and the skinny addition. It was easier than a ruler or chalk line for us. And we also put in a 'textured wallpaper' border below the crown before putting up the skinny piece in our foyer. Looks like our crown has carved leaves!!

Love your blog. I add to my project list weekly. Looks wonderful! Can't wait to see when it's all finished. The corners of the base are cut at degree angles to keep them out of the way of the blade. When in position for a cut, the molding is still upside down: the top edge is held tight into the corner where the saw fence meets the bed, and the bottom edge is tucked into the corner under the overhanging cap on the jig [6].

Although the molding is upside down, from the point of view of the carpenter looking down at the saw, the upright leg of the jig is the wall and the saw bed is the ceiling. That means a right outside corner miter is to the right, and a left outside corner miter is to the left. No mental gymnastics required. For smaller moldings, Ricalde clamps a narrow strip along the short side of the jig at whatever height holds the molding flush to the jig and the saw bed.

But it does mean that larger moldings would need a dedicated jig. In fact, if you were running a lot of smaller-sized crown, rather than fooling with clamps, I think it would make sense to build a separate jig for each size of crown molding you work with, much the way Katz labels and saves his gauge blocks for different size molding.

So the good news is that you now have a couple of options for consistently positioning crown molding for cuts with a power miter saw. Solutions for those issues, such as coping inside corners, is a good topic … for another day. I'm just a homeowner who enjoys upgrading my house.

I've done quite a bit of crown over the years and tried various methods. But the easiest I found is to stand the crown on the saw, with it's back against the fence To find the correct bevel and miter angles use a big chart, like the one here, at GaryKatz. Some miter saws also have charts built right in to them, such as the chart on this Bosch miter saw showing how to cut crown molding on the flat as well as "upside-down, and backwards":. Make a couple of sample pieces—a pair of inside and a pair of outside corners.

Use these samples to check the angles against reality, and to help you visualize the molding in place, when you are standing at the saw trying to remember which way is up. When cutting from an inside to outside corner, Paul recommends cutting the inside corner first because it is easy to hook the end of the cut with a tape measure to mark the next cut. When measuring short point to short point, such as for outside to outside corners, you can do one of two things:.