How To Cut Ceiling Crown Molding

To make a scarf joint in the middle of a long run start by placing the crown molding upside down on miter saw table.

How to cut ceiling crown molding. The second trick is to set the molding against the saw and mark a line on the table with a pencil image 2. What you need to know about how to cut crown molding corners. Adjust t so the foot and shoulder touch the surfaces with no gap at all.

Hold the molding at the same angle as it will be installed. 2 clamp a board to the miter saw to create a simple consistent way to hold crown in place as each piece is cut. How to cut crown molding.

Find the right miter angle for the ceiling rails at inside and outside corners. If there s a gap adjust your saw s angle and cut again until they fit tight. Transfer the measurement to moulding.

1 trace the crown s rear to plan a backer board installed between wall and ceiling this board acts as a mount for. Miter scraps to 45 degrees and hold them in place along the chalk lines. Take one of your ruined pieces of molding and cut a one foot long piece.

3 the cleat with its middle cut away holds inverted crown. Get on a step ladder and hold the piece of scrap up to the ceiling and look down the back of the small scrap. Set blade at 45 degrees and make cut in two lengths of molding to create a scarf joint.

The number one trick to cutting inside and outside corner crown molding is to cut each piece upside down with the ceiling side on the bottom and the wall side on the top image 1. You can t do it like any other trim pieces because the molding sits at an angle between the wall and the ceiling image 1. Using a coping saw image 2 is the easiest way to cut the corners because a coped joint is tighter than a mitered joint.