I finally saw the light on my old way of cutting crown molding

For about fifteen years, I'd been cutting crown flat on the miter saw, using the spring angles and doing the math in my head. Last month, a young guy I hired for a big job in Portland showed me his trick of setting the saw to 31.6 and 33.9 degrees and holding the molding vertical against the fence. The fit was perfect on the first try, no gaps. How many of you still cut it the old flat way, or have you switched too?

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benwilliams18d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, that vertical trick is a game changer. I held onto the flat method for way too long because it felt like real craft, but man, the time you save... I keep a cheat sheet with those angles taped right to the saw now.

ray_patel2718d ago

Man, I was the same way. I used to look down on the vertical method like it was cheating, some kind of shortcut for people who didn't want to learn the real skill. Then I tried it on a big trim job that was running late. The speed just blew me away, and the cuts were still perfect. It totally flipped my view on what "real craft" actually means. Getting the work done right and on time is the whole point.