Picked up a trick for cutting crown molding from a retired cabinet maker at a diner last week

He said to always cut it upside down and backwards against the fence, even if it feels wrong at first. Tried it on a job in Austin and saved myself 3 recuts on a tricky corner. Anyone else learned something from an old timer that stuck?

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jordancoleman8d agoMost Upvoted

Learned that exact trick from an old framer down in San Antonio... he told me to flip the molding and let the spring angle work for me instead of against me. Tried it on a real tight cove ceiling job and suddenly those inside corners lined up perfect without me fighting the saw the whole time. Been doing it that way ever since and it cuts my waste by a good third on any crown job I run.

kevin_carr12d ago

Wait, wait... you're telling me a random retired cabinet maker at a diner just dropped that knowledge on you out of the blue? That's wild. I've been cutting crown for years and never once heard it explained that way, but it makes total sense once you think about the geometry. I gotta give that a shot on my next job, I've been dealing with those same stupid recuts on weird angle walls.

mia_singh2412d ago

Oh MAN, that reminds me of this buddy of mine who builds high-end decks. He was bitching about this one crazy corner on a job last summer, said the miters looked like garbage no matter how many times he tweaked his saw. Then he runs into some old timer at a hardware store who just casually tells him to measure from the long point instead of the short point. @kevin_carr , the dude tried it the next day and said it fixed everything on that weird 137 degree corner, saved him from recutting three damn pieces.