How To Use A Coping Saw For Crown Molding

Measure and cut the end of the first crown molding square. One setup covers everything.

How To Cope Joints

Don t just use the crown holder for the cope joints it s great for outside miters as well.

How to use a coping saw for crown molding. 1 make a miter cut on the end of a length of molding. Blade just not sure about the smaller blades. Keep the moulding steady by holding it against your miter saw or workbench.

How to hand cut a coped joint in crown moulding. Butt it into the corner. A coping saw removes some of the material from the back of a piece of molding so it can fit snugly against an adjoining section of the same type of molding.

I have a kobalt miter saw with a 7 25 quot. 3 cut along darkened edge with a coping saw angling the blade back as you follow the curved profile of the molding. I like to use a crown stop for all my cuts both for copes and outside miters.

Here s a video that explains the saw setup crown stop and how to make a crown holder. Use coped joints where molding meets at. 2 take a pencil and darken the leading edge of the mitered end.

A simple crown stop. Coped molding gives the tightest fit best appearance and long term durability. I ve seen that this will work with a 10 quot.

Photo 9 shows you how to position the crown molding upside down in your miter box for cutting the bevel. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to cope a joint for crown moldings. The concept is explained and then a demonstration of the cut is performed.

Blade that has worked great for all of our moldings. Cope the second piece of crown molding and file and sand it for a perfect fit. On the mitered cut mark the edge of the crown moulding profile with a pencil to give you a line to follow with your coping saw.

And i use a crown holder too. Once you understand why you are performing certain steps the process. We have been able to use it for our crown moulding but often time the wood slips during the cutting process so that the pieces don t align.

Don t nail within 16 in. Carefully follow the pencil line as you trim through the back side of the moulding. When installing trim such as baseboard and crown molding master craftspeople use this method and you can too.

Angle the coping saw away from the crown moulding s face.

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