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My old way of cutting crown molding always left me with a gap in the corner
For a long time I'd just hold it up and mark it by eye, but on a kitchen job in Tempe last month I kept messing up the same piece three times. I finally watched a video on using the angle finder on my miter saw and it clicked. Do you guys have a different trick for getting those inside corners tight?
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paige_owens52mo ago
My dad was a finish carpenter for forty years and he swore by coping for inside corners. He said it was the only way to get a perfect fit every time, especially in old houses where no corner is truly square. I tried it once on a bookshelf project and it was a mess, but that's on my skills, not the method. Susan_Adams mentioning it makes me think I should give it another honest try with a proper coping saw. My angle finder trick works, but it still feels like a workaround compared to a truly scribed joint.
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mary_nelson712mo ago
Oh man, my uncle said the exact same thing! He told me coping is the real secret for baseboards and crown. I read this old woodworking book that said if your walls are out of square, a coped joint hides the gap because the front edge meets tight. Your angle finder gets it close, but that back cut lets it just settle into the shape of the other piece. It definitely takes some practice to get the hang of the saw, but once you do it's like magic.
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