Have you heard of a product that lets you cut crown molding perfectly? I saw it on TV but forgot the name.?

Question

It was around $50.00

Answer 1

There is a product on the market that is like a angle-compass. You put the level on the corner of the wall and it will tell you what degree angle to cut. Other than that you cut the moulding with a miter saw or chop saw.

Answer 2

Crown molding is very difficult to cut. A standard miter box will not give you the proper angle as crown molding requires a compound cut of 31 degrees and 38 degrees to give you a matched 45 degree cut. If you just try to cut it at 45 degrees that a miter box allows you will not have a closed corner. I have never seen a product for under $50.00 that would give a good cut on crown molding. If there is such a jig I would also be interested as the power miter saw I use to make those cuts cost me over $500.00. I have seen a few power miter saws that could make the cut for around $200.00. I keep a few cut scraps of crown molding so I know when to hold the molding upside down for the cut etc. An inside corner is the exact opposite of an outside corner

Answer 3

Besides the miter saw, all I use is a scrap piece of trim. I use it as stop, cut it upside down and backwards, simple miter of 45 coped, straight cut other side of the inside corner. The stop holds the top of the crown an set distance away from the fence. Outside corners sometimes you have fudge a bit. Usually due to corner bead, you need to cut them a bit over 45. The only time I have used the compound miter for crown is a special circumstance, which is atypical. If running crown in a room, just cut it upside down and backward. Cope inside corners. Just like baseboard. Well, except for upside and backward part. It really is the easiest way, and it looks good. And I'm picky about workmanship.

Answer 4

I used a miter box and cut the crown molding for my bathroom just fine, my problem was determining the angle part of it so it would be cut correctly. Be sure to buy extra in case of mistakes, I was sure glad that I did! It was the very first time I had done that and I did not have any experience in that or putting the drywall plaster on the ceiling like I did and I'm a woman AND I did it all by myself! (even nailed it up too)

Answer 5

A decent Router will let you make crown molding. A decent miter box will let you cut it to the correct angles.

Answer 6

I think you might be looking for something like this http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?offerings_id=10565&gcid=S11135x012&keyword=crown%20molding%20jig&cookietest=1&gord=1
It allows you to set the molding against the fence of the saw at the proper angle, they also have a couple of other things to help cut/install crown molding that might be helpful for a novice.

Answer 7

There is a product called magic miter. It works very good and is available online (also from QVC). It has an angle measurer that you line up and it makes perfect cuts every time.

Answer 8

For a novice its easy to use crown corner blocks which attach in the corners of the room at the ceiling. Then all you have to deal with is straight cuts to butt agains the corner blocks.

Answer 9

There is one that uses a sharp knife blade and its called a Bevel cutter knife, It has different settings just like a Bevel Saw it just uses a knife blade with a handle to apply down pressure and it make a very clean smooth cut.

Answer 10

Don't cut 45's on yer crown unless u absolutely have to. Butt them together with one side coped out. That's the only way to go. Perfect fit every time!