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Pro tip: I was cutting all my crown upside down for years
I was installing crown molding in a house in Charlotte last month, and the homeowner asked why I had the piece flipped over on the saw. I told him that's how you always do it, with the bottom against the fence. He showed me a video from a guy who cuts it flat against the table, with the top against the fence. I tried it on the next piece and the fit was way tighter in the corner, maybe a 30% better joint. How many of you cut crown flat instead of upside down?
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wadepalmer3mo ago
Funny seeing this thread, because I got shown the flat method about two years ago and it honestly felt like I had been wasting time before that. But here's my thing - I've started noticing that some of those tricky spring angles, like a 38 degree crown on a wall that's slightly out of square, still come out better for me flipped upside down. Is it just me or does the flat method start to struggle when you're dealing with less-than-perfect drywall corners where the ceiling has a dip?
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josephb355mo ago
How long did it take you to figure that out? I did the same thing for a solid year before another guy on a job site showed me the flat method. It felt wrong at first, but the corners just close up so much nicer.
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