Cutting Ceiling Molding Angles

Place one arm of your angle finder flat against the wall just below the ceiling and open the angle finder until the second arm is flush against the slope of the roof.

Cutting ceiling molding angles. Just an fiy take on the same principal that chris uses there s a youtube video that shows a master carpenter who basically threw out his angle finder crown molding protractor in lieu of a roll of paper drywall joint tape to figure out angles a link is easy to find by typing how to measure for crown molding without tools but. For a right hand cut with the trim in the same position you re cutting the right side of the joint source. Standard 45 degree cuts can be used on a sloped ceiling. Top of the crown molding rest against table.

Ceiling trim makes ceilings better looking by creating a link between wall and ceiling. Non compound method vertically nested bottom of the crown molding rest against fence. Blend your house sides together with help from an experienced foreman. How to cut crown molding.

Place trim molding on a miter saw in the position it will go when installed. Crown molding vertically nested against fence decorative edge is always against the fence. Put the first end of the molding under the blade. Angled flats on back of molding must rest squarely on the fence and base of the saw.

Each molding joint has a left side and a right side. For a left hand cut most of the molding will be to the left of blade when the finished side of the molding is face up bottom down. It s best to cut a standard inside corner template as you see in the video above. Some digital angle finders give you an automatic reading of this slope while others have buttons to push first in order to find the angle measurement.

Use that to determine the exact low point of where the two pieces of crown will touch in the corner on the wall. Set the moulding to the top of the wall with one flat side to the ceiling and one to the wall so the curved side faces down at you. Step 6 measure the rest of the spans along the wall tops and cut them in the same manner. With a measuring tape measure from the outside edge of the corner back along the wall to the end.