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Watched a guy at the Portland tool swap cut crown on the floor, and it cost me 20 minutes for 3 weeks
I was at the tool swap in Portland last April and some old timer named Dale was cutting crown molding nested flat on the floor with a speed square, no fancy jig. I figured he was just showing off until he ran a 12 foot piece and it landed dead on the first try, so I tried it on a kitchen job three weeks later and it took me 20 minutes to get one corner right. Now I cut all my crown that way, but I want to know if anyone else has switched or if I'm just slow at it. Did you learn a trick from a swap meet or a random guy that changed your setup?
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wells.brooke5d ago
Dale had a speed square and a sharp pencil, but the part nobody mentions is he was cutting on a carpeted floor so the teeth of the saw barely grabbed. I tried that trick on plywood and the blade bounced and chewed the edge. Also 20 minutes on one corner isn't bad for your first time out, that's normal. Nested flat only pays off once your saw is dead square and your table is flat, otherwise you're just chasing the error around the room. I still cut upright with a jig for anything over 10 feet cause I can't hold that much weight down low.
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