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Understand Crown Molding Orientation and Spring Angle

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Cutting crown molding flat

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What happens here

Before making any cuts, it's crucial to understand how crown molding sits. Crown molding does not sit flat against the wall and ceiling; instead, it's installed at an angle, known as the 'spring angle.' The video demonstrates this by holding a small piece of crown molding against a painted corner, showing how it spans the gap between the wall and ceiling at an angle. Different crown moldings have different spring angles, so it's important to identify the specific spring angle of your molding before attempting cuts. For this tutorial, a 38-degree spring angle crown molding is used.

Goal: Recognize the spring angle and orientation of crown molding before cutting.

Tools and materials

  • Crown Molding Sample — Demonstrating the spring angle and orientation
  • Pencil — Pointing out parts of the crown molding

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Does your crown molding end up looking like this? You want it to look like this? Let's get after it. Before we even touch the saw, you need to understand how crown sits. This is your ceiling and this is your wall. Crown doesn't sit flat on the wall. It sits at an angle. This is called your spring angle. Crown molding comes in different spring angles. Know what spring angle you have before you make the cut. For this video, we're doing a 38° spring angle. We're going to start with an inside corner. Put your left piece on the left side of your saw, right piece goes on the right

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