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Measure Spring Angle with Digital Angle Finder

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Spring angle

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What happens here

With the crown molding sample securely in place, use a digital angle finder to determine the spring angle. Place one arm of the digital angle finder flat against the 'wall' side of the framing square. Then, pivot the second arm of the angle finder until it perfectly aligns with the bottom surface of the crown molding where it would meet the wall. The digital display on the angle finder will show the precise spring angle. In the video, this measurement is shown to be approximately 38.03 degrees for the first sample. The complementary angle (52.57 degrees) is also shown, which, when added to the spring angle, equals 90 degrees.

Goal: Accurately read the spring angle from the digital angle finder.

Tools and materials

  • Crown Molding Sample — The molding piece being measured
  • Digital Angle Finder Johnson — Precisely measuring the spring angle of the crown molding
  • Framing Square Johnson — Providing a stable 90-degree reference for measurement

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square as it would sit on the wall. Make sure that it touches your wall here and make sure that it touches your ceiling here. Get yourself an angle finder, place it on your wall, just bring it up till they both line up. As you can see, this crown is 38°. Now, if you were to check this angle here, this angle should be 52° cuz 38 + 52 is 90. And just like that, we have 52°. We can see the same thing for a 45° crown. Now, 45° crown is a little bit easier

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