EasyCoper from Rockler

[Tom Slick]

the "collins coping foot" is a much more useful tool tool and works really well.
http://www.collinstool.com/collins_coping_foot.htm

here is a great page on coping crown.
http://www.miterclamp.com/Installing_crown_molding.htm

[Jeffrey Schronce]

I bought a set, they're laying in the shop at the moment along with the 120' of 4 3/4" crown moulding that's supposed to get put up.

If my wife had her way, I'd be able to write a review tomorrow night, but she's getting used to not getting her way

Hey, I thought you were on vacation all week? Thats plenty of time to install 120' of crown molding, including painting. Come on man.

[cabinetman]

There always seems to be a newfangled thing to try to make a procedure either easier or more accurate. All I can say is I don't have the jigs, and I've never used them. If I did I'd be glad to tell what I thought. I've done a lot of crown moulding. One develops his/her own methods for coping or fitting inside and outside corners. To measure correctly comes with practice. I have had as many problems with coped joints as angle cut inside corners, doing the complimentary angles. Just knowing the angles doesn't get you out of trouble. Getting perfection when there is less than one degree to account for one way or another makes for a reason to cope. It's not difficult at all, You're basically fitting just one piece.

My suggestion is to practice coping and learn the technique. Isn't that what woodworking is all about?
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[radhak]

I bought a set, they're laying in the shop at the moment along with the 120' of 4 3/4" crown moulding that's supposed to get put up.

If my wife had her way, I'd be able to write a review tomorrow night, but she's getting used to not getting her way

Hey, I thought you were on vacation all week? Thats plenty of time to install 120' of crown molding, including painting. Come on man.

Check the date - this is a 'revived' thread, only the last few posts are new .

Thom was talking about this in February of last year. Hopefully he's done by now. Else, I want my wife to learn about not getting her way from his. .

[Thom2]

Check the date - this is a 'revived' thread, only the last few posts are new .

Thom was talking about this in February of last year. Hopefully he's done by now. Else, I want my wife to learn about not getting her way from his. .

The spring angle is the angle where the crown meets the wall and ceiling. Crown never sits @ 45 degrees on the wall (that'd be too easy). I think the first number (52) is the angle against the ceiling, and the second number (38) is the angle against the wall (IIRC, if not somebody will straighten me out).

BTW: don't bring this up with my wife ... but my crown moulding is still stacked in the shop

If you re-read the entire thread and the dates, you'll see that I'm still not done

My wife is available on weekends for training seminars ... for a fee

[Thom2]

Hey, I thought you were on vacation all week? Thats plenty of time to install 120' of crown molding, including painting. Come on man.

SHHHHHHH!!!!

she might hear you

[brecklundin]

If you re-read the entire thread and the dates, you'll see that I'm still not done

hahaha...ya should see my kitchen. I promised it done...ummm..last fall...d'oh!!??? All I am doing is a new countertop, cabinet doors, paint and flooring, an stove, hood & sink...sure sounds like more then it really is...and I want to keep her thinking that way!