Cutting Ceiling Molding Angles

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.

Cutting ceiling molding angles.

Each molding joint has a left side and a right side. No it s not necessary to cut and use the complicated triangular piece. How to cut crown molding. 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.

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. Ceiling trim makes ceilings better looking by creating a link between wall and ceiling. Standard 45 degree cuts can be used on a sloped ceiling. Put the first end of the molding under the blade.

Top of the crown molding rest against table. Place trim molding on a miter saw in the position it will go when installed. Nail it in place by shooting trim nails every foot or so at a diagonal angle. Angled flats on back of molding must rest squarely on the fence and base of the saw.

Crown molding vertically nested against fence decorative edge is always against the fence. Step 6 measure the rest of the spans along the wall tops and cut them in the same manner. Non compound method vertically nested bottom of the crown molding rest against fence. Turn the blade to 45 degrees outward.

It s best to cut a standard inside corner template as you see in the video above. With a measuring tape measure from the outside edge of the corner back along the wall to the end. Blend your house sides together with help from an experienced foreman. For a right hand cut with the trim in the same position you re cutting the right side of the joint source.