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yshodges

Thu, 10/05/2006 - 4:14am

Crown Molding

I am looking for a way to cut Crown Molding with confidence. I have gotten fairly close by using a miter saw and cutting the molding upside down and backwards but I can not seem to get all of the angles correct. Any suggestions please? Thanks

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t7evans writes:

Fri, 11/03/2006 - 4:53pm

I had the same problem and found a great solution. I found a company on the web, sosimplecrown.com, they cut the corners for me. All I had to do was cut the straight ends and butt them together and touch up. The results were unbelievable. It was much easier to install than wood.

INSTALLING CROWN MOLDING

JFITZ writes:

Wed, 11/15/2006 - 12:06pm

I HAVE TAKED TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO MOUNT CROWN MOLDING. IS THERE A SIMPLE WAY TO MOUNT/HANG CROWN MOLDING?? I HAVE MITER SAW, NAIL GUN AND LANDER.

Installing Crown Molding

t7evans writes:

Thu, 11/16/2006 - 6:04pm

It's confusing. Place the molding upside down so that the top of the molding is at the bottom of the box. Then you need to figure out your cuts, inside right, inside left, outside right, outside left, upside down.. right side up. Good luck. It took me a lot of attempts to cut one corner. After a couple hours I gave up. After looking seaching the stores and web I really found a great, simple solution with SoSimpleCrown. Installed quickly and was easy and fast. Results were so much better than my wood fiasco. Can't say enough about it. Just wish I could buy it down the street.

HELP NEEDED

vabroussard writes:

Sat, 12/02/2006 - 1:14pm

Okay. One of the projects I am trying to complete before the Holiday is installing corwn molding in my dining room. I have a miter saw,and the molding and recently bought a nail gun off E-bay. Here's my problem, the nail gun is pnuematic and requires an air compressor. The instructions say that the operation pressure mustn't exceed 114 PSI. I must admit that air compressors and the related language describing them are all Greek to me. I have checked online and have found prices ranging from $29.95 (Superflow portable air compressor 140 PSI) to several hundred dollars. Do any of you have experience using a nail gun with a compressor. If so, can you give me any suggestiosn on what type of compressor to use for installing crown molding. Needless to say I would rather not spend hundreds of $$$ on a compressor. Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated.

choosing a compressor

jeffe_verde writes:

Tue, 12/05/2006 - 8:36pm

For pneumatic tools, it's not just the pressure (PSI) that matters - you also have to look at the air consumption (CFM) requirements of the tool. While a tire-inflating-type compressor may provide the necessary pressure, it doesn't move enough volume.

To drive a nail gun, you'll want a compressor with (at minimum) a 3-5 gallon tank and a a 1.5-2 horsepower motor. A handy style for interior finish work is one of the "pancake" compressors. The pancake compressors are fairly compact and portable (about 16" around and 16" tall), so you can easily carry it from room to room. With a larger compressor, you typically leave it in one place and use a long hose (or several connected together) to go from room to room. You can find pancake compressors for as little as $90. A quality compressor will be more like $150-200 (Porter Cable, etc), but will often come packaged with one or more nail guns.

If there are other pneumatic tools you think you might want, check their air requirements before choosing a compressor. Things like air grinders and and sanders have much higher air requirements.

For specialty tools that you won't use often, try HarborFreight. The quality is so-so, but they're often less than half the price of a better quality tool - sometimes even less than the cost of a days rental. For one-time or infrequent-use tools, it can be a good way to go.