How to Shape Crown Moldings with a Coping Saw

Crown moldings are an inexpensive way to add architectural detail to your home. Many homeowners struggle to cut crown molding with professional results. While most crown molding cuts can be performed with a miter saw, often a coping saw is used for inside corners. A coping saw is a tool that allows molding installers to cut away small amounts of crown molding. This ability enables installers to shape the molding until it fits flush against the other corner piece of molding.

Measuring tape
Pencil
Crown molding
Miter saw
Coping saw

Instructions

- 1
  Measure the wall to determine how long to make the crown molding. Once you have determined the length, mark the appropriate length on the crown molding with a pencil.
- 2
  Cut the crown molding with a miter saw. Place the crown molding flat on the miter saw table. Make a straight cut on the molding. This piece of molding will act as one piece of the inside corner.
- 3
  Place a second piece of crown molding on the miter saw. The top of the molding should touch the table of the miter saw. The bottom of the crown molding should be held against the miter saw fence. Set the miter saw to a right 45-degree angle. Cut the molding on the miter saw.
- 4
  Use a pencil to mark the leading edge of the molding. The leading edge of the crown molding is the top edge between the face of the molding and the newly cut 45-degree angle.
- 5
  Begin cutting away the excess from below the leading edge on the crown molding. Place the coping saw on the marked line. Cut away the back portion of the crown molding until the two pieces of molding will carefully slide together to form an inside corner. The coping saw has a blade that is thin enough to cut around the intricate details of the molding.
- 6
  Nail the pieces of molding into the wall with a pneumatic nail gun to form an inside corner of crown molding.

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