What's up everyone welcome back to the Durban compound if you haven't met me already my name is Devon Durban So today on the channel we're doing a short video on how to cut crown molding like a pro I've had multiple friends in the finish Carpentry trade and they've taught me some tips and tricks So today I'm going to share them with you as I do a bathroom project redoing a little bit of crown molding and kind of updating it So I'm going to share them with you today. So stay tuned All right guys first things first with doing crown molding and doing it correctly You need to have good solid measurements So I'm going to take you inside to the bathroom real world We're going to go in and measure exactly how I do it So we can have nice precise fitting when we're done. So let's head on inside All right guys now we're in the bathroom here now what I want to do is measure from inside corner to inside corner Basically this gives us a crown molding that comes together with an inside corner So what we want to do is have a very accurate measurement here so that our crown fits very tight Up in the corner. So a good way to do this so that you're not trying to push the tape measure into the corner And and figure out exactly you know what it is and you're kind of you're kind of guesstimating What you want to do is you want to pickle a spot in the wall Where you can count an even number and then you'll measure from the other side to that mark. So I'll show you exactly how I do that here So I'm putting my tape up here I want to mark at let's see. I'm right close to 50 inches So what I'm going to do is turn my pin around and I'm going to make a little mark at 50 inches so I always usually use a fine tip pin or a mechanical pencil some people use the the carpenters pencils or whatever But I think they make too big of a mark. So Now that I've made my mark at 50 inches now we're going to come across from the other side of the wall And we're going to measure out to our our 50 inches So the measurement is 21 and 5.8 So you add 50 plus 21 and 5.8 makes it 71 and 5.8 So now I'm going to go back out to the miter saw. We're going to show you exactly how to cut that 71 and 5.8 All right guys, I'm going to show you how to quickly easily make an inside cut So I'm not going to measure out my 71 and 5.8s right now But I will teach you how to make an inside cut here. So I've put tape on both sides of my fence I have went ahead and marked my crown what you want to do is you always want to put the top here on the bottom of the The bottom of the platform. Okay, so the table is top T. T. Table top. Okay, you want to always have the top of your crown molding if you're putting it up against the wall like this You want to always have the top upside down So turn your crown upside down even that rhymes man. I'm doing Batten a thousand today. Okay, make sure that's tight with your fence And you go ahead and put that line there for reference so you can hold it there every time So if you're doing an inside cut An inside corner you always want to make sure the bottom of your crown is longest So that will go to the corner and it will come out So what we're going to do is we're going to take this piece and cut it for an inside corner So what we want to do is we want to make this now our longest our longest side. So we're going to slide down here And we are going to turn my saw into 45 degrees We are going to hold our crown at the at the up against the fence correctly upside down Now you want to go as nice and nice and slow with the sharp blade. It will leave last next. It will make a very very crisp cut here we go Okay, now we've cut one side now what we want to do is we want to come back the other direction So here this is getting a little too little for a little too small But we're going to make it work I'm going to hold my crown here and we'll make another cut All right now we're going to take this in half and I'll show you exactly how it fits together Okay Okay, so now we have an inside corner So basically what this is is when it goes up in your ceiling you have an inside corner that fits together So always remember the top of the crown goes down you cut it to 45 degree angle and literally you're just working with Either the long the long side is the bottom or the long side is the top Depending on if you have an outside corner or an inside corner, but just always remember table top Right there and then make sure your crown is upside down same thing And then you're cutting for inside or outside corner and Just go nice and slow with it If you're worried about it. I always try to be real precise with my markings use a fine tip pen or a mechanical pencil and you'll be just fine make accurate cuts Measure once or measure twice cut once and It's as simple as that all right guys. I hope you got a little bit out of that video Easy way to cut crown Just make sure you're you're placing it right on the miter saw you're making real fine cuts always be careful always You know operate the saw as if it was your first time Don't get complacent and get hurt. It is a saw blade spinning close to your hand. So Just just beware Just be careful out there guys. So I hope you guys didn't like the video. I hope to see you click subscribe As always give me a thumbs up or thumbs down whatever you're into and Yeah, I think that's all I usually say so I'll see you guys in the next video If you guys have any questions about my bandaid here, it's from a different project. It's not from the miter saw. So Just hold up on it all right