Now that you have your crown molding prepped and laid out it is time to cut it to length. The first piece will be square on both ends. Then each piece until the last will have a corner cut on one end and a square cut on the other. You will have a corner cut on both ends of the last piece. Get the measurements of each piece you will need and rough cut to length about 6” to 12” longer. Then mark with the number of the wall it is going to be installed on from your drawing. Doing this will help you stay organized.

Next it is time to cut your corners. When cutting crown molding inside corners you will have to do a coping cut. Do your cope cuts first then later when in install you can cut to the final length. By doing this if you mess up your cope you can start over since you left at least 6” to 12” extra.

Cutting crown molding outside corners you can do the opposite way, hold the rough cut piece in place and mark with a pencil in place. Before you cut your crown molding make sure your saw is set up with the miter angle in the right direction and the piece of molding is also facing the right direction. Make some test cuts and save those pieces as visual guides. You can hold them up in the corners you are cutting next just to make sure your set up is correct. If you cut a piece with the miter angle in the wrong direction it will be to short now unless you leave 1’ or more of extra.

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