I realize this is an older video. I have been installing crown molding in every room in our house as we update the rooms, and even onto out-sided rounded corners, but since my wife isn't really able to climb up ladders anymore, your ideas give me a workable way to continue install the crown moldings now. Thanks very much. Thumbs Up for sure!
I am pretty sure ? In fact I am positive they had lasers measures (like my Bosh Blaze) and 5000 other brands when you made this? Also a deadman works well? Or as Spencer Lewis of the “Inside Carpenter “ states ! one 12 penny nail is all you need (watch his video on hanging crown alone). Key to this is Lasers measurement ! All the nail stuff to hang a tape is for what reason?
Like many people said, don't waste your time with a measuring tape. Get a LASER measuring device, spend that 50-100 dollars and keep it for a very long time. One click and from wall to wall you get a very precise measurement. Measure exactly where you to intend to install the molding in the corners. No need to stand on ladders and do all this buffoonary stuff with a wobbly measuring tapes. I've never done trim in my life and when it came time to doing my living room baseboards and crown moldings, I watched so many videos and the best thing I ever did was buy and use a Bosch laser measuring tool. More accurate and efficient than the fanciest wobbly measuring tapes. Instantly I get the numbers, make my cut, put a pc of nail up like he did since I worked by myself, lifted up the molding, and if it was tight, I'd shave off another 1/16th off but always stay on the longer side than cut too short then have no material. My living room looks amazing! Caulking does wonders lmao
Laser devices have their place, but you should understand that accuracy is not assured at all. You won't find any pro carpenter using a laser on a jobsite, other than initial estimating where perfect accuracy is not necessary. Trim carpenters use tape measures and we often skip those too if we can mark rather than measure. Lasers may have an accuracy rating of 1/8 or 3/16 of an inch for the tool itself, and then more inaccuracy can be introduced as you attempt to measure long distances and you are slightly off your intended mark. Once you get more experience under your belt you will find that a tape measure, used correctly, will be more accurate and more predictable as far as potential inaccuracy. I covered some of this in another video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-13EuN903Pss.html
Good video. Here's another good method. Mark your height on the wall at the corners and in the middle of the wall length. While you are in the middle of the wall, extend your tape into one corner and choose an even number and mark the wall at that measurement so that you can see it just below where the crown will sit. Let's use 100" if the wall is much longer than that. Then measure the distance from that line, to the opposite corner and add the numbers together. This is very accurate and eliminates having to roll your tape into the corner and eye ball it. When you cut the piece, put that 100 inch mark from the first corner onto the bottom of the piece of crown. Now you can position your ladder under the 100 mark, and let that be your first point of attachment aligning the mark and the piece and the wall. The corners will flop but you can nail as far as you can reach in both directions to keep it up and then move to nail the rest.
I also use this method of measuring two sides and putting them together, although it can sometimes be tricky on long runs when you're trying to get the extended tape to be in one place. If I need to find a center of something I'll make two measurements as well, rather than use math to find the theoretical center. Sometimes the eye is more accurate than math!
I need one of those fancy corner angle finders, I been doing it the hard way all this time. LOL Although to be fair I only do trim work a few times a year. Mostly just side jobs.
A nail gun, not a staple gun, would be appropriate for crown. Smaller crown you can use an 18 or 16 gauge nail, for larger crown stick with a 15 gauge nail.
+D. Ali I mentioned in the video about "coping" the corners, which is a standard technique that allows for some wood movement while keeping the joint tight. You can see me explain this technique in detail in my other video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3MT9iVtiOEY.html
