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Oh, this is going to look very good
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The homeowner wants to put some crown molding up here, and I'll tell you why it really dresses up a room
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But I get a lot of letters and a lot of email from people who have trouble cutting crown molding
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What a shame! It's really simple. It's just a matter of how you hold the crown molding in the mitre box saw
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Now let's talk about regular door casings and window casings. Those trim people seem to have no trouble holding in a minor box saw or cutting
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Why is that? The reason why those moldings fit flat on the wall surface
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Crown molding doesn't fit flat. Think about it. It tilts out at an angle
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Well, that means you have to hold the crown molding in the mitabox saw
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the same way it is on the wall for the cuts to be accurate
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Now, how do you do that? Well, think about this. A wall on a ceiling meet at a 90 degree angle
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Well, guess what? The miter box saw is made the same way. The flat surface is called the table
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Think about that as your ceiling. And the vertical part of the miterbox saw, think of that as the wall
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But guess what? It's upside down. That means you have to hold the crown molding in the saw upside down to get the right cut
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Look how the crown molding fits between the wall and the ceiling. There's this hollow spot
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You have to create that same hollow spot on the marderbox saw. I know what you're thinking
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Yeah, that's easy, Tim. Now I understand it. But what about this inside and outside corners
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corners. Well, I'm going to show you how to cut those next week, so be sure to tune in
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