Crown Molding Jig

Crown molding is an eloquent and easy upgrade to any space.  The amount of ambiance it adds to your room far exceeds the financial and time commitments you will have expended in completing the job.  Never done crown molding before?  Heard it is a pain to install correctly, especially those nasty mitered corners?  Afraid?  Don’t be.  Get yourself a crown molding jig, it is the answer to your prayers.  And, you will become the new go-to guy for installing crown molding.

Crown Molding

Crown molding is a trim added at the top of your wall and secured to both the wall and ceiling at an angle.  It is available in many patterns and styles; simple lathed designs, lathed then embossed designs, and elegant lathed then sculpted designs.  There are too many patterns and designs to list, but most fall into one of those three categories.  No matter what type you purchase, a crown molding jig will work.

Which Crown Molding Jig?

Depending on the height of your ceilings, the size of your room, and the style you would like to install, crown molding comes in three different angles.  Rooms with more height will generally take a crown molding with a more severe angle.  The smaller the room, the less severe the angle of the crown molding.  The average crown molding is 45 degrees.  When purchasing your crown molding, you can purchase the corresponding crown molding jig.  They are available at most home improvement centers or lumber yards where crown molding is sold.  You can also find them available online.

Using Your Crown Molding Jig

The crown molding jig is shaped almost like an ‘L’.  The crown molding sits in the jig in the same presentation as it will appear on your wall, except that it will be upside down.  Once you set the crown molding in the jig correctly, you will simply tighten the clamp to secure the crown molding tightly in the jig.  Push the jig flat against the fence of your miter saw and hold the crown molding and the jig as you make your cut.  The crown molding jig works for both the inside and the outside corners.

Make sure you check the angles of your corners, rarely is a corner truly ninety degrees.  Your miter cut should be half of the angle of the corner.  As always, measure twice and cut once, save yourself time, frustration, and money.   Be sure you read the manufacturer’s guidelines and the user’s manual before beginning your project.  A full understanding will help keep you on track during the process.

After you have completed the installation of your crown molding, invite all your friends over to admire your handiwork.  Whether you decide to tell them how easy it was with the use of the crown molding jig is up to you.  Let them admire you while you bask in the glow of a job well done.