On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:30:05 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Actually Mike, it really is fairly easy. Even on the first piece of crown
molding. All that's really being done with this technique is to add one
more cut/cope to what you'd already have to do in that corner. From that
perspective, since the work involved is the same, it doesn't really add
difficulty, just another step.


I'm pretty familiar with running crown as I've had the pleasure to
run some in over 20 houses a year for the last 20 years or so. I've
run crown into, over, across and around just about everything. It's
been my experience that I can run crown on a flat ceiling about twice
as fast as I can run it on a cathedral ceiling. Some of this time
has to do with figuring, cutting and or coping uncommon angles and
some has to do with hauling my butt up a taller ladder. In my mind it
is not as easy and I would never have an inexperienced carpenter do
that job. Your mileage may vary but my price per foot goes up nearly
as fast as the pitch of the ceiling.

Mike O.