I'm looking into installing crown molding in my home. I came across the
Rockler Compound Miter Jig
(http://www.allwoodwork.com/article/w..._made_easy.htm)
and it seems like it should work. This way I don't have to deal with
figuring out the angles and whatever else needs to be done. Has anyone else
used this product and does it work? Seems like $20 is money well spent if
it will save some time and frustration. Thanks...

I don't have one of these jigs but essentially build my own (which
coincidentally, is very similar to the one Rockler has manufactured).
Costs about $3 in hardware and scrap wood. I've only used it to put
moulding on a hutch but it worked well for that.
Cheers,
cc

"Marc" wrote in message
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I'm looking into installing crown molding in my home. I came across the
Rockler Compound Miter Jig
(http://www.allwoodwork.com/article/w..._made_easy.htm)
and it seems like it should work. This way I don't have to deal with
figuring out the angles and whatever else needs to be done. Has anyone
else
used this product and does it work? Seems like $20 is money well spent if
it will save some time and frustration. Thanks...

never used it - If you are trying to avoid coping inside angles, my advice,
don't. Even if you have a perfect angle on an inside corner it will
eventually open up as wood expands and contracts. Your inside corners will
look a lot better, for longer, if you cope them. Spend the $$ on a good
blade for your mitre saw, a coping saw, and a few rat tail files.

Also - "a little caulk and a little paint make a carpenter what he ain't"

"Marc" wrote in message
news:ldCXe.22282$Cc5.1214@lakeread06...
I'm looking into installing crown molding in my home. I came across the
Rockler Compound Miter Jig
(http://www.allwoodwork.com/article/w..._made_easy.htm)
and it seems like it should work. This way I don't have to deal with
figuring out the angles and whatever else needs to be done. Has anyone
else
used this product and does it work? Seems like $20 is money well spent if
it will save some time and frustration. Thanks...

The Rockler jig is the same as a good set of crown stops and a tall fence
on your saw and is for cutting your crown propped up. The heigth of the
back of the jig allows you to cut wider crown because it is taller than
most saw fences. If you saw lacks crown stops and a tall fence then this
jig will help. If installing crown on a slope ceiling with outside corners
this jig can not be used and the crown must be cut laying flat. The best
way to cut crown is laying flat with a proper compound miter cut to fit
the corner exactly. For complete information and tools to make you crown
job easier, visit us on line at www.compoundmiter.com

Do-It-Yourself Crown Molding & Trim: Install It Like A PRO!

Sincerely yours
Wayne Drake, President
CompoundMiter, Inc.

What a scumbag company you run!!!

Ever hear of integrity, morality, honesty?





On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:57:27 -0500, "CompoundMiter"
wrote:

The Rockler jig is the same as a good set of crown stops and a tall fence
on your saw and is for cutting your crown propped up. The heigth of the
back of the jig allows you to cut wider crown because it is taller than
most saw fences. If you saw lacks crown stops and a tall fence then this
jig will help. If installing crown on a slope ceiling with outside corners
this jig can not be used and the crown must be cut laying flat. The best
way to cut crown is laying flat with a proper compound miter cut to fit
the corner exactly. For complete information and tools to make you crown
job easier, visit us on line at www.compoundmiter.com

Do-It-Yourself Crown Molding & Trim: Install It Like A PRO!

Sincerely yours
Wayne Drake, President
CompoundMiter, Inc.

JimL wrote:
What a scumbag company you run!!!

Ever hear of integrity, morality, honesty?




Ok, he is guilty of advertising, but the advice he gives APPEARS to be
good and the web site is a good source of info for DIYers.



On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:57:27 -0500, "CompoundMiter"
wrote:


The Rockler jig is the same as a good set of crown stops and a tall fence
on your saw and is for cutting your crown propped up. The heigth of the
back of the jig allows you to cut wider crown because it is taller than
most saw fences. If you saw lacks crown stops and a tall fence then this
jig will help. If installing crown on a slope ceiling with outside corners
this jig can not be used and the crown must be cut laying flat. The best
way to cut crown is laying flat with a proper compound miter cut to fit
the corner exactly. For complete information and tools to make you crown
job easier, visit us on line at www.compoundmiter.com

Do-It-Yourself Crown Molding & Trim: Install It Like A PRO!

Sincerely yours
Wayne Drake, President
CompoundMiter, Inc.

Robert,

Don't know whether his tools and methods are good but I'm troubled by his
advertising. He seems to be replying to people but I don't recall the
original posts. I read this newsgroup nearly every day and I don't recall
all of this recent interest in compound miter problems.
A quick Google using the term "molding" suggests that he's answering
posts from last Fall. Thus, he's not helping the original posters, their
projects were completed a long time ago.
Like JimL I wonder about his integrity in pretending that his comments
are more than advertising. I would not buy a used car from this man.
Used a coping saw, myself

Dave M.