I got into a family job here and have learned soooo much about crown! My sister’s house has a soffit in the kitchen, around which iI was elected to put up crown. At one of the inside corners, the corner has been framed and finished so as to create a diagonal from one side to the other, leaving me with two 45 degree angles. Do I put up the short diagonal piece and cope the others? I tried putting up the longer legs and coping the short diagonal but I’v cut the blasted thing so many times without success I figured I had a flaw in the overall approach.
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Miter the 45's.
Agreed, miter and glue any 45's.
As mentioned Mitre but if you need a little help, test fit a couple of 2x4 block cut miters to check the fit. Lots cheaper and you don't run short of crown.
Bill,
Lay your bevel gauge into the 45 degree corner( do each one separately) , lock in the angle, then set your gauge on a scrap piece of wood and draw the angle, now using a speed square, measure said angle and bisect it, this is your miter angle. Lacking a speed square, use a compass, set the compass to 1 1/2" , then scribe a mark on each leg of the previously made angle (one leg is the edge of the board), then scribe a new mark toward the center of the previously made angle from each side, the intersection of these last two will be the centerline of the bisecting angle, set your bevel gauge to that and transfer that angle to your miter saw.
Hope I haven't muddied the water too much! :)
Geoff
Can't cope 45's. always miter. You may have to do it by hand. Go for it.