Installing Crown Molding: Coping

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[poker]

i been a carpenter for 1000 years, i remember the days we used jagged rocks to cope our crown for our caves.
this guy has taught me a lot!
many thanks sir.

[centaloregoncarpentrypros]

reading the comments I see a lot of ding-dongs and hate (as usual on youtube)... been a finish carpenter/cabinet maker for 15 years and I'm just trolling around looking for new ideas. Just want to say thanks for your kind tone and detailed delivery! Very easy to follow for the inexperienced and we need more people getting excited about carpentry. Cheers!

[jedgeco]

Thank you - this is by far the best coping demo and best explanation of the technique that I've come across.

For any DIYers thinking about trying this for the first time, follow this demo to a T. And shell out for the Collins Coping Foot (and a jig saw if you don't have one); the money you spend on tools you will save in material you don't ruin.

[joelewis]

I've been doing this stuff for over 35 years and that's a nice job there is manny ways to come up with the same results if the customer is happy and the job is good why all the haters commenting on this page most them know it all type guys will never be really good at there trades because they already think there better then the next guy therefore they stop learning better methods and just become another whatever kinda craftsman thanks for taking your time and making this video

[KetterHomeImprovements]

Absolutely a fine demonstration of how a professional woodworker copes crown molding. I consider myself a pretty good woodworker already, but even I was amazed and I also learned something during this video. Thanks so much for your teaching.

[jimsear]

Gary, yours is probably the best explanation and demo of coping with a jig saw that I've seen. I've had the Collins Foot for about 3-4 years now probably longer!) and have never regretted buying it. Once you get the hang of it it's so quick and easy. It may be worth pointing out in future videos that for best results, the jig saw blade must be very coarse, which is completely counter intuitive, Lots of guys comment on the foot but for some strange reason it hasn't yet caught on in the UK. Keep up the good work, you're brilliant. Regards Jim

[tsetendorjee]

Thank you very much for sharing your installing crown molding!👍

[Jrr]

Great video. Started using the Collins foot its great! The old coping saw is great for pine, but that hard wood! This is the way to go. I still use the handsaw and files to tune it in. Lots of Shoe maker comments. This was a excellent video!

[jon]

this is an excellent demonstration. I really like the miter trick I've never seen that before. one thing that should be pointed out is that the jigsaw is set to the lowest orbital setting, giving better control.

[brady]

Great video! Good to know that there are still people out there doing things the right way! And thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[danstill]

You are the best Gary.
Thank you very much!

[rogerjodoin]

Isn’t the detail portion of the crown the bottom? Is this technically upside down and the client prefers it that way? Perhaps it’s a stacked crown?

[romanbenko]

Nice job on this video Gary. It was very helpful.

[harrypouncey]

Wonderful! When explained properly everything is simple

[MagaHunter]

Great stuff! I'm not a prima donna, traditionalist carpenter, so I appreciate your willingness to share some good tips that I have yet to figure out on my own due to inexperience. Plus, I'm just not as cool as some of these other tools.
I think I'll still cope by hand, but I like your thicker overlapping miter and the butt-cope. I used to cope with a grinder which IS much faster, until I came to the conclusion that I'd rather work like a gentleman instead of choking on dust even when I got home like some Philistine.

[jessegalvan]

At the very end when you made that notch well that's something I've never tried before thank you

[keithnp]

He makes it look easy! A couple of observations - It seems like larger pieces of crown would be easier to cut with a bigger bearing surface for the coping foot. Typical 60's tract houses like mine have small rooms and maximum 10 ft ceilings so large crown molding would look weird. Small pieces are harder cut. Also I have yet to see a good demo of solo installation in a square/rectangular room with no outside corners, especially cutting the crown to the right length the first time knowing that the corner to corner length is not the same as the coped crown length.

[bitterchild]

I've used this Collin's foot and it works really well but you need a special blade in your machine

[petermartin]

Well done explanation, Sir. Thank you.

[lupinearsenalALT]

Years of practice right there. Beautiful cuts. <3