KREGKMA2800 Crown-Pro Crown Molding Tool

This thing was a life saver when trying to get my crown angles perfect! Comes with the angle finder to find spring angle, then you set the jig to the angle, the guide sticker on the jig reminds you which direction for right/left/inside/outside corners. Just be mindful not to cut through the jig!My only negatives would be - the quality could be better and the delivery. It’s all pretty flimsy plastic so it feels like you might break it. It ships in exposed packaging and was left out in the rain so the box was soggy.

Work great

Easy to set up. Good instructions. Some more difficult to adjust the spring angle than it should be as the bed does not move smoothly but seems to have detents.

We bought this for a crown molding project Nd man it sure made the job much easier. I thought this project was going to take my husband out but this tool saved us!

Everything was great

Kreg makes decent stuff, but for the life of me I can't figure out what this is good for. Certainly not for cutting crown on a chop saw with any precision. I ended up making a jig out of ripped strips of quality ply which works like a dream. This jig is too small to provide anything that I found useful for 3 1/4" crown. Maybe there are setups where it would be useful, but I'm doubtful.

My dad and I are both experienced DIYers and he used to work in construction but oh dear LAWD for some reason crown molding scrambles both of our brains every time. We spent six hours working one day a few weeks ago and got exactly two pieces of crown up because we kept accidentally cutting pieces at the wrong angle, etc. Never again!!!! I decided to look for a tool to take the confusion out of it and ordered this Kreg jig. My father is not an effusive man but he GUSHES with love for this tool. We did the crown molding for the entire upstairs in the same amount of time it took us to previously only get two pieces up. A+++, my favorite purchase, if you’re renovating you NEED this. Just read the directions and you’ll be fine! I found it helpful to sketch a quick diagram of each room and mark each corner “LI” or “RI” for left internal or right internal so when you’re standing at the saw with the jig you don’t have to remember which is which. Good luck!!

This really helps when it comes to cutting crown moulding. I kind of wish there were instructions for cutting vaulted ceilings but I eventually figured out how to do it. On a few cuts I held the tool too close to the saw and ended up cutting it so be careful about maintaining distance away from the saw blade. If you're a novice with crown moulding like me, I think you'll enjoy using it. With the spring angle taken care of, it makes cutting crown like cutting base moulding. The included and handy wall angle / spring angle finder completes the package. I found that even though the little cheat sheet that you adhere to the tool helps you toget started, it doesn't matter what side of the miter saw you place the tool. I found that placing the tool based solely on the cheat sheet can be confusing and cause you to make the wrong, opposite cut. DOH!For horizontal angles (standard flat ceiling) you're supposed to set the angle on the Crown-Pro to the moulding's spring angle and lay the moulding up side down on the tool and make your cut. To do vaulted ceilings (vertical angles) set the tool's angle to 90 minus the spring angle and lay the crown moulding right side up to make your cut. When you transition from the horizontal run to vertical vault, you have to make a small triangular transition piece. There are a couple websites that explain the creation of that piece but know that the vertical transition side of the piece is done using the 90 minus spring angle, right-side up procedure.