Sir I've been a trim carpenter in the Hamptons and the east end of Long Island for 30 yrs and learned my trade from men before me. Your vid is outstanding as I'm not a teacher of the trade so this vid demonstrates the reason coping is important. I don't have time to teach but I would gladly refer to this vid to those who want to learn. A true art that not readily recognized as such. Walls and wood are not perfect but to a craftsman that knows how to play them both will create beauty!

Definitely the best explanation of coped joints I've seen. Personally I didn't think the annoying music was necessary but otherwise very well done Sir.

This is probably the best video I've ever seen in my entire life. Outstanding!

What was a slap my forehead moment for me was that crown molding is just a solid molding piece with some of material in the corner gone. Great explanation of coping. Thanks.

Great video! I just finished putting up Crown moulding in my kitchen. I stressed about which method to use to cope the joints. I finally decided on using the Dremel 4300 using the carbide shaping bit. With a little practice I became very proficient at using it. I was using solid white wood moulding and this bit cut through it like butter. I highly recommend this method!

To Joseph Braia , I wouldn’t say this video is for the “beginner “. If you have coped before, you can completely understand what he is trying to show and explain. Excellent video !

This is the best tutorial I have ever seen on the proper techniques to cut trim.

This video takes the wizardry out of coping I chopped up 24 feet yesterday trying to get a proper cope and failed! I have no idea who could dislike this video? Thank you very much for taking the time to make this.

I’ve done a lot of molding with what I consider great results, but I wish I had watch this video four years ago! Game changer with respect to time and certainty of the joint and initial cut. 👍

WOW!!! I'M A PIPE FITTER/FABRICATOR AND THIS VIDEO HAS JUST BLOWN THE DOORS WIDE OPEN WHEN IT COMES TO DOING MITER CUTS AND OR COPES!! EVEN IN MY CRAFT. JOB WELL DONE Y'ALL !!!!!

I just did a crown molding work as a side job just a few days ago. I never done crown molding work even though I'm a journeyman carpenter. I realized that the room I did was 2° to 3° out of square. I was cutting with miter saw, and I had to cut 47° or under cutting 43°. My next job I'll cope the corners. My crown molding work turned out nicely even though it was my first try. I never took a classroom training when I took apprenticeship training when I was taking classes under Southwest carpenters union. But I'm always learning new things from watching KZfaq tutorials. Thanks for the video. 👍 It's fun learning new things.

Outstanding! .... Best tutorial I’ve seen on coping. I particularly like the way you show how to identify and diagnose problems.

Wish I had watched you before I installed crown molding in my bathroom. A 1/16 or an 1/8 makes a big difference to an OCD home owner.

I've done a lot of crown and never had it explained this well, wish I could have watched this 20 yrs ago, it would have taken some of the guess work out.

By far the most helpful coping joint video ever. Didn't tell us how to cope, but how to make copes perfect. So good.

The BEST video I have ever seen on coping, excellent.

I do very little crown work but I always wondered why the crown never seemed to set right in the saw. There was always this little bit of movement and now I know where it comes from. Thank you for revealing this to me.

Hello, I just finished watching your Understanding the Coped Joint video and by all standard it is very educational, to say the least. I am a DIY and during my own home improvement projects. I decided I wanted to crown mold the walls and ceiling in the open area of home to impress myself and wife. You introduced me to a lot to consider. Crown molding can be a little intimidating but after viewing your video I have a new sense of confidence, I can do this. Thank you so very much for this educational tool and please keep up the good work. I have subscribed. Cordially, RE Morgan Decatur, GA

You convinced me coping is better ...great video ......I was curious why miter cuts are faster but people prefered coping but you explained it perfect

The best teacher! I wish I saw this before I put a single piece of sprung crown molding

Thanks so much for this excellent tutorial. The first time I installed crown molding I didn't have a problem with coping. Years later I had a terrible time with gaps and couldn't figure out why. I blamed it on the house settling and/or lower quality molding. I ended up using coped samples cut at different angles that I would use to determine the miter angle to cut on the coped piece. It worked but I knew it was a workaround for a problem I just didn't understand.

Wow, what professionalisms. That was perfect made from an experienced teacher

Thanks for taking your time to make great video

Thanks for the great info. It really helped me start to understand how coping works!

Fantastic video sir. This is why you should pay attention in HS geometry class. You would be a leg up in the finish carpentry profession. Bravo!

Amazingling informative! Thank you for taking the time to post this!

Thanks! I learned alot. Excellent video.

You couldn't buy education like this. Thanks from the 🇬🇧

Thanks Pythagoras 😂 really the measuring on a square should help me my next job.

Sooo helpfull, clear, easy and I can understand how 45 works in geometry.....the teachers at school should watch this videos!!!!!!!!!

Incredibly helpful! Thanks!

This video just helped me so much. Thank you.

Got to be the best information about coping. Thanks.

Great video. I learned a good amount of valuable info. Thank you.

Wow! Excellent lesson!!!!

Thank you for such an informative video.

Thank you for these video coz im also intrigue by how it is made and done and thank you for sharing an expert on this matter...

Thank you Bill!

Best coping explanation ever!

Of course I find this video after I cope and fill. Still came out good but I was looking for great.

Awesome video...thanks!

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent class....thank you!!!!!

Thank You! Best explanation ever.

Very well explained. Thank you!!!!

Phenomenal explanation. Thank you

Fantastic information. Thank you

I learned something. Thank you! 🙏

very useful information. thank you so much for that presentation

Ive been doing trim for over 25 years and cope everything. The ole school way, copping saw

Would have loved seeing the coping cut techniques. Its my only slow-down doing home after home of crown coping for years. In Hawaii remote project I used my skill saw 100% free hand for miters and coping cuts. Thanks for this great video!

Very nice. Explanation. I guess that’s why I learn to do that that way

Wow there is a ton of amazing info in this video.

Thanks for a great video

Thank you so much

Thank You!!

Damm good teacher. Love learning something new. And I got the carpenter quiz..

I think your name should be Professor Copemaster... What an excellent video, thanks for sharing.

Great video ….every detail….

Best crown video ever!!

Great video. Can I use coping crown molding for external 45 degrees cust?

I love coping. I dont do it with crown unless I need to but I always cope my base board.

Best video on youtube.

That's why a good trim carpenter is worth his weight in gold. Great explanation.

Thank you

Everything you say is accurate. I have however stopped coping, mostly. The world of tools has changed so much. My miter saw is very precise, and my little brad nailer has no problem shooting brads from behind, into a mitered corner. So. I assemble corners with one short leg, using a little glue.. And both wild ends are cut square. The next corner needs just one measurement, and can be cut one hair long so it snaps in. Boom. I also think that better results on the long spans are achieved by cutting the crown square where they join.

Great vid fir a beginner to understand

Thanks

Thankyou

Great

When you are explaining baseboards @ 5:36 into the vid, after you removed the coped material the 2 pieces fit like a glove but seemed as if the heights of the boards no longer matched. why is that? great video

Living in NW Ohio there's no such thing as a square corner in these old houses lol. Thank you!

wow!

Thank you! I have been struggling with this on my crown. But the only thing I'm not clear about is cutting it to the right depth. Do you mean having it nested, measuring in the amount of the ceiling projection and marking at the top of the crown? I wish you actually showed the cut being made.

one small but important issue; not only does your 45 cut have to be on the mark, but your cut also needs to be square from the saw fence. This can be hard to do on large crowns that are too big to use crown stops.

Wow.

Regarding the first mitre cut, if you know your wall corner is not 90 degrees, but say 92, would you still make the cut at 45, or half of the corner, i.e. 46?

Hi there, thanks for your explanations! Whats the strategy: lets say I do crown in a room with 4 corners, simple. Do I fit the first length with both ends square cut? then one end coped and one end square. That leaves the last one with 2 coped ends!? How do you achieve best results there? How / where do you measure? Cheers

At 6.05, you were say the 45 degree cut is not square. I have noticed this on my cuts a few days ago. Why is it not square?

excellent but for the music. Silence is golden.

Brilliant video that quickly taught me...how stupid I am cos I didn't understand a thing! Sure it made sense to the pros though.

I like the way you present your videos however, I've never heard of a cope. So I'm trying to figure why would put that molding up on wall and ceiling? If these tutorials are for the DIY then what's a cope line. This video isn't the one to watch first and I think you need to let ppl know that. By the way I really like your video about the reciprocating saw. Thank you for all the videos cause I know you putting them out the to help

Is there a “super like”? Now it all makes sense...

I got it :)

Bill, you may want to have that spot on your right hand biopsied. I just found skin cancer on my nose last year. Not trying to be an internet troll. Great video.

Good job I'm waiting you because I seen your hands BUDDY they look like mine sorry I meant watching you anyway keep it up

How do you cope a 45 degree wall for a chair rail? Back cutting @ 45degrees does not work

Great video but that music so monotonous it just takes away from the instruction get rid of it and your video will be 1000%

Start with understanding how your shirt sleeve fits

Top video, demystifies the cope. Video would be better with no music.

If you ain't coping, you're a hack. Excellent video.

I never understood why people would do the coping until now

I use a Hitachi 8 1/2 sliding compound saw which I mastered on the angles. I like to cut my crown flat when I mitre my corners. By making a perfect 90 degree inside corner a 1’ long each way, glue them with CA glue, and do a dry fit. This way I can mark the ceiling projection in place without drywall finishes changing my angles. I snap lines on the ceiling, apply dabs of adhesive (usually PL Premium) behind it about a 1/4”. Attach my crown along the line first, then fit the wall last. People tend to sight that line for quality

Wow just fot a PHD in coping.

Thanks for the good info on preparing for cope cutting a joint but I just watched 23 minutes of a video and the narrator never cuts a coped joint.

What I want to know is why you can't buy premade corners for mouldings? That way all cuts would simply be square cuts from corner to corner, and your 45% angles would already be set for ceilings and walls? It would solve a lot of problems. Especially for DIYers.

Great video, would be better without the music over your voice.

Another great video marred by a distracting soundtrack. Love the commentary, but the music is totally unnecessary.

How come I never see people cut crown flat on table.....thats the way I learned to cut.....with compound miter

It always cracks me up guys that don't know how to miter but they know how to cope