Warning: Don't try to cut a 12-foot crown molding run by yourself in a 90-degree attic

I tried to muscle a long piece through my DeWalt miter saw up there last summer, and it was a total circus act. Ended up just renting a second set of sawhorses for $20 and doing it on the ground, which took a quarter of the time and none of the swearing. Anyone have a good trick for handling long trim in tight spaces without a helper?

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ellis.charles13d ago

Rent the sawhorses every time. That attic story gave me secondhand stress. I've tried the whole "prop it on boxes" thing and it's just not worth the near misses. Now I just clear a lane on the floor and make a production line. Works for baseboards too.

sandra71513d ago

My attic crown molding attempt looked like a bad slapstick routine.

jesse_barnes378d ago

Saw a YouTube video last week where a guy used a roller stand and a bungee cord to hold long trim in place while cutting solo. @ellis.charles is right about clearing a floor lane though - that attic nightmare sounds brutal. I keep a beat up extension cord to hang long boards from ceiling joists when I have to rough cut before taking them down.