Had to pick between a miter saw and a hand saw for a last minute crown molding job

The client wanted a fancy dining room done in one afternoon, but my miter saw was in the shop for a blade replacement. I grabbed my old hand saw and a miter box, thinking I could muscle through it. Let's just say my arms were noodles by the third cut and the angles were, um, creative. Anyone ever pull off a crown molding job with just hand tools, or was I crazy to even try?

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charliew993d ago

What's wrong with a little creative geometry?

skylerw873d ago

Saw a documentary on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. They basically built on soft ground and tried to fix it by making the next floors slightly taller on one side. That "creative geometry" just made it worse for a century until modern engineers stabilized it. Sometimes you can't just eyeball it.