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   FastEddie | Apr 11, 2008 03:40am | #1

   I think you start with a short (12") scrap tacked in place, then cope the first full piece to that.  When you get back to the starting point, pull out the scrap and slide the butt end of the last piece into place.

   "Put your creed in your deed."   Emerson

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   Jer | Apr 11, 2008 03:40am | #2

   You start off with a cope and then slip the final straight cut end piece inside it.
   Use a test piece about a foot long and nail your starter piece up to it to get the angle on. Shoot your first nail about 2' back from the adjoining wall as to leave a little play in the spring angle, (like I do with all the crown I install). When you get to your final piece, slip it inside and adjust accordingly.
   Rooty toot toot, away you shoot and.....
   Voila!

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   scrumseeker | Apr 11, 2008 03:41am | #3

   Start your first piece with a cope on one and and butt to the far corner.  Use a short piece of crown to set that first cope joint.  Proceed to install crown around the room,  with the last piece slipping in behind the first cope.

   In other words,  each piece will be coped on one end and square at the other.