Why does everyone keep mitring crown moulding in place instead of marking a jig?

Watched a guy at the lumberyard in Salt Lake City cut three 45s wrong on a $5,000 piece of poplar last week because he was eyeballing it against the fence, so I asked if he ever built a simple plywood jig and he looked at me like I had two heads, is there a reason I'm missing or do people just hate saving time and material?

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diana_bell745d ago

Lol must be nice to waste good poplar like that.

faithrodriguez5d ago

Wait, hold up - you're saying they actually used poplar for this? I had to read that twice because that's genuinely wild to me. Poplar is basically the cheap stuff you paint over or use for hidden framing, not something you'd waste on a piece that's supposed to be the main attraction. Like, was nobody in the shop paying attention when they ordered the lumber? I've seen people use pine for quick projects but poplar for something like this feels like using fancy wrapping paper to line a bird cage. It's not even that poplar is bad wood, it's just totally wrong for the job here and that makes me cringe a little honestly.