Accessories

DEWALT Crown Stops
Makes crown mould installation fast and accurate. I use these on pre-finished crown for cabinets were absolute accuracy is a must. I am completely satisfied with the results.

Wildly over-priced, but it does work
It is remarkable how cheaply made, but dearly priced DeWalt tool accessories are. This is another example. Just a bunch of fittings and a couple of stamped steel guides. They even managed to screw up the DeWalt label stuck to the face of the guides. One was wrinkled and would have prevented reliable operation. Had to pull it off and clean off the adhesive residue wih solvent.

Having said that, this thing does work. In fact, it even works, with a little grinding down of two tabs, on an older Sears Craftsman cast iron base 10" compound mitre saw. And that was a lucky break for me because you cannot get the Craftsman part anymore.

Makes cutting small to medium sizecrown moldings accurately possable.


Looked at the Bench Dog product that costs a little more, but it eats into your capacity.

I don't argue with the design of the DeWalt product, just wish it looked like a $25 product and not a $15 one.

Expensive but useful.
The only reason I gave this product four stars is the price. Other than that, it is a very useful accessory. I've been installing Crown Molding for a long time and these stops have increased my speed significantly. If you are going to use these only once, I would not recommend spending the money, but if you are a professional, these stops will pay themselves off within the first couple jobs.

If You're Going To Install Crown,,,Ya Gotta Have These.
I see a huge amount of products with reviews that slam products. I often wonder if the writers of these reviews ever find anything any better. Personally, I've not found anything any better than these crown stops (in thier proper application). As far as I know, there are no other crown stops that fit this saw. As far as accuracy,,,after determining the distance from the wall to the top face of the crown, I rip a scrap (1x whatever) exactly that wide. If it's 18 inches to 24 inches long it will lay all the way across the saw and I can set both crown stops against the scrap and tighten them down. I've never had one to come loose or bend. Most crown is fairly light and using the upside down method of miter cuts demands the accuracy afforded by some kind of stops or a jig like the Bench Dog.

Not to be slamming the Bench Dog, but, the Bench Dog 10-010 Crown Cutter lays loose on the table,,,and you lose 5/8 - 3/4 inch of cutting capacity both in hight and width. These stops from dewalt fasten tight to the table and you lose nothing in cutting capacity. You need all of the cutting capacity you can get when cutting wide crown molding!! Maybe I'm just so used to the small stops that I'm resisting change. But having a loose jig on a precise cutting tool would surely lead to cumulative error,, wouldn't it??? A loose piece of crown on a loose jig? Granted, you can have the Bench Dog attached to your saw, but doesn't that defeat the option of cutting on either side of the blade? And what about safety when its not fastened down?

Either way you need some type of stops to cut crown properly and this one has worked for me for over ten years. Durable enough .

Not worth it!
Typical of Dewalt accessories, this item is grossly over-priced. It is made of thin metal and I never got a sense of precision when I installed this on my Dewalt 12" compound miter saw.