Free Course Image Finish Carpentry Masterclass: Miter Saw, Trim, Crown Molding, Wainscoting and Doors

Free online courseFinish Carpentry Masterclass: Miter Saw, Trim, Crown Molding, Wainscoting and Doors

Duration of the online course: 18 hours and 32 minutes

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Free finish carpentry masterclass: miter saw skills, trim, casing, baseboard, crown molding, wainscoting, and door installation techniques.

In this free course, learn about

  • Miter Saw Fundamentals and Advanced Techniques
  • Baseboard and Crown Molding Installation
  • Wainscoting Design, Layout, and Installation
  • Door Hanging and Pre-Hung Door Installation

Course Description

Build professional-level finish carpentry skills with this free online masterclass focused on clean, accurate trim work and confident installations. Designed for learners in construction and professional skills, it walks you through the practical techniques that help projects look polished, from first cut to final fit.

Learn to set up and use a miter saw with precision, starting with essential fundamentals and moving into advanced methods that improve speed, consistency, and accuracy. You will strengthen your approach to measuring, marking, cutting, coping, and fitting so joints close tightly and details look intentional.

Move from tool mastery into real-world installation workflows for casing and baseboard, including strategies for dealing with out-of-square walls, uneven floors, and tricky corners. Then deepen your trim expertise with crown molding, covering both foundational concepts and advanced installation techniques for crisp lines and seamless transitions.

The course also explores wainscoting so you can plan layouts, maintain visual balance, and execute clean panel details. Finally, develop door-hanging confidence by learning how to fit a new door into an existing jamb and how to install pre-hung doors for reliable operation and professional results.

Course content

  • Video class: MASTERING THE MITER SAW: PROGRAM 1, FUNDAMENTALS, with Gary Katz 1h15m
  • Exercise: When cutting trim in position on a miter saw, which rule correctly matches corner type to what touches the fence?
  • Video class: MASTERING THE MITER SAW: PROGRAM 2, ADVANCED TECHNIQUES, with Gary Katz 1h09m
  • Exercise: When cutting baseboard on the flat using the long point/short point method, where should the long point be placed for an inside corner?
  • Video class: INSTALLING CASING: PROGRAM 3, with Gary Katz 1h26m
  • Exercise: When installing simple casing around a window or door, what measurement does the cut length typically run from?
  • Video class: INSTALLING BASEBOARD: PROGRAM 4, with Gary Katz 53m
  • Exercise: When cutting baseboard on the flat at a miter saw, which miter point should be against the base (table) of the saw for an inside corner?
  • Video class: INSTALLING CROWN MOLDING: PROGRAM 5, FUNDAMENTALS, with Gary Katz 1h41m
  • Video class: INSTALLING CROWN MOLDING, PROGRAM 6: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES, with Gary Katz 1h35m
  • Exercise: When installing crown molding on a cathedral (sloped) ceiling, how should the molding be oriented in the miter saw for the rake run?
  • Video class: WAINSCOTING 2h05m
  • Exercise: When measuring a wainscoting frame that runs from an inside corner to an outside corner, what adjustment should be made to the wall length?
  • Video class: WAINSCOTING 1h59m
  • Exercise: When tracing a scribe line along a wall or casing, what is the key rule for holding the scribes?
  • Video class: WAINSCOTING 1h25m
  • Exercise: When cutting rabbeted panel molding for wainscoting, which point should you measure and cut to?
  • Video class: WAINSCOTING 2h04m
  • Exercise: When installing wainscoting on stairs, what should be planned first to ensure the wainscoting layout will be correct?
  • Video class: WAINSCOTING 50m
  • Exercise: When laying out stair wainscoting, what mainly determines where the transition stile should land?
  • Video class: HANGING A NEW DOOR IN AN OLD JAMB, Prog. 9, With Gary Katz 1h15m
  • Exercise: When fitting a new slab door into an old, out-of-square jamb, what is the key step that helps you avoid repeated hinge repositioning and re-scribing?
  • Video class: INSTALLING PRE-HUNG DOORS, Prog. 10, with Gary Katz 49m
  • Exercise: When ordering pre-hung doors, what is the key risk of mixing up the butt-to-butt method and the hinge-side method?

This free course includes:

18 hours and 32 minutes of online video course

Digital certificate of course completion (Free)

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