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Home Improvement > Moldings & Wood Trim > How to Replicate Old Door Casing

Learn how to route casing to build and match Victorian doorway casing.

Route the opposite edge of the board, after flipping the board end-to-end and again place the right side facing downward. This step and the last one add a narrower groove on top of those routed in the earlier step. The result is a casing that is nearly identical to the Victorian original.
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