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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.

Test and Recut the Casing with a Very Fine Cut

Step

Set the length of casing on top of the plinth block and note whether it matches the set back mark on the underside of the lintel. Ours is about 1/16-inch too long, so we trim it with a very fine cut on the miter saw so that it is exact.

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