" So, you guys are ready to tack up this side of the verge board, but I wanna take a look at the other side so that we can understand how this has been framed. This overhang essentially was brought up when we raised the wall and what they've done down at the corner is a very nice job of returning the corner and then, of course, in order to make sure the weather doesn't ruin this, we've got a lead cap on it. And the verge board rests right down here so it's up along the edge, and how do you attach it, Riley?"

" Well, we should have put it on with some 8 penny, 8 penny galvanized commons."

" Galvanized common nails, that's all it takes, every 12 inches or so."

" Yeah."

" And making this obviously is something that we did in the workshop, but, although we have picked design motifs from the house with our consultant from other houses here on the Vineyard, for this particular detail, we use the book that, a terrific book on Victorian and other wood motifs in American architecture and we found the picture of an old weathered house that had this identical carpenter-made design and so we decided to copy it, and well, why don't you watch how we figured out how to cut it."

" Riley, how did you get from the photograph to this drawing here?"

" Well, I had our architect design and take the photograph and blow it up to full scale."

" Free hand?"

" Free hand, yep. So it will go on to our 1 X 12."

" And then you've made a cutout of it."

" Right. Cut it out with a pair of scissors, and then from there, place it on to a piece of quarter-inch luan."

" Yeah."

" I'm gonna use as a template. And once it's on that, it came out just like here."

" So the template will be your guide for cutting or just for drawing?"

" Just for tracing. Trace the whole thing out."

" Now, why have you gone to the trouble of doing all this work, just on patterns, just for tracing? Why not, you cut 4 of them, why not just cut 1 of them and take it over and over and over again down the length of the board?"

" Well, I've got 6 of them to do and these are not exactly a part. Each one is a little bit different."

" Alright, our template is numbered 4, 3, 2, 1, and we've been careful to make sure that they all butt together each time we use it."

" And now we're ready to cut?"

" Yes we are."

" And so to make things a lot quicker and easier to cut the straight cuts."

" Now, how do we cut out this D shape, Riley?"

" Well, we'll do that with the jig saw but first I'll put a 3/8th hole in there so that will allow the blade to get in there."

" Okay."

" Now, painting fancy trim like this is always a pain in the neck so it's a good idea to prime it down on the ground first. Need a hand with that?"

" No, I'll just wait for him."

" Okay. And the other important thing is that if you're priming it, you wanna back prime it also because you wanna make sure you don't get moisture coming in from one side and making the paint on the other side blister. Now, this piece that's being attached is really a backer, it's just a 2 X 4 stud that's been run through the table saw at an angle and the angle corresponds with the crown molding. Beautiful."