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Applying the Wood Moldings

After Bob and Ryley check out progress in the basement, they take a look at some of the finish carpentry techniques for applying the moldings.
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Applying the Wood Moldings

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" This side of the basement is primarily we're gonna have the administrative people located suggested the receptionist area. He admitted mention administrator has an office back here yeah and enough on the opposite side mentioned securities that are TV cameras and on. But then the actual staff of the to run the place then put together the entertainments here have rested its base this decision Vickie called it yet. Storage closets they've got big storage rooms laundry room for the whole place and everything's been trimmed out aren't yet about halfway through it and now what they're using here is the pop -- again that everybody seems to be using poplar is a very very good. What this kind of work especially where it's going to be painted and it's very -- of knots which is with that thing table and it's very very authentic the jail house casing has been put together. Because this is after our restoration Japanese do want to look like if only temporary and it's it's -- this incident. Were really what I like. That's been milled so that that rounded part which -- bead is already let in there and you got uses a back at the back and I regret for a man outside case. Which slips right over the case. And -- that you look. Yeah but this is a tricky minor naturally you know because when you get up and got -- and it's poignant and expand patent kind of but -- The track jets and walk that one of the restoration builders of Virginia finish carpenters and doing all the support. And just and you guys are doing the whole mansion right all the trim work that's right the contract. So this is tricky work tell us about how you go about cutting bill Martin Short point on the end on this instead need to make my forty. I keep even reveal all the -- OK. And do you make that cut by standard. Well I do a portion of it with the miter saw and going to finish it up with the with."

" And I direct assault -- Words today and brake plants that early."

" Then I'm able to hold my header piece of here. -- And mark the absorb water again and again you're eyeballing it that's it. Then this is the part that. -- Both the miter saw and a handful. -- try to give it a little back cut. So that only the face is seen. Back I mean you're putting a little bit of an angle into the cut away from the forward here that's correct. That I think this over the table saw to get rid of this being."

" I usually clean it up for my -- and I."

" Once again only the face of this. We'll be seeing such try to remove any need that might be. Left in the way. Since it's. Time consuming in just a regular quantify exactly. Why would you put up the two vertical pieces first and then header well like -- worked my way around with well this this fitting of of the center for joint work myself around. We'll have a little more -- we're just I. -- this. Up here. Hold that in place. Where my way around market short point again. -- on this side. That I just repeat the process again. And I usually leave. -- of this portion all of -- met this here makes everything look. Good. -- this. Where he's -- going to be covered by the back home. That's right back band cover the events this is is an expert so. Are we ready to shoot it and thanks so. I even -- restoration work were still not hammering -- and it is it is commercial its commercial work right now everybody's got the pneumatic nailers. This probably happened to to a free compressors. Right in this speeds it up 500% -- you're doing on this plane and it right maybe a couple of doorways and then. Right that's it and that eliminates all those things can happen. You know just and I don't have an exact count but it really is somewhere between eighty and a hundred doors that you have to -- something like that yes good luck next thanks we're."

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