Saw a historic house in Astoria with some wild trim work

I was walking past the Flavel House Museum last weekend and the exterior trim on the gables stopped me cold. It's all these compound curves and layered brackets, cut from what looks like old growth fir, and not a single nail head showing. Made me wonder how they even laid that out before power tools. What's the most complex trim profile you've ever had to match or recreate?

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ross.kevin1d ago

Wasn't that trim added in a later renovation though?

paigep201d ago

Yeah, @ross.kevin, I thought so too until I saw the original plans.