Here is ...... The Big Basin Prairie Door

It has clear Beveled and insulated glass.

It is Old Growth vertical grain Redwood

It is 36" x 80" x 1-3/4".
The panels are highly figured Curly Redwood
and Redwood Burl with an added Dentil Shelf

Here is the completed door ...... it is simply elegant

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The panels are Old Growth Curly and Burl Redwood

Here a dentil shelf of Old Growth Redwood

It is attached with stainless steel fasteners and capped with Ebony pins

Here is some of the history of the making of this door

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Here is the rough lumber used in this door

after glue up, all surfaced are marked ....

......... to be sanded and finished to a furniture finish

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all molded edges are hand sanded two times

and the surfaces are sanded .......

.......... to a 220 grit finish

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Here it is ready for oil

What a difference after one coat of oil

Each door receives 4 coats of our "varnish-oil"

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Here is the Curly Redwood panel stock

We hand sand .......... and ........

..... machine sand each panel

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then oil

and oil again

Last coat


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