Here is a drawing of the proposed entry		....... a drawing of the door		... with all of the dimensions

		Here are some photos of the completed Entry Door and Sidelights
Here is the completed Entry Here is the completed Entry without backlights to view the beveled glass
A view of the dentil shelf		a close up of the dentil posts and shelf		another view
a full shot of the 1-3/8" thick Mahogany Panels		Click on Any Image o Enlarge		a view of the beveled glass, which is also a thermal unit and tempered glass

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	Here is a pictorial history of how The Brentwood was constructed
Here is the rough lumber before jointing and planing	I always allow wood to "settle down" before the machining takes place	here are the sidelight styles out of the planer	The bottom heel rail is diagonal grain, matched and glued together...... then machined again to thickness ...... this should provide a very stable bottom rail (wide) for the door and sidelight.
the sidelights are "dry fitted" .... with the floating tennons ......	then the pieces are machined with a "cope and stick" chamfered bevel	Here I am doing the coping ...... this allows for 3 times the gluing surface	Here are the sidelights in clamps where they will remain, curing, for at least 3 days
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Here I am machining the pieces for the entry door	... and then I start dry fitting the pieces	after cutting to fit ..... I layout the taper in the vertical mid-rail	.... then cut the taper and machine the molded edge
after coming out of clamps ..... I trim the sidelights to size ..... I make everything I do slightly oversize so that I can trim to the exact dimension	Here ... we start to assemble the entry door	...... it is put together from the center up .. and then out ... yes the fit is so tight that we have to "nudge" it together with a	we wipe off the excess glue, before we place it in clamps
Then we clamp up the door in all directions .... wipe off the excess glue .... and even take a toothbrush and water to all the joints	... then we blow off all the excess water and check for any glue .. we might have missed	and then wrestle this giant down to the floor, where it will stay in clamps for 3-4 days	Having some time left in the day ... we finish sand the sidelights and hand sand the detail to a 220 grit finish ..... furniture quality
Then all surfaces are checked with a diagonal light to for any defects	When the door is complete ...... we sign it	with the "makers mark"	here is a waste piece, cut off a sidelight. Notice the quality and tightness of the Genuine Mahogany
The molded edge is hand sanded	and the faces are machined sanded to a furniture finish	and a final touch up	All of our doors are made slightly oversize and then cut to size and square
It is time to sign the beauty ... with pride	Our "mark"	Hear the sidelight is receiving the first of 4 coats of varnish oil	The pieces will cure 3 to 4 days between coats of oil
and the oiling of the great door ... begins	Here are the door and 2 sidelights between coats of oil varnish	here is one of the planks that will be planed and machined to make one of the two matching Mahogany panels	Here a a panel, just after being cut to the taper
The faces are machine sanded	Then the hand sanding begins	These are some of the tools needed just to sand and finish a panel	and here is the the finish panel after the first coat of varnish oil
a close-up of this remarkable wood	Here are all of the stops needed for the door and sidelight, being oiled	Here I am laying out the position of the dentil posts	drilling for the 1" hand made Mahogany dowels that are attached to the posts
Here I am aligning up the dentils posts in a perfectly straight line	and they will remain under clamps for 3 days ... to cure	Here is the "raw" door with the sidelights	Here are the dentil posts after oiling
Here is the "oiled" door ready for panels	.. and here are the panels	Each stop is hand fit and cut	And here is a close up of the installed panels
We are still delayed because I am waiting for the beveled	Here is another picture of the installed panels	soooo ... we cut the stops and we'll be ready to install the glass when it arrives	Here we are fitting the large beveled glass units in the sidelights
Here are the completed sidelights	"my" jambs are now made with a new method I have developed by laminating two pieces of 4/'4" Mahogany	Here are two pieces just before clamping	then they "rest" under a zillion clamps for at least 24 hrs
Time to finish sand and trim	Then oil with 4 coats of varnish	Here are the jamb pieces curing before hanging the door and sidelights
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