These are the Crystal Doors They are made from pattern grain Genuine Mahogany Each door is 36" x 95" x 2-1/4" thick The clear glass is 3/4" thick Diamante Starfire The Starfire is hand beveled to a peak The amber glass is hand beveled bronze glass

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Before !		...... and After !		.... after 1 year		here is a close-up
every inch of every piece of glass is hand beveled				...... the view from the side deck		the Coast side of the house
Here is a back view if the inside		Notice the prismatic effect of the Diamante Starfire		a close-up of the prismatic effect of the Diamante Starfire		here are the master bedroom doors ..... the doors are Redwood with glass from a church

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Here is the "history" of the construction of these beautiful doors ~ Click Here to view the Hand Beveling Process

Here is the proposed drawing		Here is a cut-a-way view of the mullions and hand beveled glass		Here is the exceptional 3" rough "pattern" grade Honduras Mahogany		I sharpened all of my knives
and setup all of my tools with sharp knives and cutters		The rough lumber is cut out and allowed several days/weeks to "settle down" and relax		Then all of the skim planed to layout so that all my grain matches		It was a hot summer day ..... so I closed the shop and went to sit in my grandsons "pool" ...... and laugh with him !!
All boards are then straightened and flatted by me		...... and the planed to the thickness of 2-1/4"		Then all the pieces are squared up and cut to width and then length		Each piece is shaped in three stages
				A door should be constructed to grace a home for 100 years. .......... why not!
and the mullions are bored for 5/8" dowels that I make myself		...... here is a piece being "coped" on one of my shapers				a close-up of the coping process
I make my own dowels, for the mullions, out of Mahogany ..... so they will never rot !!		here is an actual 3"+ mullion after being coped		Here is a cool picture of the machined short mullions		... here the long mullions are coped before shaping
Here the pieces are laid out		.... and then each piece is machined and dry fitted ......		....... till I get a perfect fit on each piece		Then the gluing process begins
my friend Debra and another person helped pre-glue each piece		... and then we started assembling from the inside out		here we are applying more more covering of glue to the splines before adding the side styles		Then it is clamped together and the excess glue is removed
The corners are the "scrubbed" with water and a tooth brush		The industrial urea resin glue, I use, remains water soluble for a couple of hours and then becomes waterproof and I allow a full 72 hrs to cure		...... and then hours upon hours of hand sanding begins		Furniture for the home !!
Here I am mortising for a movable sweep show		And here I am adding the astragal and mortising for the slide bolt		Then we stain the mahogany with a warm brown which is added to my varnish oil		....... not bad huh !! It is so warm and inviting
Here the hand beveled Diamante Starfire is being set		View some custom hand beveling by Iniquez Glassworks		I also made another 20+ doors for the home ...... and custom cabinet doors		Here is the finished entry

Click Here to view the Hand Beveling Process


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