The Grandview Door Project

The beautiful entry system is called
"The Grandview"
It is Genuine Mahogany
The door is 40" x 94" x 1-3/4"
each sidelight is 14" x 94"
The panels are bookmatched
Old Growth Curly Redwood

Here is a view of the completed Grandview Entry
The art glass will be added upon completion

Here is another view of the completed Grandview Entry

These are the top bookmatched panels
which are Old Growth Curly Redwood

Here is a view of all of the
door panels

Here is one sidelight panel

..... and here is a view of the
other sidelight panel

The mortise pins are true
Brazilian Rosewood

Notice the ribbon grain Mahogany

Here we turned the mortise pins
turned as a diamond

I think the Redwood panels go very well
with the exception Mahogany Ribbon grain



Here is the rough sided home with a drawing of *The Grandview*		Here is an overlay of the completed entry on the rough sided home

Here is the history of the creation of
"The Grandview"

I am happy to draw several versions

........ and yet another version

The Final Version

Notice the fine grain of the Mahogany

Here is all of the rough lumber for the door and sidelights

Here is that same wood after it has been joined straight and planed to 1-3/4" thick

Here are the continuous pieced to the top ~ mid ~ and bottom "heel". I will the cut the sidelights out of each end

Then I "dry fit" all of the vertical pieces to fit perfectly

And then I lay out the "tapered" vertical mid-rail

Here is the door just glued and clamped

All excess glue has been wiped off and then we "toothbrush" the corners of all glue

Here the door will cure in clamps for at
least a full 3 days ....... that is the "right way"

Here is the door blank ready for sanding and finishing

....... another view !!

All joints are scraped flat

...... and then checked

Here are the pieces to the sidelights soon to be assembled and glued

........ and here the sidelights will cure for at least 72 hours

Then the hand sanding of all the chamfered molded edge begins

and on the 2 sidelights also

after everything is sanded we oil it with 4 coats of varnish oil ...... here is the 1st coat

here is the first coat on the sidelight

....... and the second coat of the door

Everything cures at least 3 days between
coats so that the varnish oil can harden
under the surface

Here is a close-up of the square mortise pins on the bottom of the door

In the mid-rails I turned them to diamonds

My panels have a core of Marine Grade ply
This is to insure that the panels are stable

Then edged with Redwood

On all four sides

Here are the blanks set into the door

Here is the "thick" bookmatched veneer in clamps

Here is what it looks like. It is Old Growth VG Curley Redwood

Here are the panels with their first coat of varnish oil

Here is another view of the panels with the second coat of oil

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