The beautiful door is called
The Salmon Creek Entry Door
It is styled after The Otsuchi Craftsman Style Door I made.
It is 35-7/8" x 79" x 1-3/4"
and is made of Vertical Grain Old Growth Redwood.
The mid vertical "taper" is Birds-Eye Redwood
and the panels are of elegant Redwood Burl

This door is styled after The Otsuchi Entry Door

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The client will provide the stained glass

the panels are Redwood Burl

and the mid-tapered rail is birds-eye Redwood

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just look at the intricacy of the burl

each piece is a book-match

what a grand ensemble of textures, grains, and colors

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the dentil shelf is VG Redwood

attached to Redwood posts

and attached with hidden stainless steel screws


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the arched stops are pre-fitted for the client

they are fairly complex to fit properly

and these fit properly


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then the screws are capped with hand fitted Rosewood pins

here's the original drawing .......... how'd I do !!



Below is the provenance of the making of this beautiful door

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Here are the actual end cuts of the vertical grain, Old Growth Redwood. Please note the tightness of the grain

the top arch is cut out

then the lower arch is cut out

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after all of the pieces are machined, they are fitted

and the I fit the mullions


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I fitted the tapered piece before I cut the taper

then we glued up the door and we used 19 clamps to put the "puppy" together

another view

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we remove all of the excess glue

and the door cures in clamps for at least 72 hours

and now the finish sanding process begins


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each door is sanded to a furniture finish

and every molded edge is hand sanded

to the same furniture finish


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the dentil posts are machine .........

...... and hand sanded

and next comes the finishing touches on the dentil shelf


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here we are sanding the Redwood burl panel stock

the panels stay in the vacuum press for 72 hours

here we are laminating the curved stops


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here we are oiling the arched stops ~ 4 times

here I am machining the raised panels

better make sure they fit !!


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the panels are wetted with water ~ just to sneak a peek

how beautiful

then we sand the panels to a furniture finish and oil them 4 different time with our varnish-oil


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the finishing touches are added to this beautiful=l door

carefully we go


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the finish up the hand sanding

and we begin the oiling process

the oil is allowed to


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each door is oiled under these trees

and another of the 4 coats is set to soak for a couple of hours

the doors cure for at least 3 days between coats


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look how beautiful the figured mid-taper looks!

then after the door is fully cured (about a week) I add the dentil posts

the we hand fit the last of the arched stops for the panels


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we then install and caulk the floating panels

I then hand fit the Rosewood pins for the dentil

and finish up by precutting the stops for the clients glass artist


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