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
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
the dentil shelf is VG Redwood		attached to Redwood posts		and attached with hidden stainless steel screws
the arched stops are pre-fitted for the client		they are fairly complex to fit properly		and these fit properly
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
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
		after all of the pieces are machined, they are fitted		and the I fit the mullions
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
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
each door is sanded to a furniture finish		and every molded edge is hand sanded		to the same furniture finish
the dentil posts are machine .........		...... and hand sanded		and next comes the finishing touches on the dentil shelf
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
here we are oiling the arched stops ~ 4 times		here I am machining the raised panels		better make sure they fit !!
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
the finishing touches are added to this beautiful=l door				carefully we go
the finish up the hand sanding		and we begin the oiling process		the oil is allowed to
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
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
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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