This Entrance Door is called The Terrace View Entry It is VG Redwood 36" x 80" x 1-3/4" This "free form" shaped door has Seedy Reamy glass in the top panel and VG Redwood panels below.

Here is the completed Terrace View Door		The panels are VG Old Growth Redwood		and so are the door styles
Here is the future home of this beautiful door		The glass is Seedy Reamy over clear. It is tempered and insulated		The detailing is hand shaped ...... every single piece
The panels are hand shaped .... and the glass reminds one of the antique hand poured glass.		The panels are are solid old Growth Redwood that is vertical grain and are over 1-1/2" thick and the boards continue from bottom to top.		The stops were steam bent and hand fitted ......... one by one
Below is the provenance of the making of this beautiful door
I worked from a picture of a door I made 20 years ago		here is the fine grained VG Redwood sawn from old logs left on the forest floor over 100 year ago		I picked continuos pieces and determined the angles
I cut the pieces to length then shape the ends before shaping		the process of coping		here is my concept starting out
that looks very nice		Then I cut the piece on the band saw		nice curves !!
ooops same picture		then I hand plane with my antique compass plane ........ to a perfect shape		then I work on the out side
ahhh ........... that looks just right !!		now I'll start on the lower piece		sketch out my idea
then calculate the angles		cope the piece and cut out on the band saw.		after shaping pieces, I attach blocks to help me glue up the door
here we are cleaning the joints		clamping on the curved piece		how is this for a "tricky" glue up !!
and every joint fits perfectly		the glue up of only 6 pieces took longer the a larger multi-piece door		added blocks gave me the "leverage" to get a curve rail joined to the style
The door will stay in clamps for 4 days to cure and harden		a view of the inside		a view of the outside
here I'm making a template for the glass supplier		here I'm laying out the planks that will make the panels for this beautiful door		the vertical grain Redwood planks are doweled and glued ....... where they will remain in clamps for at least 72 hours
here they are out of clamps .... now .... one solid plank		then I cut them into oversize future panels		The we sanded them our dimensional sander
pass after pass		until they are finished to a furniture grade finish		then I cut each panel to fit into each opening .......... leaving a quarter of an inch for panel expansion
then hand shaped smooth to the perfect curve		nice fit !!		Then the panels are rebated
and the tongue is created		a finished panel		the door is machine sanded to a furniture grade finish
... and sanded		then each molded detail are hand sanded		here is the finished door ready for the first coat of our varnish oil
each of our doors receive 4 coats of varnish oil		and we sand the panels to the same fine finish ............ by hand		......... and by fine finishing sanders
ready for oil		here are both panels after their last coat of oil		here is Zoey finish sanding the Redwood jambs
here they are being oiled		here is my steam box in which I steam and then bend the stops to fit the door		here are the stops being oiled
the panels are caulked and the stops are fitted		it took several hours to fit the stops ..... but ......... it is worth it !!		the glass was mis-made first time around ........ still can't figure out how the did this.
		but then they got it right
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