# 46

#46 Castle Entry Door and Timber Jamb Set
Design, engineer, fabricate, and hand finish: 6 days/60 hrs. scheduled for installation tomorrow. Frame: 1/4 sawn, triple, rip, flip, select from same wide boards, 2 1/2” thick, reclaimed fire killed black oak. Hand raised panels, 2 1/2” thick, pith cut log centers, retaining their warp, twist and cup. The challenge with this entry door was to obtain a minimum single registration point from which to do all the machining. The panels vary by plus or minus 1” ! , aluminum mono-rail slide system for no-catch water as it is an exterior door. Single piece threshold machined to wrap around existing rock, tile, timber entry, rough opening.
Next week’s challenge: Wing 3 owner’s suite 3” thick 6” wide custom casements for all openings (formal), individual, hand carved stair treads, risers, baseboards, casements and random width hand made flooring for the main galleria.