![]() The walnut panels, that I have for the doors, are not very flat. ![]() Not bad, the grain matches perfectly and now we can make the doors.Įrin showed up and brought her sister Diana over to assist as well. I applied some glue, then pin nailed the arches in place. I could have cut each from a much larger board and avoided glueing on the sides, but that would have wasted a lot more wood. I paired each half-arch to one of the side strips, that I set aside earlier, then glued and clamped them up. While that was drying, the CNC finished the arches. It took a little creative clamping to make sure it all dried flat. I used my Domino jointer to cut the mortises, then applied glue and clamped them up. This will cover the plywood edges, as well as widen the face. ![]() While that was running, I cut two 3″ wide pieces of solid oak to attach to the sides of the plywood. Before joining the two halves, I cut away a strip to use as the sides of the door opening, then, when the panel was dry, I loaded it into the CNC and started the arches carving. To achieve that, It all came from the same board. I need an arched opening for the door so I glued up a large panel and tried to match the grain and color as closely as possible. I had a little time today before Erin came over to work on the bar, so I wanted to get a few things prepped. ![]()
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