Making an Arched Panel Door
Connecticut River Valley Double Arched Panel Doors and entryway 2016
The Civil War era door, and removed
The original door, just this one survived
The wood
Drawings
Panels and rails for both doors
Marking and sawing the tenons
Chopping the mortises in the door stiles
Cutting the thumbnail bead to receive the middle stile tenon with the cope
2nd in sequence
3rd in sequence
4th in sequence
The coped thumbnail bead
The tenon coming together
The overlap
The plough joynt
Shaping and carving the double arch stiles
Expanded view of the double arched stile
Carving the inside radius of the arch
Radius nearly finished carving
Paring the shoulder
Raised panel making. Three shoulder or rabbit planes I use
My ruler since 1972
The finished end
The drawing , cutting and shaping of the arches
A few more details
Scoring the panel outline
Using the drawknife
The finished arch
Fitted
All set
Assembly
Splitting pins
The sill
Finished and painted