Making the Shell Cupboard Door
Connecticut Shell Top Corner Cupboard. The ninth Shell Top from my shop since 1984
1) Shell Cupboard Door
Combined Images of my sash plane
Shell Cupboard Door
Making pins
Sawing the slip mortise pocket for the slip tenon on the door stiles
The tenon on the arch for the door stile
The tenon on the arch for the door stile
Using a mortise chisel-
Sawing and chiseling the slip mortise pocket for the slip tenon
Chopping the end grain -
Carving the inside radius of the arch that matches the muntin profile on the door stile
Shell Cupboard Door shaping the quarter round
The muntin profile on the arch
First and last step of quarter round carving
the Shell Cupboard Door finished and hinged
The Heart - Unique to this Shell Cupboard in the colonies.
Beginning to carve the face side
Carving the Heart
The Radius
Combined Image
End Grain Layout
Carving the Glazing side
Cutting in the Mortises
Combined Images
Carved curved moulding above the shell
Two alternate views. The right side shows the first cuts.
Curved moulding above the shell
Combined images showing the steps
Rosettes : This cupboard required ten
Carving the Rosettes
The Rossette