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Entry Door, Part Two

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Entry Door, Part Two

Mike Fitterling

>Hi All. I spent my Sunday finishing up the entry door I have been making. It is complete and awaiting hardware. Next and last installment will be installation.

In this pic my father-in-law is starting to do the frosting on the tempered galss panel. He usually does small things, so all we had to work with was a tiny little tip. It took a couple hours with us taking turns, of course, after we were finished he found his fan tip. Working with such a small tip made the frosting a little irregular that actually ended up looking good, kind of a pleasant mottling.

You can see the mask over the clear area in the pic.


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Mike Fitterling

>In this pic the frosting is finished and I have removed the mask.


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Mike Fitterling

>On the inside of the latticework I put a small bead of silicone, which I flattened out with my finger and let dry before installing the glass, making a nice cushion for the glass to rest against.

Here you are looking at the inside of the door with the glass laying in place against the front, glued in latticework.


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Mike Fitterling

>Here is the finished door with the front lattice in place. You can see how the two lattices simply captures the single glass pane. The clear section aligns roughly with my line of sight, so I can look out to see who's calling. The inside lattice is held in place by brass screws, four on each side and two at the top and bottom.

I can't wait to see the door in place, but that will have to wait until the painting and woodwork finishing is complete inside. I'll post more then.


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John in Kerrville

>The door looks well-done. Congratulations!!!

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