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For the Waist and Base doors, the bottom rail is wider than the top rail, lending a balanced look to the door. The Base door stiles are 1/4-inch wider than the Waist door stiles. This adds a little “bulk” to the base. The width of the vertical front frame stiles will be dictated by the size of the split turnings I used for decorating the Base . . . and by the width of the door opening. That’s why I needed to design these turnings before I got very far into building the Base. I want them to look something like the columns on the Hood -- not exact duplicates, though. That would make them too “busy”.
When I got around to doing the doors, I did a mini-production run on them. It saved set-up time. I cut the elliptical contours of the top and bottom rails, then drum-sanded the sawn edges first. Next, I cut the thumbnail on the inside edge of the door frame. Had to use the Shaper because of the curved half-ellipse (see Figure 2). Continue . . . |
