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| (1978) This was my first entry in a Parade of Homes exhibit and my first best interior. All of the woodwork including the stairs were made out of Cherry wood. The interior doors were Pine as this was the standard wood used for interior doors in this time period. The entry door is Red Oak with Walnut accents. This was my first custom door. I used a sandwich type assembly with a plywood core which resulted in the splined Oak planks being fastened to the plywood core and not each other. This was a great technique to implement because the interior or exterior could move without effecting the doors integrity. I eventually quit making exterior doors because I've come to find that future owners do not know the importance of maintaining these doors properly. I feared that down the road, people would think that these doors were not constructed properly. This was my first house using 3 1/2 inch casing which I made on an old hand fed molding machine. I believe this machine was a first generation Williams & Hussey. I'm not sure what the brand was because it was a long time ago. I borrowed this particular machine from the attic storage of an old lumberyard here in town. This resulted in me purchasing my first Williams & Hussey. My colleagues thought it was an amateur's toy; but this machine resulted in a lot of work for my company before specialty mill work became available on an affordable basis. |