This very interesting door is The Graton Entry It is a futuristic design by J. Lamont Langworthy and will be installed on a custom home built by Full Swing Construction. It is 45" x 94" x 2-1/4 thick.

Here is the completed Graton Entry Door It is ready for primer and paint
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		The glass stops will be invisible when painted		the MDO panels will take paint and primer with exceptional results
	Here is the provenance of the making of this door
		I ordered some VG Douglas Fir to make the doors and when it arrived I rejected more then half of it .......... so I headed off to the big city to hand pick the lumber for this project. I should have known better !!
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				the center panel of MDO floats (and is attached) in an adhesive that is flexible ant adheres to wood very well.
Every joint is a "half lap" locking dado
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the pieces of the "puzzle"				the grids are fit and glued and left clamped for 48 hours
				There are 68 stainless steel screws from the inside attaching the outside grid
				the " grid " is a ridged and very strong component, both inside ant out
		a vertical expansion joint (invisible)
		the inside grid is the actual rebate for the glass
The door will have a drop down sweep
				The hinges are commercial ball bearing hinges
signed with pride
		The glass is an art glass called Seady Reemy.		Each unit is tempered and insulated
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