Sankaty Light located on Nantucket. The project was to make and install an historically correct exterior and interior door as well as a sash window.
Back in the shop, Dana begins work with the door template created at the light house.
The doors and window were made from reclaimed and dryed southern yellow pine shown here being selected.
The boards are ripped and cut to length.
View of the door components. The mortise and tenons have been cut.
Assembly of the door. Pegging the mortise and tenon joints.
Doors hanging waiting to be laquered.
Installing the exterior door into the granite opening of the light house.
External view of the new window installed, along with the custom storm window.
Internal view of the window.
View of the internal "moth" door.
Exterior of the door painted black.