Well here it is! All done and reinstalled. It makes a completely different look now for this pantry. The nice thing about it is, the pattern in the stain glass is a copy of the other stain glass patterns orginal to the home. The door looks like it was always there from the first day of construction on this home. chad stanton -stanton fine furniture

I added a few dabs of clear caulk before setting the glass in. The caulk will help hold the glass once dry. I didn't run long beads of caulk because as the wood moves with the seasons i didn't want it glass to be too ridged and crack. Then i took the ogree molding i cut out and put it back on and held it in with a few brads. chad stanton- stanton fine furniture

To get the corners cut out, i used one of those "multi tools" The blade attachment allows me to plunge cut down sqauring up each corner. Then i switched to a few hand tools. I made the final fitting by using a chisel, and a couple different rabbet planes and carefully fit the stain glass in. chad stanton- stanton fine furniture

Before i start cutting, i cover the bottom of my circular saw with cardboard to prevent any scratching of the paint on the door. Now i carefully cut along the ogree molding. I could use a fence on the circular saw for cutting down the door, but cutting across, my fence wasn't long enough to reach up to the molding. SO i just did it all free hand and by eye. It wasn't too hard to keep a straight line. However, the circular saw wasn't able to make it all the way to the corners. So i had to stop short of the corners and switch to a different power tool. - chad stanton, stanton fine furniture

Back in my shop, i have the door on my bench with a funiture pad under it so as not to scratch the paint. The door is constructed much like a cabinet door. There are cope and stick router bits used to make the stiles and rails. The panel fits into the middle of the grooves. Now i'm not going to try to completely disassemble the door. That would be too difficult and could possibly risk doing untold damamge. So on the INSIDE of the door i'm going to cut the decorative ogree edge down to the panel. And then remove just the inner panel. I'm also going to save the ogree edge stips because these will be used at the time to install the stain glass. -chad stanton

I have a customer who wants to add stain glass to this pantry door. The glass is going to run the whole length of the door. The inner panel will have to be removed. The stain glass is being provided by another customer of mine. So the first thing i need to so is get the door off the hinges and back to my shop. One note, before removing the door make certain the door opens and closes without any problems. Check gap clearance and alignment. Point it out to the customer before continuing, so as this isn't an issue when it's time to reinstall. And now back to the shop we go. chad stanton, stanton fine furniture.

Here's an old trick brought back again. Recently two antique tool boxes, in two different regions were discovered with salt shakers in them. Woodworkers and historians agreed that there must have been a reason for this. Now i might have suggested that the women back then couldn't make lunch every well. But this was not the reason.:-) The group discoverd that aftter you apply your glue to both pieces, add a few grains of salt. This will keep the boards from sliding around during the clamping stage. Plus, as long as the glue is water based, the salt will dissolve and thee boards will bond. Now just like our food, you want to go easy on the salt you add to your glue. Since it's not know how much salt could weaken the bonding process. If you never heard of this trick, or never tried it, I would sugggest it. It works great! chad stanton- stanton fine furniture

When you have to cut small pieces of wood, one choice is to use the bandsaw. It's safer than using a miter saw. But sometimes the small pieces fall down the throat of the saw. What is needed is a zero clearance plate. Many of us woodworkers use one on our table saw. But you can easliy make one for your band saw. All you need is an old business card or an old playing card. Cut a slot in the card and tape it to the table of the bandsaw. Now when you cut your small pieces it won't fall into the bandsaw. If you like this tip and video, you can subscribe to us at www.youtube.com/bigchopperoo where every Thursday we have a new quick tip. chad stanton- stanton fine furniture

Here is the second part to the lecture I gave for the Society of Period Furniture Makers. This video picks up with the different style of Chippendale in the region of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was one of the finest examples of sophisticated furniture. They also used different style of legs including the trifid foot and the marlborough leg. I talk about the style of Rhode Island who was best known for the alterating of convex and concave surfaces. Rhode Island also had some unique features such as the legs detacted from the lowboys to make it easier to move. And of course, Rhode Island was widely known for it's Knee Hole desk. The final stop on this journey is in New York. New York liked to feature gadrooning on it's chairs and tables, and chest on chests were more popular than highboys. Learn this and more in the video. Hope you enjoy it. Chad Stanton- Stanton Fine Furniture

I was asked to do a lecture for the Society of American Period Furniture Makers. The subject was Chippenedale style furniture. Before I dove into the characteristics of the style, I thought it was important to know what was going on during that time. The taxes and wars that where happening during that time caused much worry and also much inspiration. There were many regions that featured the Chippendale style. But I choose to focus on Boston, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, and New York. Chippendale was comprised of three different catagories, Rococo, Gothic, and Chinese. A popular book of the day was The Gentleman & Cabinetmaker's Director published by Thomas CHippendale. This "part 1" of the lecture features the different characteristics of the style and the features of Boston's style of Chippenedale. Part 2 covers the other regions mentions. chad stanton