Rebuilding antique doors

This door had seen better days. 

When the painters abated the lead paint on it, the bottom panel disintegrated. 

The bottom rail was intact but the sides of the door, or stiles, needed some attention.

 The way the effect the best dutchman repair is using all wood, in my opinion. I like to use wooden dowel pegs to marry the repair with the old stile and lots of Titebond II wood glue. The clamps hold it all tight for 24 hours.

The finished repair. If you look closely, you can see the dowel pegs.

 This dutchman, on the opposite side of the same door, illustrates the dowel pegs more clearly.

 

The doors were missing much of their glass bead, or the tiny trim that frames each panel. Using an old school moulding plane, we site manufactured new bead. Stay tuned for the finished product.