New Life to an Old Door. Part 3: Making and Fitting the Mouldings.
It was always expecting I would have to make some replacement Bolection Moulds for the beautiful old antique door which I had been restoring. The story continues to unfold... The starting point... a century old door in need of some attention. Firstly, in Part One , I assessed the door to work out what needed to be done. Then in Part Two , I pulled the door's frame and panels apart and then re-built it. Now, in this third part of the saga, the bolection moulds will be repaired and affixed to the face of the door as the top panels are prepared for the addition of leadlight windows, replacing the arched timber panels. Such a challenge and privilege to have the responsibility of breathing new life into this door! Matching the profile to make more mouldings. Below thick layers of old paint, the bolection moulds have a complicated profile. My task was to make new mouldings to replace the missing or damaged sections. The starting point was to work out the geometry of t...