A riff on the faceted glass door

Synopsis: This bay-window type cabinet door has a complicated structure of angled rails, made up of a solid-wood core with shopsawn facing. This structure, which eliminates the need for short tenons joining angled pieces, contains a lot of angles and facets, and some interesting clamping challenges.

During my second year as a student in James Krenov’s Fine Woodworking class, in 1984, my siblings asked me to create a gift for our parents’ anniversary. Lacking time and confidence, I drew inspiration from Krenov’s V-door display cabinet, featured in his book The Impractical Cabinetmaker (Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1979, Linden…