Mendocino Doors

I specialize in Custom Doors ...... and custom doors start with the finest wood and materials that can be found.
I don't use veneer with a inferior sub strait. I don't use the "most affordable" materials available.
I use the best materials for a door>

Old Growth Redwood
ALL of our Redwood has come from downed logs and salvaged downed trees.

All of my "old growth Redwood " timber was cut from virgin forest in the 1800's, which was the booming era for logging, in the Redwood region of coastal Northern California. The "butt" logs were left on the forest floor because they were unable to split them for railroad ties or fencing. They have rested undisturbed for as much as 160 years after being lost from logging booms. Using small one man saw mills which are environmentally sound, the sawyers saw these stately old-growth logs. The quality, grain density, beauty, and distinctive character of this antique wood cannot be produced with any of today's forested Redwood lumber.



I "final dry" all wood in a wood heated environment.	Salvage logs being milled by local independent sawyers	Check out the growth rings !! ......... some of these boards took 45 to 65 years to grow one inch ......... this wood should (and is) be cherished.	Here is the "END" of one of my boards .... you can see that the tree was fallen over 125 years ago by an AX



This Fir log was left at a log deck to rot ...... but we saved it and it made the most beautiful panels I've ever seen.


	The road to MendocinoDoos.com. I am bordered by 30,000 acres of Jackson State Redwood Forest	I save every usable scrap ....... I have a problem !	Some Redwood doors ready to oil

Genuine Honduras Mahogany

Eastern White Oak

Every time a new shipment comes in, I travel 3 hours to the "big city" and go through a few thousand board feet of White Oak to pick those special pieces I want for my doors This is vertical grain ....... each line is an annual growth ring. If the tree grows slowly the growth rings are tight ........ as you see hear Here is more high quality quarter-sawn White Oak The small stack is what I'll keep

Each board is inspected and chosen for color, denseness, and quality. I buy only Select grade I will go through 2-4 of these units just to find the wood I use for my doors The wood is stored in tightly covered units in dry sheds on my land

Here is a flaw that can occur is white Oak. It is called cellular collapse. It can not be seen from the outside ... but if I cut the board open and find it , I reject the wood and machine some other. I will sometimes seal the excess machined wood in plastic tubes to seal out the dust and humidity absolutely vertical grain is known as Quarter-Sawn lumber My wood is cured in a heated room before it is machined

and then it is allowed to settle down and stabilize When the Oak is cut perfectly vertical,
medullary rays appear in the Oak
White oak medullary rays

My stops are solid White oak and are attached with stainless steel fasteners

Look at the beautiful grain
My assistant lumber buyer !!

Some figured wood I use for panels

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Every time a new shipment comes in, I travel 3 hours to the "big city" and go through a few thousand board feet of White Oak to pick those special pieces I want for my doors	This is vertical grain ....... each line is an annual growth ring. If the tree grows slowly the growth rings are tight ........ as you see hear	Here is more high quality quarter-sawn White Oak	The small stack is what I'll keep



Each board is inspected and chosen for color, denseness, and quality.	I buy only Select grade	I will go through 2-4 of these units just to find the wood I use for my doors	The wood is stored in tightly covered units in dry sheds on my land


Here is a flaw that can occur is white Oak. It is called cellular collapse. It can not be seen from the outside ... but if I cut the board open and find it , I reject the wood and machine some other.	I will sometimes seal the excess machined wood in plastic tubes to seal out the dust and humidity	absolutely vertical grain is known as Quarter-Sawn lumber	My wood is cured in a heated room before it is machined



and then it is allowed to settle down and stabilize	When the Oak is cut perfectly vertical, medullary rays appear in the Oak		White oak medullary rays





My stops are solid White oak and are attached with stainless steel fasteners		Look at the beautiful grain	My assistant lumber buyer !!