By fold door project

[Eagles21]

Hi all. Just thought I would share my first joinery project using my Domino xl which I did about 18 months ago.
The timber I used was Accoya (a wood that has been treated to enhance its stability etc).
The panels were 12mm MDF routed into grooves and the mid stiles of the centre doors rebated.
The paint finish was 3 coats of oil based dulux.
I look forward to any comments or criticisms

 

[#Tee]

dam that pass thru is asking for a set of barn doors

 

[ear3]

Simple clean design and solid construction.  Fantastic work.  So you just sprayed the doors once they were already installed in place? 

 

[Doug S]

Looks great. I have only ever used Accoya externally, have thought about using it for internal doors because it is so stable but the price generally puts me off!
I see you have used parliament hinges on the outside doors so they fold right back, I always find them a real pain, take a lot of messing about with (maybe it's just my lack of skill!).

Doug

 

[Eagles21]

Simple clean design and solid construction.  Fantastic work.  So you just sprayed the doors once they were already installed in place? 

Hi Edward A Reno 111, I painted the doors with a mini foam roller and brushed out after. I used a high grit paper to rub down lightly between coats.

Looks great. I have only ever used Accoya externally, have thought about using it for internal doors because it is so stable but the price generally puts me off!
I see you have used parliament hinges on the outside doors so they fold right back, I always find them a real pain, take a lot of messing about with (maybe it's just my lack of skill!).

Doug

Hi Doug, I used Accoya on the recommendation of a timber yard as I was worried about other timber twisting. It was also my first (what I consider) proper joinery job so didn't want to take chances. Due to the fact it was to be painted the timber / combination I used didn't matter.
The parliament hinges were a bit of a pain and I initially chose a size to big.

Thanks. James

 

[dltflt]

Beautiful job. Clean design.

 

[tiralie]

Nice doors.
How do you like the hinges?
Tim

 

[Eagles21]

Thanks for the comments

Nice doors.
How do you like the hinges?
Tim

The hinges (once I'd got the size right) were fine. Used bearing hinges too as they have a nice action on heavier doors.

 

[Doug S]

This is a perfect example of how easy the domino xl can make things. Once upon a time if you did not have full workshop facilities something like these doors would take hours to make by hand but the XL can make the joints in a matter of minutes.

I would recommend using moisture resistant MDF in future (sorry if you have, the MR MDF I get is normally green), it paints better, moulds better and just has a higher quality feel then the standard stuff but does not cost much more.

Doug

 

[Eagles21]

Hi Doug, yes you are right. I should have used the MR MDF. In fact I have started using it more now

 

[Mort]

I don't know how many dominos constitutes a crapload, but I think it's about that many.

 

[DB10]

Nice work [member=43637]Eagles21[/member] they fit the room nicely. I'm intrigued in how you are locking the 4 doors, is that 7 flush bolts you have fitted, if so did you have to drill into the hard wood floor at the bottom for the reciprocal part to latch. Also if they are flush bolts, is there a reason why they couldn't be fitted on the side of the doors so they would be hidden when the dooars are closed, just curious.

 

[Eagles21]

Nice work [member=43637]Eagles21[/member] they fit the room nicely. I'm intrigued in how you are locking the 4 doors, is that 7 flush bolts you have fitted, if so did you have to drill into the hard wood floor at the bottom for the reciprocal part to latch. Also if they are flush bolts, is there a reason why they couldn't be fitted on the side of the doors so they would be hidden when the dooars are closed, just curious.

Hi DB10. From memory the reason the flush bolts are on the face was because of the rebated edges (in the centre of the pair of doors) and it was decided to make the others match too. I like the look of the flush bolts but hate fitting them. I doubt they'd need too much in the way of force to dislodge the bolt out of the door either

 

[DB10]

Thanks Eagles21, I thought to myself that fitting 7 flush bolts must have been fun  [wink]
I fit them on French doors and you are right they can be a right pain to fit especially when fitting with rebates as there is so little material left on the face of the rebate.