Door construction

[woodguy7]

Nigel,

I did wear the kilt when i got married in Mexico, but no, Scottish people don't wear kilts all the time  [smile]

Brice, Rob answered this question perfectly, thanks Rob.  I do prefer the grain going vertically myself though.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.  I have just figured out how to post pictures so i hope I'm am not overloading everyone with pictures  [embarassed]

Woodguy.

 

[Nigel]

    Woodguy,

        I lived in Scotland for 11 years and saw loads of scotsmen wearing kilts ........but only at weddings, oh and the odd lone piper here and there.

      As for picture overload I for one am unaffected,keep em coming.Thousand words and all that.Cheers.

      Nigel.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Great thread!  Thanks for posting.  Those doors are beautiful and will last a long time!!

 

[Rob-GB]

Nigel,

I did wear the kilt when i got married in Mexico, but no, Scottish people don't wear kilts all the time  [smile]

Brice, Rob answered this question perfectly, thanks Rob.  I do prefer the grain going vertically myself though.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.  I have just figured out how to post pictures so i hope I'm am not overloading everyone with pictures  [embarassed]

Woodguy.

Re: the kilts.... it gets way too draughty around the dangly bits to wear 'em all the time! [laughing]

Re: vertical grain..... always preferable to have them that way with the flames going up (as in the way the grain pattern looks like a flame)
but when using solid timber for panels the needs of the wood outweigh aesthetics in high quality joinery such as seen in those photo's.

Re: pictures.....I'm with Nigel ;D keep 'em coming!

Rob.

 

[Notorious T.O.D.]

I have always used plastic resin glue for my large doors due to the longer open time.  It is not so expensive if you buy it in the 5 gallon buckets...  From one Scot to another ....nice work Woodguy.

Best,
Todd Ferguson

 

[woodguy7]

Cheers Todd

 

[Brice Burrell]

Great thread and very nice work on the doors! [thumbs up]  I've got a question on the arch top doors, why is the grain the panels running horizontally?

Good question, Brice.
It is often done when the width of the panel is greater than the height, so as to minimise the overall wood movement effect. (as wood moves very little along the length of the grain and can be significantly more across the grain.) Hope I answered that well enough....

Thanks for the explanation Rob.  I've never seen it done that way here in the States but that does make sense.

 

[Notorious T.O.D.]

Brice, if you ever run across some of the old 5 panel doors from the late 1800s and early 1900s you may encounter the horizontal grain in the panels.  Many of these doors were made of QS Oak and many of them were paint grade.  In either case the horizontal grain is not as notable.

Best,
Todd

 

[Brice Burrell]

Brice, if you ever run across some of the old 5 panel doors from the late 1800s and early 1900s you may encounter the horizontal grain in the panels.  Many of these doors were made of QS Oak and many of them were paint grade.  In either case the horizontal grain is not as notable.

Best,
Todd

You're absolutely right, I have seen those before. [doh]

 

[RONWEN]

Extraordinarily nice work there Woodguy!

 

[woodguy7]

OK, got this door done at last, too many things going on at once  [embarassed]

I have glued & screwed a batton around the inside edge for the linings to go on.  I could have rebated both sides to give the same effect but think this way is stronger as the door is 45mm thick & the linings are 15mm each side, only leaving 15mm.

The linings are centered on the width of the door so the first board needs to be ripped, dressed & a bevel up the edge with the 1010.  I also run a bevel up the inside of both stiles.

Rest is pretty straight forward, glue & secret nail.  The architect specified a vision panel so once the linings are fitted on one side with the windows cut out, the door is flipped over.  15mm x 45mm strips of oak are fitted around the window & the linings fitted as before.

Rebated beads are fitted to one side & the second side dry fitted.  All surfaces of the door as coated with a sealer coat of clear preserver ready for further coats on site by others.

Everything was sanded with the RO150 with 100 brilliant first then finished with the ETS with 120 then 150 grit brilliant.

That's about it, like i said, nothing fancy, just a good honest oak door.  Some pics !

 

[woodguy7]

Sometimes, if you want it or not you get a helper  [smile]

 

[Jonathanerrrm]

That's very nice work Woodguy.

 

[RONWEN]

Excellent work Woodguy!