Entry Doors with side lites

[Warrior]

Just mortise in the top plate for the bolt and we are good to go. I use some blue tape so I can see the lines and free hand it. I have a little chiseling to do to clean up and I do not want to break out the edge and back it up with a clamp.

the OF-HF on edge to route the groove for the concealed sweep. My widest bit is 1" and the sweep is 35mm so I offset one side of the OF-FH by 5mm towards the center and reset the other side. Two passes - one pass then flip and rout again. the depth was set at 7mm. Remember my 4mm bottom reveal? Well the the sweep seals at 11mm.

I put some poly on before attaching the sweep.

 

[peter halle]

Wow!  Great post.  great narrative.  Great photos.  By the way, you might want to look at www.consevationtechnology.com for self adjusting door sweeps and other weatherstripping ideas.

peter

 

[Brice Burrell]

We are getting close to the end of  the month. I am thinking this is first place by a hair over some other projects..........

Can anyone say....slamdunk! Eiji, nice work. So, how do you think you'll use the new MFK? I know the month isn't over yet, the other guys are going to have to work hard to beat this project.

 

[Scott W.]

Holly ... Eiji.

GREAT JOB!

Looks like your well on your way to a How To Book!

Scott W.

 

[monte]

Eiji,

What a fantastic tutorial on your door project.

I really like the "feeling I'm right there with you aspect" in

following you through the various details through the subsequent  stages.

If you keep this up Matthew is going to have to up his bandwidth capacity.

Give the man the router!

Roger

 

[Michael Kellough]

I had to take a break and make my son a sword.

Great picture of your kids. Now I'm curious to see a picture of the family.

 

[Michael Kellough]

It goes without saying that this is a great pictorial view of a very interesting project.
However, I do prefer a caption with each photo (or so) rather than text above a long group of photos.
(I am NOT a contest judge so don't worry about that)

 

[Brice Burrell]

I had to take a break and make my son a sword.

Great picture of your kids. Now I'm curious to see a picture of the family.

  Yeah, but if you look close at his daughter's eyes you can see she's a little pissed she didn't get a sword too. Please make the girl a sword  already.  ;D

 

[Warrior]

Naw, Brice she is a princess and is just posing.

It goes without saying that this is a great pictorial view of a very interesting project.
However, I do prefer a caption with each photo (or so) rather than text above a long group of photos.
(I am NOT a contest judge so don't worry about that)

Please tell me how to do this and I will. I don't have the time to change the previous posts though.

Eiji

 

[monte]

I'd like to know that also,

and while you are at it, to you or the computer gurus out there.......

how does one compose text in microsoft word then copy it over to the message box,

without having to go back in the text once loaded on the forum and remove all the

the  ? inserted in words such as........

don?t i instead of don't 

      ??? ??? ???

Roger

 

[Brice Burrell]

Naw, Brice she is a princess and is just posing.

It goes without saying that this is a great pictorial view of a very interesting project.
However, I do prefer a caption with each photo (or so) rather than text above a long group of photos.
(I am NOT a contest judge so don't worry about that)

Please tell me how to do this and I will. I don't have the time to change the previous posts though.

Eiji

Here a link to Matthew's tutorial, Using the inline photo feature. This is what you are after Eiji.

 

[Scott W.]

Naw, Brice she is a princess and is just posing.

It goes without saying that this is a great pictorial view of a very interesting project.
However, I do prefer a caption with each photo (or so) rather than text above a long group of photos.
(I am NOT a contest judge so don't worry about that)

Please tell me how to do this and I will. I don't have the time to change the previous posts though.

Eiji

Okay Eiji,

I'll give it a shot....

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First, choose your photos, and upload them. They will be numbered sequentially by the software. (first upload = #1, second #2 ... etc.)

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Start your text, when you want to insert a photo you uploaded select the insert inline image drop down and select full size or thumbnail (whichever you prefer).

The software will put in html like this : attachimg=#  (it will be enclosed in square brackets). replace the # with the photo number you want placed 1,2,3 etc.

Hit return and type the caption or more text.

Repeat

Hope this helps

Scott W.

 

[Woodenfish]

What's the rush Nick?

I thought the contest ended on the 31st?

What good are having rules if the simplest one isn't followed? :

 

[Scott W.]

I'm waiting anxiously for Bob Swenson's entry.

Per, you wernt just fun'n us were ya?

Scott W.

 

[Warrior]

I'm not finished yet.

Here is a drawing of the astragal. I came up with this astragal design to simplify the door sizing and flushbolt installation.
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I've milled the astragal, clamp it to the door and mark the top 15mm in and flush with the bottom.
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Next is layout for dominoes. I make sure not to put any into the flushbolt assembly.
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Here I've cut the domino slots for 6x40 tenons. 12mm into the door and 28 into the astragal. Only 12 into the door so I don't mortise the extension rod. ;D
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I do a quick dryfit and check my cuts.
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[Warrior]

How do you like the inline images.

I did an oops. After milling the groove for the sweep I set the router too close to the edge of the bench. Luckily it landed on it's feet but broke a leg.
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Quick fix and I'm back on track. The waxed wood fences slide much better than the plexi but you cant see through them. :-\
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[Michael Kellough]

You are a quick study Eiji! The captions are very helpful

Everyone makes mistakes. The difference between the old pro and the new kid is that the pro knows more ways to incorporate the mistake into the design. Or, as Peewee Herman would say, "I meant to do that".`

 

[Warrior]

Thanks Michael.

Here is the method I used to control glue squeeze out.

Dry fit and put blue tape across the joint.
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The other side. I used a block to get the tape into the corner.
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Now I carefully ride a shape blade down the joint to split the tape.
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It is now ready for glue.
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[Warrior]

Remember my glue dish and fancy applicator?
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The dried mess just pops right out but I need a new applicator. After a careful search I find one under foot ;D.
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Getting glue into the slots on bothsides of the joint.
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Inserting a glued tenon.
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Getting a spread of glue over the entire joint surface. I use a decent amount and just put it on the one side.
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Clamp it up and I see that the sqeeze out has definately been contained.
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[Warrior]

After the glue sets I pull the tape. I would say that I am very happy with the split tape method (first tried and shown here) and that 97 percent of the sqeeze out was contained. The rest was scraped off easily.
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Here is the weatherstrip.
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