Louver Ceiling

[Mike_Chrest]

Here's a project I finished recently. This is for all you trim guys that want an excuse to buy a Domino. [attachthumb=#]

 

[Mike_Chrest]

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[Mike_Chrest]

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[Mike_Chrest]

I used the MFT and guide rail set at an angle to make the mortices in the sides( no jig building). The index pins on the Domino spaced the mortices. Too easy 8).[attachthumb=#]

 

[Tom Wales]

nicely done, What is above the louvers??
Tom

 

[Eli]

clerestory windows, looks like? V nice work Mike.

 

[Mike_Chrest]

Thanks Guys,
  Indeed, clerestory windows for ventilation (good eye Eli). But they wanted to cut down on direct sunlight hence the louvers. I wish they had oriented them all in the same direction but building by committee is one compromise after another.

  As mentioned in another post there are 540 Dominos up there . The tool is a treasure ;D

Mike

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Mike,

Is the wood you used fir?

Dave R.

 

[Mike_Chrest]

Dave,
  Yep, Clear Vertical Grain Fir ($$$). It is pretty but kind of a bear to work, it chips out in planers and joiners unless the blades are real sharp. Hand planing is real challenging. Sanding with the Rotex works. All the trim inside the building is fir with clear cedar trim and cedar shakes on the outside. Today I was doing exterior trim, 92 degrees,got to get a desk job ;D.
Mike

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Thank!  It and your project look great.  You just helped me confirm that the sliding glass door frames of my house and their trim are fir.

Dave R.

 

[Bill Wyko]

Some how I missed this project. Very cool. Great atention to detail too.

 

[Mike_Chrest]

Thanks Bill,
  It's been a while since I posted it.
Mike

 

[Mike Goetzke]

Mike - very "cool" looking project. I was wondering how did you install it?

Mike

 

[Mike_Chrest]

Hi Mike,
 

I was wondering how did you install it?

We had rolling scaffolding. If I remember correctly they are 20 feet off the deck.

The framers built a grid of 2 x12's (I think there were four layers in each beam). You could also walk on top of the grid (talk about pucker factor) .

We trimmed the beams with Dough fir which was shimmed so all the openings were pretty close to four feet square.

There is a lip above the trim (you can't see it from the ground).

The louver assemblies are inserted across the diagonals from below, rotated into the correct orientation, and dropped down onto the lip. They float up there ;D. They make some scary creaking sounds every once in a while when the temperature or humidity changes. :

Mike

 

[Mike Goetzke]

We had rolling scaffolding. If I remember correctly they are 20 feet off the deck.

The framers built a grid of 2 x12's (I think there were four layers in each beam). You could also walk on top of the grid (talk about pucker factor) .

We trimmed the beams with Dough fir which was shimmed so all the openings were pretty close to four feet square.

There is a lip above the trim (you can't see it from the ground).

The louver assemblies are inserted across the diagonals from below, rotated into the correct orientation, and dropped down onto the lip. They float up there ;D. They make some scary creaking sounds every once in a while when the temperature or humidity changes. :

Mike
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Thanks - very clever!

Mike