Traditional Oak ledged and braced doors

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These were ordered a couple of months ago, and I had time this weekend past to get them done.

Started off by machining 10cuft of rift-sawn oak..

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Tgv'ed and laid out on my setting out bench, ledges and braces cut to size and laid in place ready to be nailed..

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I'm using some rose-headed nails to give it a more trad feel..

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Which brings me to here..

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I used my new carvex with guide rail attachment to cut these to length,  I Just need to polish and fit them, thanks for looking.
 
Very lovely! How do you go about contouring the stiles and making the contours complimentary on adjoining stiles? I guess the door opening isn't square  [big grin]
 
Hi Mark,

Beautiful doors and love the nails, real old school.

Never heard the term "Rift Sawn " could you explain a little more please

John
 
windmill man said:
Hi Mark,

Beautiful doors and love the nails, real old school.

Never heard the term "Rift Sawn " could you explain a little more please

John
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I have! Haahaa!

Oh ill explain! Its where the wood is sawn in a way that its 10x stronger than normal and will never ever warp twist or bow.
 
Rift sawn is similar to quarter sawn. The boards are cut from a quartered section of the log, but at a more shallow angle to the growth rings of the tree. That means you get a straight grained appearance like quarter sawn lumber, but with less appearance of 'flake' in the grain like you see in quarter sawn lumber.
 
nice work,I would like to see a picture of the other side of the door where the nails come through the face.
 
OK i am with it now, Think we have a terminology melt down here.

Rift sawn is the modern quarter sawn ie quartered logs saw alternate face

True quarter sawn is ( as i know it ) radially cut from the quarter.

Thanks for the info.

John

In JMB`s picture the quarter sawn on the right is the other modern form of quarter sawing ( of which only one piece is "true quater sawn) and the "flat sawn is what i know as "through and through" or sometimes plank sawn.        John
 
If you're still confused, may I suggest just buying the whole log and cutting it however you like.  Then you can name the pieces Tom, Dick and Harry or whatever you choose.  [big grin]
 
awdriven said:
Very lovely! How do you go about contouring the stiles and making the contours complimentary on adjoining stiles? I guess the door opening isn't square  [big grin]
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Thank you. If you mean the tongue and groove, I just run them through my spindle/shaper. But because I have used the whole of the board, and just cut off the sap. The boards are all varying widths top and bottom ie: tapered. Which means I cramp them on my bench then cut the door size out. They are all square despite appearances

Festoolfootstool said:
nice work,I would like to see a picture of the other side of the door where the nails come through the face.
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Thanks. The nails aren't clenched because the clients didn't like that look.

Edited for atrocious spelling and grammar.
 
Looking stunning mark.  Are you going to use the HWO to finish these ?  The planks look as though they are curved but infact you say they are straight but tapered.  It gives a lovely appearance.

What spindle moulder do you have ?  I have the Jet but need to upgrade to something like the Hammer or Felder.  Also, where do you get the nails & what quantities do they come in ?

Cheers, Woodguy.
 
Actually, on the second look it looks like a sedgwick spindle i can see the corner of  [big grin]
 
Woodguy,

That " spindle " in the corner is a saw [big grin] [big grin] [big grin] You know its the loud whizzzzy thing with teeth  its not the loud whooooshy thing with the block that scares the hell out of you [poke]  [big grin] [big grin] [big grin].

John
 
MarkR said:
Tgv'ed and laid out on my setting out bench, ledges and braces cut to size and laid in place ready to be nailed..
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Tgv'ed? Is that tongue and grooved? or did you put them on a French train  [big grin]
BTW, that's a great close up of the nail, and great light in your shop.
What kind of camera are you using for these photo's?
Thanks for posting.
Tim
 
Ha Ha, you will See i was correct John, it was a Sedgwick Moulder i could see the corner off  [poke]
 
woodguy7 said:
Ha Ha, you will See i was correct John, it was a Sedgwick Moulder i could see the corner off  [poke]
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Looking at that first picture, I think you're both right.  Just looking at different corners of the room.
 
Just got these fitted today.

The finish is HWO.

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Rear of the door showing the continuous brace, You don't normally see this on off the shelf doors because they can be hung from both sides. I knew which side I would be hanging these, so added the nicer brace imho.

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It was a nice opportunity to take some finished shots of the wardrobes I had made them a couple of months ago, and the new doors look nice next to the robes(imvho). You can just see the top of the blanket chest I made also.

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Thanks for looking.
 
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