I hope you are having fun. That is such a great project.

-Madts.

four doors in the same space. Looks impressive, the trims will enhance the whole thing even more.

nice job brian

Trimming will bring the whole plane together finally. I can’t wait to finish that. Then phase 1 of my renovation will be complete. After that I’ll start doing bathrooms and the kitchen will be last. I think each bathroom will take about a month, with most of that time going into making vanities and medicine cabinets. But I have one big project to do first which is to finish off my entrance with a floor to ceiling cabinet/decoration sort of thing with a mirror and a place for keys and stuff. I haven’t finished designing that yet. I really need to learn sketchup.

By the way, this door is racked slightly – about 1/8" from top to bottom. One of the stiles came from the store and the other was in my lumber rack for about a year. The one from my rack weighed half as much as the new green one from the store. That’s how much it dried out. I hope that doesn’t cause any further problems down the road. It’s very well sealed on all 6 sides so we’ll see.

You are doing great Brian, they certainly look fantastic man!

that is some impressive work ,looking forward to next pictures

I think I’m done with this blog. I already showed making and finishing one. The rest are just repetition. I can’t show you my installation process. I have to keep at least one secret. LOL

Haha anyway the trick, which I’m sure is no secret, is to install the frame with the door on it. Then put the hardware on, then lastly, while the door is latched, put the door stops on with the door closed so it’s as snug as a bug in a rug. If you do it in that order your door will close as snugly and tightly as a car door.

Solved one of my problems today. It took less than an hour to make. I should have done this a long time ago.

Yup! much better.

The vibration the dado stack sends chill through my spine everytime.

I am sure, since you have the template you did/will do one for the regular blades.

I will be following in your foot steps soon. I have a zero clearance for regular blade and dado from SawStop. But they lack in many regards.
I need to make several that are true zero insert where small off cut don’t get stuck between the insert and the blade. A projectile ready to zoom through the shop. Almost what happened today.

I used the stock insert as a template, cut a scrap of 1/2" plywood to width and then cut the curves on the bandsaw, then sanded the edges until it fit snugly. I glued a couple of paint stirring sticks to the bottom to get the right height. Scraps galore!

Here’s my assistant who helped me with door number 8 yesterday.

nice job and nice looking kid

Great assistants are rare and hard to find, you might want to consider keeping that one Brian.

Now I know your secret in producing nice doors…

Your assistant brings back a lot of fun memories.

Being part of any of the process , will be a memory she will always have .

He’s a he. We haven’t got around to his first haircut yet because we’re afraid he’s going to kill the barber. LOL

My mistake .

With that hair, who can blame you? :-)

Such satisfaction you must feel from such a large and amazing job. That assistant is a real cutie.

This was a big job Brian, but it is looking really fine and you’ve gotten a whole lot of good experience to boot.