Interior door making #6: Done with door 7 of 12

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Number 7 is in the books. Boy, hanging this one was worse than all the others. The old owner of my house did some reconfiguring and the wall at the opening was nowhere close to plumb. I struggled a bit and will have to shave some drywall when I put the moldings, but it’s done, it’s plumb and level and it’s tight all around. It’s nice that the first door you see is a new one (of course the one at the end is the latest one). Now the hallway is uniform.

Tomorrow I start the attic door. A narrow 18" one.

It’s so much easier to install when everything is painted beforehand. When I’m done with all the door installs I’ll roll through with filler and touch up everything. Feeling good and productive today.

I can’t wait to finish so I can start trimming the doors and everything else.

Losing fingers since 1969

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

-Madts.

Tor and Odin are the greatest of gods.

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

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

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.

Losing fingers since 1969

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.

Losing fingers since 1969

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

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

that is some impressive work ,looking forward to next pictures

Wheaties

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.

Losing fingers since 1969

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

Losing fingers since 1969

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.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

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.

Losing fingers since 1969

nice job and nice looking kid

jim

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

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

Now I know your secret in producing nice doors…

Your assistant brings back a lot of fun memories.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

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

Wheaties

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

Losing fingers since 1969

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

Losing fingers since 1969

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

Jack

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

Mike, an American living in Norway