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Nice door! After about 50 years of woodworking, I finally built my front entry door a couple years ago. I'm in western Canada where your eastern forest hardwoods aren't so plentiful. I got some absolutely stunning old growth vertical grain Doug fir from Vancouver Island -- something like 25 growth rings to the inch. I built the solid wood door featured in Fine Woodworking about 20 years ago. It's been through almost two years of weather now and it has always fit its frame pretty much exactly the same. You're right: it was a bucket list item. I think it's just about the biggest thing I can make in my little basement shop. It wound up costing pretty much the same as what our local architectural millwork specialists quoted me for building and installing a custom door. Definitely my most satisfying project!
It is fun to build a door. I had to help my building trades teacher build one for his shop that we were building for him as his old one was falling apart. It was fun to build the shop and the house.
Recommendation from watching Total Boat videos ... Start with multiple coats of their High Gloss varnish first. This has a higher content of the UV inhibitors than the Matte finish. Then finish with a coat or two of the Matte finish if so desired.
Never built my own, but I did catch my neighbor about to throw an ancient, solid wood door on a bonfire. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Spent days sanding that beast, finally made a homebuilt sandblaster out of my air compressor to get into every nook and cranny. There were a LOT of crannies...stained it, put about 8 coats of poly on there (Alaska weather) had a piece of glass cut at Lowes, and it is friggin' gorgeous. A bonfire. Seriously. And it's so old modern hardware wouldn't fit, found an old deadbolt assembly at an antique dealer.
Glad you did this, I was considering making a new door for the house and I probably would have used 8/4 wood and ended up with warping in the future. Didn't consider this method, which does seem to make much more sense for stability.
Good to see your shop active James. Thanks for sharing with us, that was an awesome job sorting woods and making the front door for that house. Really enjoyed the video. Fred.
I have no idea why I never thought to build my own front door. I bought my house over 20 years ago, and have always wanted to get a new front door for it, but it's an odd size (32" by 84"). I could never find one that size, so I sort if gave up. Thanks for giving me the inspiration. I can't wait to get started.
Being a contractor, that works on homes for realtors, engineers and inspectors, this really makes me appreciate the work someone did on the front doors to some of the 800k houses I've worked on. Also, I think I need more clamps! 😂
I built the front door to our home that I was the GC and carpenter for building. Because we used 3 walls from the original house the front door opening was oversized, so no matter what happened it would need a custom door. I built this door using an engineered door core, and doing that changed several things. Slip tenons wouldn’t work in that core, so I used I think 48 ea. 1/2” x 5” birch dowels. The door was painted since it was a Victorian home. Doing this had several challenges to overcome, but it definitely made me a better woodworker. Great video.
Nice door and very good video as usual. I proudly can say I made my own Home Door, did it a couple of years ago with a lot of technical, knowledge and equipment limitations, is not perfect, but.... it is my door. Thank you Sr. I love your closing line.
PURE AND SIMPLE. IMPORTANT CORE STRUCTURE AND USAGE OF ALL WOOD. PEOPLE USED TO THROW DOORS AWAY. YOU NOW SEE HOW DOORS CAN BE SMARTER THAN MOST PEOPLE? VERY, VERY PRICEY ITEM AND REQUIRES A BRAIN TO REPLICATE IT. GREAT DOOR!
@cyrilnorrie8450 Did you convince your wife?I'm in the same boat but I gotta convince my husband 😅 I don't think I've ever seen a video that had given me so much clamp envy as this one did 🤣
Great video! I built a similar door for a house in the Midwest years ago, but doubled up on the panels and sandwiched a piece of foam insulation between them to increase the R-value. It gets cold there…
I never had any desire to make a front door. I really need 3 new ones for my house. Was just going to go buy one good one for back and something that will work for other 2 my back door is my main door. Now here I am going maybe I can do that. I spent the day in my shop rewatching this video I think Im try it thanks for inspiration.
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Great video James! I concur with the satisfaction of building your own doors. I recently made 3 doors for my house. Took a while but I know I did it. I used African Mahagony with 3 coats of Spar Urathane.
Great tips on making a door and you're right that it would be so nice for any woodworker to make their own front door!!! Thanks for another great video!
This is one of my favorite video of yours! I resolve to make a door for my house within a year ( I need to give myself deadlines). You have convinced me that I can do this even though it seems a little daunting. I think your use of silicone as an adhesive is a good idea - I'd guess that it penetrates the wood a lot less than yellow glue and it would absorb the movement of the wood rather than impair it. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Hola! 🖐Great videos and awesome looking door. I'm soon to begin converting my garage into a woodworking shop (I pray sooner rather than later) and I had contemplated building a door to replace the pieces of wood that hangs there now. This video has definitely inspired me to do so. Thanks for the video and for sharing this build. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊
I used to talk to reps from manufacturers who made wood doors when I worked in a millwork department and none of the ones I worked with made doors with full thickness boards because laminating two boards, or typically sandwiched layers, were more dimensionally stable to resist warping from weather and differences in temp and humidity between inside and out.
Regarding the use of longer clamps for a short glue up. Realizing pipe clamps are not the most popular clamp, I like the convenience of buying extra pipe in varying lengths and simply switching out the ends.
Yes it's a beautiful job, nicely thought out and expertly crafted. It's on my list of things to do... After I get a bit further down the path to mastery of wood working. Someday...
Having work for a major US manufacturer of wood windows & door I know that your premium door are 1-7/8” thick. For very little more wood I make mine this width. I have made several.
I've always wanted to do this but I had always figured on using quartersawn 8/4 stock. I always thought Padauk would be an ideal species for density and rot resistance.
This was awesome. Yes. Hopefully I'll make a door. instead of traditional windows I'll use stain glass from wife's dad. He passed before I could meet him and I know she would love to display his work. I've already made a couple of frames for some of his other work and she would love it if I could work some into our front door.
My house has cheap hollow core doors all through it. I've always wanted to replace them and the front door with solid hardwood doors that I made. Once I get my shop cleaned out after my insulation job is finished, I should be close to being ready to start a job that large. I will still need more clamps And I agree. Your channel has a good niche lane. But a project video occasionally would be cool.
Great walkthrough. Just the right amount of detail for me. I think about this project every time I look at my own front door. Someday... I assume the heavy veneer method here is used to fight wood movement, or is it to save having to buy lots of expensive 8/4 timber? Maybe both? Thanks for sharing!
Sadly in Gainesville, Fl all we have is Lowe's and Home Depot and a Woodcraft in Jacksonville, or Orlando, and you don't know what you're going to be able to get until you get there.
Actually done bought the wood n planning on building a new back door, pretty sure last one was gone made. Last owner was a Craftsman n built a lot off parts of the house, great video n don't know how but we're constantly on the same topics 😂 why you my boy blue!
This is a great explainer/build video, James. Thank you. I'm planning on making two interior office doors soon (-ish), so this gave me some ideas. Might try that floating tenon idea versus laminating boards in a frame (i.e., creating the door 'front' to 'back' in glued, stacked layers).
What a tremendous amount of work to compensate for the lack of old-growth trees. I imagine 200 years ago this would have been much more straight-forward.
Custom door shop owner here.... The "stave core" process that stumpy shows isn't used because of lack of old-growth timber. It's to compensate for the huge difference in humidity between the inside and exterior side of the door unit. A few generations ago, air conditioning wasn't as commonplace as it is today. Solid wood held up fairly well back then because the moisture content of the air was much more equal from inside to outside. Nowadays, building a door that is dimensionally stable is easier with modern adhesives and tools. Besides, most customers expect a door that stays flat and closes smoothly from season to season. I can't count the number of old, but real solid wood doors I've replaced over the years (as nicely made as ever) just to correct a sticking or warping issue.
@@StumpyNubsthanks for the reply-especially on an older video. I appreciate that. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I didn’t think you had used the profiling bits for the exterior door. Aside from a couple small edge profiles the same result was reached with the table saw, half lap joinery and separate window stops. I think I’ve got most of it figured out; the perimeter frames are a bit confusing how they mate with the rest.
There are not a lot of door making videos on TH-cam. Thank you for making this one. It’s on my bucket list too! I was planning to build my door using solid ribbon Sapele but make the panels as sandwich panel with some figured redwood skins. Now you have me second guessing myself and wondering if I should glue up and skin the door frames and stiles. I live in the northeast and the door will be over a covered porch that rarely ever gets wet and very little sun. Would love to hear experienced door makers thoughts on that? Thank you.
I'm feeling a little called out by this line, James: "And frankly, building your own front door is sort of a bucket list item that a lot of woodworkers have."
The door looks nice. And of course it's solid woodworking. I find myself questioning the actual value as an exterior door. At least it should be said some words about how it performs in weather and temperatures that are lower than what's comfortable. Again, it is a good looking door, but to be honest, it's a very very outdated way of building doors when it comes to their actual performance in weather and keeping the heat inside. It would be a nice shed door tho. As for a door on my actual house, I'd have to actually insulate it as a proper door. And that's a weeee bit more complicated hehe.
On my own house my 7’ hinged patio door (not a slider) is showing its age. I contacted a window and door company to bid out a replacement. OMG they quoted me $16,000. I told myself, I would build my own replacement doors. I don’t care how many times I screw up and start over there’s no way I’m going to burn thru $16k worth of wood. I think it actually would be really satisfying to build my own.
Thanks for this video. I have two 2-0 x 6-8 exterior doors that need to be replaced. I was able to buy one of these doors to replace a third about 20 years ago froma local millworks, but trhey no longer carry this size. Metal prefab doors are 1/4 to 1/2 inch too small, so I guess I need to build new ones. Thanks for the information.
For the loose tenon's, how deep is deep enough for the mortises? My first project with loose tenon joinery I struggled with the bushing hitting my routers collet preventing me from going as deep as the bit was.... Was super frustrating and kind of scary 🤣 I have no idea how to get a deep enough mortise using my Bosch plunger router. Love your jig by the way. Brilliant.
Right : Right for a Woodworker to walk through it everyday .. That's the point ... I can easily afford this door but I would like to make it ..BUT I am not talented enough
Love it! I want to do this, but have questions about the outside finish. What type of finish will help the color not fade and protect from water as well?
I grew up in a house that was a hundred years old that had a stunning 4' door! I loved how wide it was...it felt so sturdy and welcoming. I want to build one for our house that we'll start building next year, but am wondering about the process of installation and the size of the hardware, particularly the hinges. Any input?
Nice! Only problem; I don’t have all this equipment… no thicknesser, no planer, no router table. I am buying more clamps every year, but these big machines are out of my budget and I wouldn’t have space for them anyway. Could you someday show us a large project for which I don’t need a professional woodshop?
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Nice door! After about 50 years of woodworking, I finally built my front entry door a couple years ago. I'm in western Canada where your eastern forest hardwoods aren't so plentiful. I got some absolutely stunning old growth vertical grain Doug fir from Vancouver Island -- something like 25 growth rings to the inch. I built the solid wood door featured in Fine Woodworking about 20 years ago. It's been through almost two years of weather now and it has always fit its frame pretty much exactly the same. You're right: it was a bucket list item. I think it's just about the biggest thing I can make in my little basement shop. It wound up costing pretty much the same as what our local architectural millwork specialists quoted me for building and installing a custom door. Definitely my most satisfying project!
So did I you can see it in my profile picture only difference 2 inch thick solid oak
It is fun to build a door. I had to help my building trades teacher build one for his shop that we were building for him as his old one was falling apart. It was fun to build the shop and the house.
The silicone for the panels is genius! Definitely using that tip!
The silicone in the panels is brilliant: prevent airflow and allow expansion. Love it.
“Solid but stable sandwich” is my new favorite sandwich! Thanks so much for this
"Honey, get back in the shop and make me a sandwich!"
Recommendation from watching Total Boat videos ...
Start with multiple coats of their High Gloss varnish first. This has a higher content of the UV inhibitors than the Matte finish.
Then finish with a coat or two of the Matte finish if so desired.
I build custom solid wood doors for a living. Nice to see you cover this topic.
I've been thinking about doing this. Is it a good business to get into?
As always, perfectly explained and just the right length. One day I may be able to do this.
Make a TH-cam video or front door?
@@questioner1596 both actually!
Never built my own, but I did catch my neighbor about to throw an ancient, solid wood door on a bonfire. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Spent days sanding that beast, finally made a homebuilt sandblaster out of my air compressor to get into every nook and cranny. There were a LOT of crannies...stained it, put about 8 coats of poly on there (Alaska weather) had a piece of glass cut at Lowes, and it is friggin' gorgeous. A bonfire. Seriously. And it's so old modern hardware wouldn't fit, found an old deadbolt assembly at an antique dealer.
As an artilleryman, I appreciate seeing your workers using ear pro.
Glad you did this, I was considering making a new door for the house and I probably would have used 8/4 wood and ended up with warping in the future. Didn't consider this method, which does seem to make much more sense for stability.
Love it! Completely different from what I've learned. When I started my education in specialized woodworking, my first assignment was to make a door.
Good to see your shop active James. Thanks for sharing with us, that was an awesome job sorting woods and making the front door for that house. Really enjoyed the video. Fred.
I have no idea why I never thought to build my own front door. I bought my house over 20 years ago, and have always wanted to get a new front door for it, but it's an odd size (32" by 84"). I could never find one that size, so I sort if gave up. Thanks for giving me the inspiration. I can't wait to get started.
Being a contractor, that works on homes for realtors, engineers and inspectors, this really makes me appreciate the work someone did on the front doors to some of the 800k houses I've worked on. Also, I think I need more clamps! 😂
800K gets you a house with custom woodwork? Really? Around here (PNW) 800K is solidly in the prehung door territory
I built the front door to our home that I was the GC and carpenter for building. Because we used 3 walls from the original house the front door opening was oversized, so no matter what happened it would need a custom door. I built this door using an engineered door core, and doing that changed several things. Slip tenons wouldn’t work in that core, so I used I think 48 ea. 1/2” x 5” birch dowels.
The door was painted since it was a Victorian home. Doing this had several challenges to overcome, but it definitely made me a better woodworker. Great video.
Nice door and very good video as usual. I proudly can say I made my own Home Door, did it a couple of years ago with a lot of technical, knowledge and equipment limitations, is not perfect, but.... it is my door. Thank you Sr. I love your closing line.
PURE AND SIMPLE. IMPORTANT CORE STRUCTURE AND USAGE OF ALL WOOD. PEOPLE USED TO THROW DOORS AWAY. YOU NOW SEE
HOW DOORS CAN BE SMARTER THAN MOST PEOPLE? VERY, VERY PRICEY ITEM AND REQUIRES
A BRAIN TO REPLICATE IT.
GREAT DOOR!
That door is absolutely beautiful. Some great construction tips and thanks for sharing. Now if I can just convince my wife that I need more clamps!😅
@cyrilnorrie8450 Did you convince your wife?I'm in the same boat but I gotta convince my husband 😅 I don't think I've ever seen a video that had given me so much clamp envy as this one did 🤣
Great video! I built a similar door for a house in the Midwest years ago, but doubled up on the panels and sandwiched a piece of foam insulation between them to increase the R-value. It gets cold there…
Thank you for this!
Couldn’t help but notice the gentleman wearing the expensive Mathew’s Archery hat you get with their free bows hah very nice bows 🤘🏼
I never had any desire to make a front door. I really need 3 new ones for my house. Was just going to go buy one good one for back and something that will work for other 2 my back door is my main door. Now here I am going maybe I can do that. I spent the day in my shop rewatching this video I think Im try it thanks for inspiration.
I built a shop last year and it has steel doors. What an upgrade a door like this would be. 👍
Tips and tricks are good, but a project video is a very nice change of pace. I'd love to see more of these.
Beautiful work. So satisfying to watch it come together.
@StumpyNubs thanks for the lesson
Would be pretty cool to see this type of video here and there. Great tips and it's always good to see how other people work
I love project videos, you really get to see the foresight and knowledge it takes to get things to go perfectly
Thank you for your videos. They are all well put together and your delivery is honest, informational and helpful. Plus, even though I’m a Tampa native and love my Bolts, anyone who loves Hockey is good in my book!
Great video James! I concur with the satisfaction of building your own doors. I recently made 3 doors for my house. Took a while but I know I did it. I used African Mahagony with 3 coats of Spar Urathane.
I have often thought about this. We have one of those metal doors and it is anything but pleasing to the eye. Thanks, James. 😊
A door build is on my bucket list also. I just hope I get around to owning my own home to install it in.
Great tips on making a door and you're right that it would be so nice for any woodworker to make their own front door!!! Thanks for another great video!
In Canada, you absolutely need an insulated exterior door !
I just learned quite a bit about how doors are made. 👍👍Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
if short on clamps, the glue up at ~ 3:20 could be done with screws, they'll all be hidden inside
This is one of my favorite video of yours! I resolve to make a door for my house within a year ( I need to give myself deadlines). You have convinced me that I can do this even though it seems a little daunting. I think your use of silicone as an adhesive is a good idea - I'd guess that it penetrates the wood a lot less than yellow glue and it would absorb the movement of the wood rather than impair it. Thanks and keep up the good work.
I loved this video. Really straight forward.
Another great video Stumpy, very true about a woodworker making his own door. Keep up the good work 👏
Hola! 🖐Great videos and awesome looking door. I'm soon to begin converting my garage into a woodworking shop (I pray sooner rather than later) and I had contemplated building a door to replace the pieces of wood that hangs there now. This video has definitely inspired me to do so. Thanks for the video and for sharing this build. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊
Yessss finaly a project to see 😍👍🏼❤️ very nice door and nice to see how you made it thx for sharing 👏🇨🇦
We made a 6 panel door in Advanced Wood Shop in High School as a final graduating class project.
Great video James. Thanks 👍
Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you very much for sharing🙌🤘🙌
I used to talk to reps from manufacturers who made wood doors when I worked in a millwork department and none of the ones I worked with made doors with full thickness boards because laminating two boards, or typically sandwiched layers, were more dimensionally stable to resist warping from weather and differences in temp and humidity between inside and out.
Loved this video, you should do more of those!
Terrific woodworking & that is one beautiful entrance door! 👍👍
Beautiful door!
Regarding the use of longer clamps for a short glue up. Realizing pipe clamps are not the most popular clamp, I like the convenience of buying extra pipe in varying lengths and simply switching out the ends.
Yes it's a beautiful job, nicely thought out and expertly crafted. It's on my list of things to do... After I get a bit further down the path to mastery of wood working. Someday...
Having work for a major US manufacturer of wood windows & door I know that your premium door are 1-7/8” thick. For very little more wood I make mine this width. I have made several.
I've always wanted to do this but I had always figured on using quartersawn 8/4 stock.
I always thought Padauk would be an ideal species for density and rot resistance.
This was awesome. Yes. Hopefully I'll make a door. instead of traditional windows I'll use stain glass from wife's dad. He passed before I could meet him and I know she would love to display his work. I've already made a couple of frames for some of his other work and she would love it if I could work some into our front door.
Wow, exceptional work.
My house has cheap hollow core doors all through it. I've always wanted to replace them and the front door with solid hardwood doors that I made.
Once I get my shop cleaned out after my insulation job is finished, I should be close to being ready to start a job that large. I will still need more clamps
And I agree. Your channel has a good niche lane. But a project video occasionally would be cool.
Awesome! First to the party! Thanks for another great video!
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Excellent work and very nice video
Great walkthrough. Just the right amount of detail for me. I think about this project every time I look at my own front door. Someday... I assume the heavy veneer method here is used to fight wood movement, or is it to save having to buy lots of expensive 8/4 timber? Maybe both? Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful work!!!! Very inspiring!!!
Sadly in Gainesville, Fl all we have is Lowe's and Home Depot and a Woodcraft in Jacksonville, or Orlando, and you don't know what you're going to be able to get until you get there.
beautiful work.
Actually done bought the wood n planning on building a new back door, pretty sure last one was gone made. Last owner was a Craftsman n built a lot off parts of the house, great video n don't know how but we're constantly on the same topics 😂 why you my boy blue!
Beautiful door! I love me some ash!
This is a great explainer/build video, James. Thank you. I'm planning on making two interior office doors soon (-ish), so this gave me some ideas. Might try that floating tenon idea versus laminating boards in a frame (i.e., creating the door 'front' to 'back' in glued, stacked layers).
Looks fun!
Thank you! I’m going to get to work on my door this weekend!!!
Thank you as I have always wanted to make my own front door 😁
Loved this video.
What a tremendous amount of work to compensate for the lack of old-growth trees. I imagine 200 years ago this would have been much more straight-forward.
Custom door shop owner here.... The "stave core" process that stumpy shows isn't used because of lack of old-growth timber. It's to compensate for the huge difference in humidity between the inside and exterior side of the door unit. A few generations ago, air conditioning wasn't as commonplace as it is today. Solid wood held up fairly well back then because the moisture content of the air was much more equal from inside to outside. Nowadays, building a door that is dimensionally stable is easier with modern adhesives and tools. Besides, most customers expect a door that stays flat and closes smoothly from season to season. I can't count the number of old, but real solid wood doors I've replaced over the years (as nicely made as ever) just to correct a sticking or warping issue.
Very nice door. I would really like to have more instruction on the process for the window grids.
this video is for cabinet doors, but it shows the grid process in detail. th-cam.com/video/Lh_cInAtTEo/w-d-xo.html
@@StumpyNubsthanks for the reply-especially on an older video. I appreciate that. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I didn’t think you had used the profiling bits for the exterior door. Aside from a couple small edge profiles the same result was reached with the table saw, half lap joinery and separate window stops. I think I’ve got most of it figured out; the perimeter frames are a bit confusing how they mate with the rest.
Well done and beautiful, thanks for the continued inspiration! Stay well.
There are not a lot of door making videos on TH-cam. Thank you for making this one. It’s on my bucket list too! I was planning to build my door using solid ribbon Sapele but make the panels as sandwich panel with some figured redwood skins. Now you have me second guessing myself and wondering if I should glue up and skin the door frames and stiles. I live in the northeast and the door will be over a covered porch that rarely ever gets wet and very little sun. Would love to hear experienced door makers thoughts on that? Thank you.
That was awesome ❤
looks great.
you should make one for Essential Craftsman
Is there a risk (besides cost) starting with 8/4 hardwood, then milling and building the door?
I wish I had the space for a full-sized bandsaw. So many times I've needed it to resaw
I'm feeling a little called out by this line, James: "And frankly, building your own front door is sort of a bucket list item that a lot of woodworkers have."
Love your work 👍
The door looks nice. And of course it's solid woodworking. I find myself questioning the actual value as an exterior door. At least it should be said some words about how it performs in weather and temperatures that are lower than what's comfortable. Again, it is a good looking door, but to be honest, it's a very very outdated way of building doors when it comes to their actual performance in weather and keeping the heat inside. It would be a nice shed door tho. As for a door on my actual house, I'd have to actually insulate it as a proper door. And that's a weeee bit more complicated hehe.
The R-value between solid wood and 1.5-inches of styrofoam in a modern skinned door is minimal.
On my own house my 7’ hinged patio door (not a slider) is showing its age. I contacted a window and door company to bid out a replacement. OMG they quoted me $16,000. I told myself, I would build my own replacement doors. I don’t care how many times I screw up and start over there’s no way I’m going to burn thru $16k worth of wood. I think it actually would be really satisfying to build my own.
I likee this Vid !
Beautiful!
Looking forward to seeing you make your own front door 🚪
These kinds really look nice, sadly they don't work for the necessary safety and insulation requirements here...
Wish I had that many clamps, I was thinking I'd have to build a wood working bench first.
Thanks for this video. I have two 2-0 x 6-8 exterior doors that need to be replaced. I was able to buy one of these doors to replace a third about 20 years ago froma local millworks, but trhey no longer carry this size. Metal prefab doors are 1/4 to 1/2 inch too small, so I guess I need to build new ones. Thanks for the information.
For the loose tenon's, how deep is deep enough for the mortises? My first project with loose tenon joinery I struggled with the bushing hitting my routers collet preventing me from going as deep as the bit was.... Was super frustrating and kind of scary 🤣 I have no idea how to get a deep enough mortise using my Bosch plunger router. Love your jig by the way. Brilliant.
Really cool.
Right : Right for a Woodworker to walk through it everyday .. That's the point ... I can easily afford this door but I would like to make it ..BUT I am not talented enough
nice job well done
THAT’S why I need to go buy more clamps. I knew there was a reason.
Love it! I want to do this, but have questions about the outside finish. What type of finish will help the color not fade and protect from water as well?
Oh no. I have new life goals.
I grew up in a house that was a hundred years old that had a stunning 4' door! I loved how wide it was...it felt so sturdy and welcoming. I want to build one for our house that we'll start building next year, but am wondering about the process of installation and the size of the hardware, particularly the hinges. Any input?
Looks like ash. Nicely done!!
Nice! Only problem; I don’t have all this equipment… no thicknesser, no planer, no router table. I am buying more clamps every year, but these big machines are out of my budget and I wouldn’t have space for them anyway. Could you someday show us a large project for which I don’t need a professional woodshop?
I can't wait to start my project. But I need more money to prepare.
Another great video!!! How much did that door end up weighing when finished?