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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.
I don't think that's the case anymore in 2024-2025. Most likely those exterior doors, especially solid wood, if not the standard fiber glass from China, are in the $10's of thousands now. So it is way cheaper now to build one.
I use to work in a commercial wood door shop. Brought some nostalgia seeing the same product made with similar techniques. We had a giant heated press for sandwiching doors. Made all sorts of sandwiches from fancy architectural to basic hollow cores and even fire rated. Cheers
I love this style of video. It's fun to watch you build a project. Having that context makes learning the techniques more interesting and more obvious on how they work.
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.
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.
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.
Hi..I watch your videos since years...but never comment them. BUT it is about time to say thank you for the effort you put into them. They are really informative and you often pick something up that you didn't know before. I really like it that the quality of the content and the craftsmanship is priority and not some quick fix junk click bate. Keep up the great work
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!
Amazing. I'm building my first woodshop with the specific intent of eventually replacing my front door. I mean, I plan to build many other things, but it is this one goal that is helping to establish the tools, surfaces, and space necessary.
A little less than 2 years after I got into woodworking I briefly got a job building custom solid wood doors. These were interior doors so I guess that's why we didn't build cores like this. Very interesting to see this method. Was a great learning experience and helped me learn how to properly mill wood as well as set up my shop
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.
Not a front door, but I built my first solid door for someone’s master bath and just installed it yesterday. It was a fun project and I hope to make some more for myself someday. You’re absolutely right about how satisfying that final glue up is!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 haven't taken on an exterior door yet, but I am making all the interior doors in our house using douglas fir that we cut down when we cleared the land. It's not old growth, but is about 80 years old. It's a joy to build doors.
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.
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…
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!
@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 🤣
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! 👊
Hey James, great to see you! I love the 'watch me build this' kind of videos and I think you are really great at it! Thanks for sharing this, can't wait to see more!
I built double doors for a tiny house out pallets for one of my 1st projects. Ive had to plane and adjust them multiple times but still going 5 years later. Im looking forward to building some again with hard wood and 5 years more experience.
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! 😂
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?
it is also to mention the most important info which is the climate you live in and the wood you pick for that climate, a door that is going to be installed in the humidity of Florida is not the same door that is going to be in the cold of the Yukon.
I built a solid wood entry door from sapele. I did research on expansion and contraction of the wood for my area of the country but it has held up great after 5+ years. Without a lot of sun exposure ,the Waterlox finish is as good as brand new. I was so afraid of messing up especially during glue up. We moved to a new house so I don't get to walk through it anymore.
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!
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...
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).
Just curious, any structural reason not to use 8/4 stock if you are going for 1-3/4" final thickness? Just built a door a few weeks ago and the extra cost of using 8/4 over something thinner (especially if you are buying from a lumber yard/mill) was negligible in comparison to the extra work of skinning.
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.
@@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.
The benefits of a sandwich door is less chance of warping and twisting its definitely a longer process than making a door out of 1 piece but it definitely pays off having it nice and flat
Been wanting to build a door for years. Could you make a video on the different options for making doors...solid wood, hollow core, plywood, veneer, etc?
Just a clarifying question… Did I miss it on the video somewhere or is the sandwich panel/core not covered around the edges/perimeter by the 1/4" thick hardwood ? Thanks in advance for clarification.....and, like the other commentators, I plan to build a pair of these for my new shop. All the best.
I want to build a wood door that has a larger portion covered in windows than yours, maybe the entire door (except for the perimeter). I'm worried that if someone slammed the door hard or if the wood perimeter warps the wrong way, the glass panels could break. You mention using silicone for stability here, but just used sticky tape for the glass. Is a silicone or some other shock-absorbing material needed between glass and wood in more windowy patio type wooden doors?
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 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.
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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.
I don't think that's the case anymore in 2024-2025. Most likely those exterior doors, especially solid wood, if not the standard fiber glass from China, are in the $10's of thousands now. So it is way cheaper now to build one.
The silicone in the panels is brilliant: prevent airflow and allow expansion. Love it.
I use to work in a commercial wood door shop. Brought some nostalgia seeing the same product made with similar techniques. We had a giant heated press for sandwiching doors. Made all sorts of sandwiches from fancy architectural to basic hollow cores and even fire rated.
Cheers
The silicone for the panels is genius! Definitely using that tip!
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?
I love this style of video. It's fun to watch you build a project. Having that context makes learning the techniques more interesting and more obvious on how they work.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Hi..I watch your videos since years...but never comment them. BUT it is about time to say thank you for the effort you put into them. They are really informative and you often pick something up that you didn't know before. I really like it that the quality of the content and the craftsmanship is priority and not some quick fix junk click bate.
Keep up the great work
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.
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!
Hi, I'm from Mexico. Thank you very much for your videos, tutorials and tips. I had learned a lot thanks for you.
Amazing. I'm building my first woodshop with the specific intent of eventually replacing my front door. I mean, I plan to build many other things, but it is this one goal that is helping to establish the tools, surfaces, and space necessary.
A little less than 2 years after I got into woodworking I briefly got a job building custom solid wood doors. These were interior doors so I guess that's why we didn't build cores like this. Very interesting to see this method. Was a great learning experience and helped me learn how to properly mill wood as well as set up my shop
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.
I built a door for my house using Norm’s plans as a guide. You’re right. It is very satisfying having a door I built as my front door.
Not a front door, but I built my first solid door for someone’s master bath and just installed it yesterday. It was a fun project and I hope to make some more for myself someday. You’re absolutely right about how satisfying that final glue up is!
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.
Only the Nubster can find a way to make a daunting project seem straightforward and attainable.
Beautiful work. So satisfying to watch it come together.
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.
As an artilleryman, I appreciate seeing your workers using ear pro.
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!
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.
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 haven't taken on an exterior door yet, but I am making all the interior doors in our house using douglas fir that we cut down when we cleared the land. It's not old growth, but is about 80 years old. It's a joy to build doors.
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N don't know if I've ever told ya stump but you're the only non hand tool only guy I really watch n enjoy!
Using the silicone for the panel is the best woodworking hack I've ever seen!
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.
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…
Tips and tricks are good, but a project video is a very nice change of pace. I'd love to see more of these.
Really beautiful work, James! The door looks amazing! 😃
Thanks a lot for all the tips!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Great video James. Thanks 👍
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!
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 🤣
I have often thought about this. We have one of those metal doors and it is anything but pleasing to the eye. Thanks, James. 😊
What an informative and inspiring video. Well done!
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! 👊
Hey James, great to see you! I love the 'watch me build this' kind of videos and I think you are really great at it! Thanks for sharing this, can't wait to see more!
I built double doors for a tiny house out pallets for one of my 1st projects. Ive had to plane and adjust them multiple times but still going 5 years later. Im looking forward to building some again with hard wood and 5 years more experience.
I just learned quite a bit about how doors are made. 👍👍Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
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
Yessss finaly a project to see 😍👍🏼❤️ very nice door and nice to see how you made it thx for sharing 👏🇨🇦
Beautiful craftsmanship
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
Terrific woodworking & that is one beautiful entrance door! 👍👍
I loved this video. Really straight forward.
A door build is on my bucket list also. I just hope I get around to owning my own home to install it in.
I built a shop last year and it has steel doors. What an upgrade a door like this would be. 👍
Great video
Would softwood be suitable as well? Thanks!
Awesome! First to the party! Thanks for another great video!
Thanks! This project got added to my list, plus I need a new back door!
Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you very much for sharing🙌🤘🙌
Beautiful work!!!! Very inspiring!!!
Is there a risk (besides cost) starting with 8/4 hardwood, then milling and building the door?
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?
Excellent work and very nice video
Wow, exceptional work.
Is warping ever an issue?
it is also to mention the most important info which is the climate you live in and the wood you pick for that climate, a door that is going to be installed in the humidity of Florida is not the same door that is going to be in the cold of the Yukon.
I love project videos, you really get to see the foresight and knowledge it takes to get things to go perfectly
I built a solid wood entry door from sapele. I did research on expansion and contraction of the wood for my area of the country but it has held up great after 5+ years. Without a lot of sun exposure ,the Waterlox finish is as good as brand new. I was so afraid of messing up especially during glue up. We moved to a new house so I don't get to walk through it anymore.
You couldn't take it with you?
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!
what kind of wood would you use for the inner build up??
Well done and beautiful, thanks for the continued inspiration! Stay well.
Awesome video and tips! God bless!
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...
Very nice! I have a Craftsman style door on my bucket list and this helps me move toward that goal.
This really is a great explanation. Well done.
if short on clamps, the glue up at ~ 3:20 could be done with screws, they'll all be hidden inside
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).
Beautiful. What was the total build time for the door?
Another great video!!! How much did that door end up weighing when finished?
Just curious, any structural reason not to use 8/4 stock if you are going for 1-3/4" final thickness? Just built a door a few weeks ago and the extra cost of using 8/4 over something thinner (especially if you are buying from a lumber yard/mill) was negligible in comparison to the extra work of skinning.
Will that pin nail trigger a saw stop?
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.
0:45 SketchUp…is what I was expecting but that works.
Liked this video. More of this kind would be nice. thx
beautiful work.
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.
I can’t wait to try this!
Loved this video, you should do more of those!
The benefits of a sandwich door is less chance of warping and twisting its definitely a longer process than making a door out of 1 piece but it definitely pays off having it nice and flat
“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!"
Been wanting to build a door for years.
Could you make a video on the different options for making doors...solid wood, hollow core, plywood, veneer, etc?
Just a clarifying question… Did I miss it on the video somewhere or is the sandwich panel/core not covered around the edges/perimeter by the 1/4" thick hardwood ? Thanks in advance for clarification.....and, like the other commentators, I plan to build a pair of these for my new shop. All the best.
I want to build a wood door that has a larger portion covered in windows than yours, maybe the entire door (except for the perimeter). I'm worried that if someone slammed the door hard or if the wood perimeter warps the wrong way, the glass panels could break. You mention using silicone for stability here, but just used sticky tape for the glass. Is a silicone or some other shock-absorbing material needed between glass and wood in more windowy patio type wooden doors?
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!
@StumpyNubs thanks for the lesson
What oil stain did you use? I would like to get some myself
is this isolated enough for canada winter?
Our Michigan winters aren't aren't exactly warm and dry...
Can this be made using 1 3/4 thick mahogany with cording and veneer or will that cause cupping/warpjng?
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.
Thank you as I have always wanted to make my own 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.
Beautiful door!