Building A Pair Of Gunstock Style French Doors | Woodworking Projects

In this video we make 2 pairs of gunstock style french doors, to match the existing heritage doors on site.
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[@jamesnewman1613]

Nice work mate. I liked how the video came together👍

[@DTJoinery]

@@jamesnewman1613
Cheers. Thank you.

[@MichaelWilkins-zs9cd]

Awesome craftsmanship-thanks for the education

[@DTJoinery]

Thank you.

[@eggsoups]

Beautiful work

[@DTJoinery]

Thank you.

[@thomo74]

I can’t pick the timber? Looks too dense and pale to be cedar? Then again it looks light, like WRC?

[@DTJoinery]

@thomo74
It's Fijian Mahogany, a nice timber to work with, especially with hand tools.

[@thomo74]

@@DTJoinery
Ah yes. You did those big window sills a couple of months back. Is it like your go to timber for doors and windows?
Where do you source most of your timber from?

[@DTJoinery]

@thomo74
Yes, it's what we are using predominantly now. Since Covid, other timbers have become either too hard to get or too expensive.
We used to use a lot of New Guinea Rosewood, but in 2022 it became extremely hard to get, so we had to look for alternatives.
I buy from timber merchants all over Australia.

[@thomo74]

@@DTJoinery thanks for taking the time to explain that.
I was interested in your comments regarding air dried v kiln dried.
Were you referring to all Timbers general ? Or the FM you were using for the gunstock doors.
Might make a good video ? Maybe you’ve done one already?

[@DTJoinery]

@thomo74
As a general thought with most timbers, it certainly doesn't apply to all, but it is the case with a lot of timbers. Air dried timber was far superior as it was in balance with the atmosphere, whereas all the imported timbers are generally dried to US humidity levels 5-6%. Where I live, it's 12-15%, so we have a big problem with expansion and instability.
I haven't done a video about it, but I was considering doing 1.

[@rupert5390]

Hate being the first to comment but you guys make it look effortless - the pommie and American joiners would have done a 3 part series on gunstock doors - very nice work the three of you.

[@DTJoinery]

@rupert5390
Thanks Rupert.
I did contemplate doing it as 2 parts, having a couple of hours of footage😊

[@SimonHoning]

Just found you- how lovely it is to see work of this calibre being produced.Inspiring! Keep it up,guys.

[@DTJoinery]

@@SimonHoning
Thank you.