The door knobs are made from Bakelite,named after the inventor. It's an interesting early plastic,widely used in the radio ,TV, clock,and furniture industries ,in the mid 20th century.
Respect to you young Sir, that was a ton of work, but well worth the effort as it is a great end result, those nails are a crazy price, I guess they're only used where required for heritage renovations ! I appreciate your can-do attitude "I'm not sure how you're meant to do it, or how they would have done it originally, but we'll find out !" bravo and subscribed - now I'm off to see what else you've been up to !
Well done. In my barn i already had a wooden door but there was no lock on it ( from garden into barn). So i bought such an old box lock with a key like you also mounted but there was no lock catch with it. Being a former welder/metalworker and weld inspector i made it my self from old rusty (1900's) metal strip. But i made it an open one. You made a box. For my new living room into garden door ( there was no door, only a window), i made a triangle chaped door stop. I made it from 3 old, also 1900's hinges. They are about 250mm long. From one i had to cut of the hand smithed round hinch circle. The pivot point. It looks very rusty rustique and fits my 1870 house. To make the door opening in the wall, i had to break through the 20" think natural stone wall. It was all worth it. Regards from the Ardennes
Excelente trabajo de carpinteria y restauración, me trae nostalgia esos tipos de trabajo lo realizaba mi viejo en su carpinteria, soy Julio desde Argentina
I have just come across you and I must say I am very impressed with your attention to detail to preserve the originality. If you wish to get rid of galvanizing do not burn it off as the fumes are not good for you, if you soak it in white vinegar that will do the job for you it must be completely covered though and 24 hours should see it gone. I will be following with interest, keep up the good work.
Thanks for the tip, I’ve used that method before & sped up the process by putting salt on it too then popping whatever it was into the oven. Glad you also appreciate the little details.
@theroundcorner ah dude, how have you not seen it. It started as the Victorian farm, but with the popularity they progressed to the Edwardian farm then. They restored an abandoned farm whilst living and eating and working as they did at the time
Nice video. Helpful hint, keep table saw blade just above the thickness of the wood you are sawing. Safety first. The porcelain door knobs look great. Maybe add an escutcheon plate on the outside knob. It will safe the wood and reduce wear. Lastly, drill wood with Brad point drill bits. Not expensive. Of course have sacrificial wood behind so it reduces tear out.
The first video I found of yours was the assembling of your circular staircase, and I just loved how you left the old patina on the iron stairs, and didn’t try to strip it off and paint it. This door that you made fits exactly in that same pocket of things that I love to see; true love and attention given to a building so that everything fits in the style it was originally made in. Fabulous job!
Great job. Looks beautiful. You gotta love those old locks. Reminds me of one I worked on many years ago, and it was very old even then. Excellent craftsmanship and materials. Well worth reusing. Well done. ;)
Those nails are similar to the ones that farriers use for attaching horse shoes, though much larger and thicker. The clinching process is somewhat similar as well, though they shorten the nails by breaking them before clinching so they can be removed when the shoes need replacing. They use a special clinching tool as well.
Wauw that looks awesome! Your doorhandle is probably bakelite which is a predecessor of plastic. The material you will know from old dial telephones. Keep up the nice work! Wish I had and old house like yours I could tinker with!! :D Kind regards from Cabinetmaker and Furniture Restorer from Denmark :) PS. I really don't get why your channel has so few subscribers! ;)
I wondered what it was, thanks for letting me know. I come across Bakelite switches a bit at work but didn’t know it could be so dense like this handle. In the UK it seems there’s loads of derelict buildings in “undesirable” locations in need of a Danish Cabinetmaker to come across & tinker.
Bakelite is dense, but it's not cold to touch. A porcelain knob is cold to touch. They are often made to resemble wood. It is also commonly used with that style of lock.
@@theroundcorner Uuuh tempting! I would miss my family and friends though hehe But maybe I can find something similar here 🤩 As someone commented it could also be porclain or it could also be nitrocellulose :)
The door knob is made of Bakelite, an early kind of plastic, and it's for indoors, not outside! So i think in a couple of years it will become brittle and disintegrate, because of the sunlight, rain and warm and cold temperatures differences, and that would be a shame, right! 🤷♂️ But the door is great and from the outside, it really look if it's always been there! 👌🏼✌🏼
I think it is not Bakelite, but pottery--a reddish clay with a nice glaze over it. I had one outdoors here in Michigan, and one cold winter it cracked...
I once helped my father with a door he gave me ( I was a kid) a steel heel piece used by shoemakers. He hammered the nails and i pushed/held the steel on the other side. All nails ( not the beauties you’re using) bended back in. He told me to steer them diagonally on the grain.
Hammer the clinch nails through the boards and onto an anvil (or any solid chunk of metal), the way a bootmaker uses a last, so that the nail bends over and back when its through, so it should hook back and in as you keep hammering.
Very well done. The only thing I would have done differently, is make it a framed, ledger and braced door. Just my preference, as I am an old carpenter who made many doors just like that, when I was still an apprentice.
next time, suggest hammer nails (assemble your door) on dirt. let nail stick through into soil, keep on hammering all in. then flip over the door and cinch the nails.
@theroundcorner I had a few close calls when I was young and got into the habit of wearing safety gear, also it is required on bigger job sites now. Respirators are essential in old buildings because of lead, asbestos, silica dust and who knows what other nasty materials they used. Probably worse in newer homes! Many trades people have health problems besides missing fingers, eyes, bad knees and back. Keep healthy!
Yeah I did wonder about that but the originals don’t have a diagonal piece & they are in good shape. I wonder if the staggered nails & big hinges give the strength it needs?
When you're sanding or wire wheeling old wood, old iron, do it outside with a respirator. God knows what was in the original paint. Editing to add: looks fantastic, but don't put your health at risk while making these great things.
Yup, we have concrete screws. The fixings into the wall are pretty dire as the bricks are so soft / broken. I also didn’t want to be able to see a modern fixing
I don't want to criticize too much, I don't know if it's a load-bearing wall or not, but because of the design of the door frame, you had to remove bricks in places where the arch arc directly rests. In fact, now the entire mass of bricks will rest on the door frame when it settles in the future. If the wall bears a load (for example, floors or a roof), then this is fraught with cracks
Curious....My grandfather taught me to put all the nails in & then flip the piece to bend over the nail & hammer in the remaining bit. It's an easier process. Is it common in UK to do them one by one?
Clinching or clenching nails. Are you not meant to hammer them in from one side while holding a large club hammer on the other, and the nail bends back from hitting the club hammer? Saw that recently on the internet; an old nailing technique.
Hasn't that come out well!! Thought it could've used a bit of a green tint as in the song lol. You never told the people about the previous neighbour's shed.
Amusing how often you start talking and in the same instance turn on a loud tool and we can't hear what you are saying anymore, still a great video though.
No annoying music, no dreadful “humour”, an excellent craftsman. You’ve got another follower.
Haha I’ll have to work on that. Welcome, pleased to have you on board.
Beautiful craftsmanship. Wood,metal,you do it all,love it!
The door knobs are made from Bakelite,named after the inventor. It's an interesting early plastic,widely used in the radio ,TV, clock,and furniture industries ,in the mid 20th century.
insane door mate. amazing work
Fantastic work!!! I like your attention to all the details, to keep and preserve the original character of the building. Well done you 👏 ❤
Well thanks very much, very kind!
Respect to you young Sir, that was a ton of work, but well worth the effort as it is a great end result, those nails are a crazy price, I guess they're only used where required for heritage renovations !
I appreciate your can-do attitude "I'm not sure how you're meant to do it, or how they would have done it originally, but we'll find out !" bravo and subscribed - now I'm off to see what else you've been up to !
Well done. In my barn i already had a wooden door but there was no lock on it ( from garden into barn). So i bought such an old box lock with a key like you also mounted but there was no lock catch with it. Being a former welder/metalworker and weld inspector i made it my self from old rusty (1900's) metal strip. But i made it an open one. You made a box. For my new living room into garden door ( there was no door, only a window), i made a triangle chaped door stop. I made it from 3 old, also 1900's hinges. They are about 250mm long. From one i had to cut of the hand smithed round hinch circle. The pivot point. It looks very rusty rustique and fits my 1870 house. To make the door opening in the wall, i had to break through the 20" think natural stone wall. It was all worth it. Regards from the Ardennes
Brilliant stuff, good to have something to tinker with - we’ve been on with a similar thing.
Brilliant work and episode!
Thoroughly enjoy your happiness and joy with the completed door. Well done.
Excelente trabajo de carpinteria y restauración, me trae nostalgia esos tipos de trabajo lo realizaba mi viejo en su carpinteria, soy Julio desde Argentina
An incredible and beautiful result.
I have just come across you and I must say I am very impressed with your attention to detail to preserve the originality. If you wish to get rid of galvanizing do not burn it off as the fumes are not good for you, if you soak it in white vinegar that will do the job for you it must be completely covered though and 24 hours should see it gone. I will be following with interest, keep up the good work.
Thanks for the tip, I’ve used that method before & sped up the process by putting salt on it too then popping whatever it was into the oven. Glad you also appreciate the little details.
I was addicted to the 'Victorian farm' shows when I was a kid, this channel reminds me so much of that. I'm loving it, the door is amazing dude.
I like the sound of that show
@theroundcorner ah dude, how have you not seen it. It started as the Victorian farm, but with the popularity they progressed to the Edwardian farm then. They restored an abandoned farm whilst living and eating and working as they did at the time
That looks great lad I never knew lime mortar could be reconstituted Really adds to the finished look 👍
The frame and door is perfection. You definitely put in the work.
Very kind, it doesn’t feel like work.
For perfection maybe some basic braces against sagging.
Thank you for your detail orientation! Thoroughly enjoying your surprise vlog!
Well done. Looks amazing. Beautiful door and doorway
Enjoyed your video. a lot of work and satisfaction.
Very well done !! greetings from Holland
Thanks muchly, greeting right back to you from England!
Beautiful details. Well done!
Fantastic job. It looks like it was the original door. You have a great talent and I applaud that. Take care.
looks really good👍
A street lamp in the brick would look good next to the door
You really deserve 100.000 followers. I am a new one and very excited. Lars from Denmark 🇩🇰
Yikes! That’s a lot of eyes 😳
I’m happy with all the lovely folk like yourself that have subscribed - welcome to the channel!
1st time watching one of your videos. Outstanding work on the door!
Welcome, glad you like
Looks awesome. The boards look great and so does all the iron hardware.
Nice video. Helpful hint, keep table saw blade just above the thickness of the wood you are sawing. Safety first. The porcelain door knobs look great. Maybe add an escutcheon plate on the outside knob. It will safe the wood and reduce wear. Lastly, drill wood with Brad point drill bits. Not expensive. Of course have sacrificial wood behind so it reduces tear out.
Thanks for the tips, especially the Brad point tip drill bits.
The plates look well but I do like to keep it agricultural / industrial.
Excellent, it looks as if it has always been there!
Thanks very much, I was hoping it would look at home.
what a great job you made of it, looks fabulous. very well done sir
Thanks muchly!
@@theroundcorner my pleasure!
Looks brilliant great video
The first video I found of yours was the assembling of your circular staircase, and I just loved how you left the old patina on the iron stairs, and didn’t try to strip it off and paint it. This door that you made fits exactly in that same pocket of things that I love to see; true love and attention given to a building so that everything fits in the style it was originally made in. Fabulous job!
Lovely job, great skills 👍
Cheers!
Great work on the door, metal work, etc. Love the whole look, and it will probably last decades!
Thanks, it’d be great if it does.
It looks amazing ❤
Thanks, I think it looks quite at home where it is.
Beautiful Door to compliment the the old door frame 🎉 Beauty in motion 🌌
Thanks muchly!
So awesome, I love love love it. I love the patina and the repairs.
Glad you like it!
Really appreciate your attention to detail - amazing work.
Muchos gracias!
Well in mate,another well thought project.👍
Glad you like it
Stumbled across your channel the other day and have been binge watching since. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
Welcome, great to have a Canadian on board.
Great job. Looks beautiful. You gotta love those old locks. Reminds me of one I worked on many years ago, and it was very old even then. Excellent craftsmanship and materials. Well worth reusing. Well done. ;)
They’re lovely aren’t they, I love the cobble, brick, lime combination.
You are very talented.
You’re very kind.
Dude, beautiful!! Love it! Great job!"🎉🎉🙂
Incredible work!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you for being, let's say, obsessed with details, i can show my wife i'm not crazy, or maybe a bit but not alone 😁
Haha, strength in numbers
Best explanation of how a tree works I have ever heard! I have always thought the same thing. A joy to watch and also very inspiring.
The door looks great. Nice job.
Clenching is how horseshoes are anchored on the horses foot. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
How interesting, I didn’t know that - wondered how they stayed on. What a lovely saying.
Brilliant, right up my street this is, love it!
Great to hear, glad you like it.
beautiful job pal
Awesome work mate
😊
Those nails are similar to the ones that farriers use for attaching horse shoes, though much larger and thicker. The clinching process is somewhat similar as well, though they shorten the nails by breaking them before clinching so they can be removed when the shoes need replacing. They use a special clinching tool as well.
Very interesting.
New door looks great. It does not look very rot resistant. Need a bunch of paint for that.
True, I may put some linseed paint on it. It’s a shame as I love how it looks.
magnifique et excellent travail
Merci beaucoup
Beautiful!!!!
Thank you!!
Nice video. I just discovered your channel, and I happily subscribed so that I won't miss a new video from you!
Welcome to the channel!
Wauw that looks awesome! Your doorhandle is probably bakelite which is a predecessor of plastic. The material you will know from old dial telephones. Keep up the nice work! Wish I had and old house like yours I could tinker with!! :D Kind regards from Cabinetmaker and Furniture Restorer from Denmark :)
PS. I really don't get why your channel has so few subscribers! ;)
I wondered what it was, thanks for letting me know. I come across Bakelite switches a bit at work but didn’t know it could be so dense like this handle.
In the UK it seems there’s loads of derelict buildings in “undesirable” locations in need of a Danish Cabinetmaker to come across & tinker.
Bakelite is dense, but it's not cold to touch. A porcelain knob is cold to touch. They are often made to resemble wood. It is also commonly used with that style of lock.
@@theroundcorner Uuuh tempting! I would miss my family and friends though hehe But maybe I can find something similar here 🤩 As someone commented it could also be porclain or it could also be nitrocellulose :)
Well done,perhaps shorten the nails before clinching them ,to leave a neater finish.
Great job!
Love your videos.
Real craftsman ! , not bad for a Sparks lol , brilliant mate !
Haha thanks!
The door knob is made of Bakelite, an early kind of plastic, and it's for indoors, not outside! So i think in a couple of years it will become brittle and disintegrate, because of the sunlight, rain and warm and cold temperatures differences, and that would be a shame, right! 🤷♂️
But the door is great and from the outside, it really look if it's always been there! 👌🏼✌🏼
I think it is not Bakelite, but pottery--a reddish clay with a nice glaze over it. I had one outdoors here in Michigan, and one cold winter it cracked...
@karenvaranauskas6122 Oh yeah, that's a possibility too! 👍🏻
But still it would be sad if they got damaged, because these are really beautiful! 👌🏼✌🏼
I think it could be pottery / porcelain too
Love the character of the new door that looks old!
I once helped my father with a door he gave me ( I was a kid) a steel heel piece used by shoemakers. He hammered the nails and i pushed/held the steel on the other side. All nails ( not the beauties you’re using) bended back in. He told me to steer them diagonally on the grain.
That makes sense to bend the nails in diagonally, I should’ve done that as I can imagine it’s much stronger.
@ really like what you are doing, nice work
Happy to see Ziggy!
Great stuff!
Hammer the clinch nails through the boards and onto an anvil (or any solid chunk of metal), the way a bootmaker uses a last, so that the nail bends over and back when its through, so it should hook back and in as you keep hammering.
I tried something similar onto some metal but it folded the nail so I gave up on that method.
Very well done. The only thing I would have done differently, is make it a framed, ledger and braced door. Just my preference, as I am an old carpenter who made many doors just like that, when I was still an apprentice.
That would be stronger wouldn’t it, I just copied the originals but it does feel supinely strong & stable.
Always clinch your nails across the grain to prevent splitting
Thanks, someone else suggested going diagonally and it makes way more sense. You live, you learn.
next time, suggest hammer nails (assemble your door) on dirt. let nail stick through into soil, keep on hammering all in. then flip over the door and cinch the nails.
Yeah, that’d be a quicker way
Am I the only one who when they see a beautiful brick building with boarded up windows or doors, wish that they would open it up again?
You aren’t alone.
A cracking watch.
Safety glasses!
Support your lumber properly when cutting and lower your table saw blade.
Yeah, I’ve been a bit slack there haven’t I!
@theroundcorner
I had a few close calls when I was young and got into the habit of wearing safety gear, also it is required on bigger job sites now. Respirators are essential in old buildings because of lead, asbestos, silica dust and who knows what other nasty materials they used. Probably worse in newer homes! Many trades people have health problems besides missing fingers, eyes, bad knees and back. Keep healthy!
You could make a keyhole metal ring decor.
Will you be repointing the brickwork of the wall a bit? It looks like it needs a little fresh mortar all around!
End result was worth ever painful minute of making the door.
I really enjoyed making it
realy looks nice only misses a diagional brace..
Yeah I did wonder about that but the originals don’t have a diagonal piece & they are in good shape. I wonder if the staggered nails & big hinges give the strength it needs?
I'm pretty sure you can curve regular nails, too.
Potevi mettere una maniglia del portone Migliore. Bel lavoro 😉
Awwww non ti piace la maniglia? Ero tentato di prendere una maniglia ottagonale, ma mi piace proprio quella che c'è sopra.
Lovely piece of work. The rear side looks a bit clean - maybe rub a bit of ash into the grain? Or not - fabulous job, either way. Good editing too!
Oooo, never heard of that gem before. Definitely be giving that a whirl - thanks!
As my mec. students would say when l worked in devon. Proper job.
Cheers! I read that in a West Country accent
When you're sanding or wire wheeling old wood, old iron, do it outside with a respirator. God knows what was in the original paint.
Editing to add: looks fantastic, but don't put your health at risk while making these great things.
Good point
Good point, thanks!
Hamming in that bolt in the wall moved so many bricks lol. Will you be repointing the wall?
Didn’t it just, I thought the same. It will be getting repointed at some point.
Door knobs might be bakerlite
Leaning toward thinking they’re porcelain / ceramic. Feels too cold & hard for Bakelite which doesn’t come across on the camera.
5:50 Do you not have Tapcons over there in the UK? By far the quickest and easiest way to attach wood to concrete or brick.
Yup, we have concrete screws. The fixings into the wall are pretty dire as the bricks are so soft / broken. I also didn’t want to be able to see a modern fixing
I don't want to criticize too much, I don't know if it's a load-bearing wall or not, but because of the design of the door frame, you had to remove bricks in places where the arch arc directly rests. In fact, now the entire mass of bricks will rest on the door frame when it settles in the future. If the wall bears a load (for example, floors or a roof), then this is fraught with cracks
Hopefully it’ll be ok as it’s previously been a door way.
Curious....My grandfather taught me to put all the nails in & then flip the piece to bend over the nail & hammer in the remaining bit. It's an easier process. Is it common in UK to do them one by one?
Yup, that would defo be quicker way of doing it!
Clinching or clenching nails. Are you not meant to hammer them in from one side while holding a large club hammer on the other, and the nail bends back from hitting the club hammer? Saw that recently on the internet; an old nailing technique.
It seems like that’s a method a lot of people use.
Hasn't that come out well!! Thought it could've used a bit of a green tint as in the song lol. You never told the people about the previous neighbour's shed.
Thanks, pretty pleased with it. Yeah, that could be interesting, I think I’d have to explain it objectively so as not to make a bitter video.
Awsome door!!❤❤❤😊
🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Even more mental is that the tree uses invisible carbon dioxide to make all the building materials it needs to grow big.
grab yourself some cold bluing fluid easier than heating and burning fingers
Why is it putting a brand new door on a crumbling brick wall. He should have stabilized the wall before putting the door? I'm just asking a question.
Well, because of the 'special' and immensely expensive nails... have you ever tried to find them in farrier supply stores?
I couldn’t find them locally so ordered them from heritage store online.
Hey mate you're a rough bastard on the tools hey what
Fair
The door knobs look like Bakelite, an early plastic
I’m now thinking they could be pottery or porcelain.
Загибать гвозди бокорезами? Видимо в детстве по рукам не били))).
Could you darken the inside of the door? It just looks a little light in colour. Not a criticism, just an observation.
It is a bit light, apparently ash darkens it which I’ll try.
Porcelaine, céramique tes poignées, ont en trouvent beaucoup encore en France
How lovely, I end up gravitating toward French bits and pieces.
Your doorknobs look to be porcelain.
Amusing how often you start talking and in the same instance turn on a loud tool and we can't hear what you are saying anymore, still a great video though.