Interior door plans

[Captain]

Nice Job Patty!!

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[Larry]

I like your door Patty.  Besides making doors your making memories.

While ya got the Christmas wish list out add on a stock feeder.  It will make that shaper much safer, more precise, and just a lot more fun to use.

[Paschale]

Looks GREAT!  

[Patty]

I want to bring this back up because Larry made a great suggestion that I looked into a little deeper. He suggested a stock feeder for the shaper I hope to get for Christmas. (hint  )  Fine Woodworking has an article in this months edition, that features the quick-stop table saw. What a GREAT idea. I can't find one single finger on either hand that I am willling to sacrifice for any amount of money. The US manufacturers had feeble excuses for not going to the quick stop design, such as it would cost too much to retool their manufacturing equipment. Personally I think they have it backwords. I can't think that I am the only person who puts great value on all 10 of my fingers, and I think most folks would pay for that added feature of a quick stop.
Now back to the stock feeder. Since all tools don't have the quick stop feature...none that we own....the power feeder is a great idea. For a few hundred bucks, I keep all my fingers, I am not so scared to try new projects, I'm more prone to use the tools more often, because the fear factor is eliminated.
Norm has shown me the power feeders on line, and I think the ones that can fit on all the tools...from the table saw to the shaper are a great idea.
Thanks for the suggestion, Larry.  

[ElectricAl]

Patty,




Great door !!!!!!  


I missed most of your post because of my day job. :-/

Had to swing by and check out what the neighbor is up to.

Been so foggy and rainy I can't quit see ya.


Your house is going to be incredible when it's done.  


Al  

[shopteacher]

I'd stay away from the one's known as baby feeders. We have a Sunhill at school and I've had to repair it several times (mostly from student abuse).  It's been down since last year with a broken plastic drive gear.  Delta has the same one, 1/8 hp sells for about 250.00. I have a 1/4 hp Grizzly at home that has done a good job with no trouble.  Of course how you treat your equipment is a determining factor and as you might guess, students aren't always the easiest users or is that abusers?

[Patty]

I've looked at the 1/4 hp grizzely...it isn't bad. What I want is one I can move around and attach to any equipment in the shop, especially the tablesaw and the shaper.
Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.

Hey Al,

Thanks for the kind words.      Don't ya' just hate it when the day job gets in the way of fun! I have 3 coats of poly on the door now, and will sand it lightly today, for the final coat in the morning. We got the jams cut yesterday, and they are waiting for me to sand them also today. I found the hard ware I need online, and will try to get it ordered tomorrow...man they sure don't give that stuff away. I want ballbearring ?? hinges, 4 of the 4" ones from Baldwin will hold the weight for sure. I used 4 of their 5" hinges on the front door, and they are holding up just fine.  Did Linda get the dining table finished yet? Thanksgiving is quickly approaching!

Did you happen to catch the football game yesterday! All of the Iowa teams won!      The win over Wisconsin was especially sweet, I have several relatives there that are fun to harrass.      This gave me another opportunity to do so.  

[Norm]

Here's the one I was showing Patty, has anybody ever used one before?

PowerFeeder

[ElectricAl]

Patty,

Linda was able to get three coats of finish on before a suprise birthday party happened. It received a little damage so after Thanksgiving it will get a few more coats.

A shaper with a power feed would be a good investment. Considering you have 18 more to do


Have fun

[sawduster12]

Patty,

How did the finished door turn out?

Did you have any problems with warping? I'm looking to do interior doors and have been told that solid stiles will warp over time. It was suggested that the stiles be made up from 3/16" faces with a 1" core. This helps prevent warping.

The door looks great in the picture.

Thanks

[Patty]

Sawduster12,


The door is holding up just fine. In fact it is beautiful, thanks to all the excellent advice I got from my FF buddies. 

Funny you should bring this up a year later. We tore down our shop shortly after building the door, and all the woodworking equipment and projects got put on hold. We put our day-job office in the old woodworking shop.

Just yesterday they finished pooring cement for our new  shop  . We can't wait to get the equipment set up again, and get back to all our projects that have been on hold.

Ahhhh yes, in no time we'll be watching tight ends, I mean football,  and making doors in our new shop! 

[sawduster12]

Thanks Patty,

Found your discussion from a search.

Good luck with your new shop

[Dan_Shade]

bringing one back from the dead

I need a few doors for my house, and since I have piles of lumber, I think i'll tackle making a door.

Patty, did you use mortise and tennons, or rely on the glue joint of the styles to hold the door together?

[Norm]

I'm not sure when Patty would see this Dan so I'll answer for her. We ended up using stacked biscuits instead of m&t or edge glued. We never had a joint fail.

On the other hand the finish did not hold up well even though this was a north facing door. Just this year we replaced it with a commercial one made by Pella. Much of our problem is the winters are so hard on the north facing side of our house. We had lots of problems with wind driven rain and snow.

[Dan_Shade]

you used it as an exterior door?

When you say "stacked biscuit", what do you mean?

[Norm]

Yes this was an exterior door. The door was built with 8/4 stock and we used 2 biscuits instead of 1 at each location with a 1/2" space between them.

[Dan_Shade]

ahhh, gotcha, exterior doors are tough, 70 degrees on one side, 0 on the other... It's a shame it didn't hold up   it looked awesome.

[logwalker]

Norm, Just how did it fail? Was it at the biscuits?

[Norm]

It never failed at the joints logwalker. The finish just did not hold up to the weather and started looking pretty bad.