Trying to build a screen door

[steven c newman]

Taking awhile, though. I did draw up a plan, of sorts
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A-yep. Well, I dug out a selection of goodies, and laid them out
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Doug out the old Plough Plane to make a few grooves
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And chopped a few through mortises
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Then fitted ( cussed) the rails to fit ONE stile
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the Lock Rail being the worse offender. Lots of cussing and fitting. It also has a 45 degree detail. The top and bottom rails were EASY compared to the double tenon stuff
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So, one side is fitted up. I now have a pair of raised panel blanks in the clamps, awaiting the glue to cure. A middle stile needs to be cobbled up. Then maybe it is time to do the other full length stile? Bottom half of this screen door is raised panels, top half will get a screen or a storm window. Just change a frame for either.

Joints will get wedges and pins, but not much in the way of glue. Might be fun....:rolleyes:

[Brian Holcombe]

Very cool! Are you going to do a full mortise lockset?

[Reinis Kanders]

Looks nice.
How thick is your wood?
I have been planning to make a light screen door from 3/4" thick home depot cedar, but I am not sure if it will hold up.
How will you fit a screen?
I made some old school window screens where I put a screen in the rabbet with half round molding on top, but it was sort of fussy work to get screen to be tight.

[steven c newman]

Nope, 3/4" thick wood doesn't lend itself to a lock set like that too well. Might just reuse the existing screendoor latch set.

[steven c newman]

Screen is a "kit" of a metal frame, some corner connectors, and some spline stuff. Stretch the screen fabric into place, add the spline. Will have a molding to cover and hold it in place. Need to be able to remove the screen and install a storm window, too

Thinking a 3/8" deep by 3/4" wide rebate all around. Molding can be screwed in place.

Two coats of primer, and then a top coat of whatever the Boss wants for a colour...

[steven c newman]

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This shows where I was laying out for the mortise and tenons. Mainly for the tenons' locations.

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This shows the lay out of the lock rail tenons locations
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half way through one mortise
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and half way through the other one. Flip the board over, and complete the through mortises.
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small handsaw to do the 45s. This was on one of the ends.
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What the lock rail looks like. Clamped a rail next to it's location, to mark out where the tenons will be. Then a bit of saw work, then a wide chisel to pop off the waste
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And finally cut a groove in the bottom rail. Both it and the lock rail needed a mortise dug out, to house a center stile
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Yeah, why couldn't that knot have been more to the center of the rail? Normal luck down in the Dungeon Shop. Got the center stile all nice and cut up....test fitted......1/4" short at both ends....need a board stretcher! Nah, we have another chunk of 1 x 4 to cobble up, using the "bad" one to make a corrected new one. Still have it, a top rail, and a pair of raised panels to do. Then maybe a coat or three of oil-based primer?