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Frank Snyder
08-25-2006, 6:27 PM
Bob Marino keeps putting me on the spot...he asked if I would I post this door I made last Winter. It was too cold to work outside under my tent, so I used my father's shop. It's a solid Mahogany door with tapered stiles. It's not my design, but I was challenged to make it given its complexity. I laminated two 5/4's planks together in a press with their grains opposed to create the stable stiles and rails for the door. I cut the tapered stiles with my Festool TS 55 and guide rail. I had to make the rip cut from both sides and clean up the remaining material left from the radius of the blade with a sharp chisel. The accuracy of this cut, despite the fact that it was the same cut made from opposite sides, is testimony of Festool's claim to precision. There's a close up shot in there so you can see the tightness of the joints. I also made the custom jamb (the wall thickness was some oddball 5-3/8" thick) with kerf-in weatherstipping and the matching Mahogany saddle. I used 3/4" insulated glass and finished it with 3 coats of Teak Oil.
The "before" door I was replacing...
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Fabrication and installation pics...
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Frank Snyder
08-25-2006, 6:29 PM
A few more shots...
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Bruce Page
08-25-2006, 6:55 PM
A bit of an improvement over the original door…:rolleyes:
Fabulous looking work, the craftsmanship, the mahogany, everything looks beautiful!
Kelly C. Hanna
08-25-2006, 7:02 PM
Wow, beautiful door! Very fine work indeed....I'd love to have that door on my house!:D:D
Jim Becker
08-25-2006, 7:11 PM
Beautiful door...really! Great work.
Mike Cutler
08-25-2006, 7:23 PM
Frank.
That is a beautiful door. I have many books on Craftsman style interiors and houses, and your door is the equal of any of them featured.
Doors are tricky, I've made two of them. I can appreciate, and respect all of the "little steps" you took to make the door. The joinery looks first rate.
Which brings to my request/question.
The rail below the window section appears to be some form of a haunched, mitered tenon. Do you have a picture, or can you make a drawing of that joint detail? I would really like to have it for future reference.
Once again. Nice work, and Bob, thanks for pressuring him to share it.
Jerry Olexa
08-25-2006, 7:51 PM
Nicely done...Beautuful work...
Frank Snyder
08-25-2006, 7:54 PM
Mike - Thank you for the compliments. The middle rail of which you speak is just a mortise and tenon joint, but with angle cheeks/shoulders rather than square ones. Here's my AutoCAD drawing if this helps illustrate the joinery...
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Corey Hallagan
08-25-2006, 8:31 PM
A real beauty indeed. Excellent craftsman ship!
Corey
Wes Bischel
08-25-2006, 8:58 PM
Beautiful door - quite an upgrade! Supurb craftsmanship.
Thanks for posting it,
Wes
Peter Pedisich
08-25-2006, 9:41 PM
Frank,
Awesome door...and nice acad dwg!
Pete
Rick Doyle
08-25-2006, 9:45 PM
Like everyone else has already said - a real beauty!! Great job!!
Jay Knepper
08-25-2006, 10:05 PM
Great job, great design! What a contrast vs. your old door!
Mike Cutler
08-25-2006, 10:21 PM
Thank you for the Cad Dwg. I picked up things from the drawing that I didn't see at first in the door.
Having that 29" wide dimension referenced to the internal edge of the tenons with no visible vertical line must have been quite a challenge to keep track of.
Once again, well done.
Frank Snyder
08-25-2006, 10:33 PM
Having that 29" wide dimension referenced to the internal edge of the tenons with no visible vertical line must have been quite a challenge to keep track of.
Actually, the depth stop on the hollow chisel mortiser I used took care of this. Regardless of the width of the material used, the mortiser always stopped at the same depth throughout the stile. If I chiseled out the mortises by hand, then things would've been more challenging.
Thanks again, everyone for the compliments. This door wasn't for my house, sorry to say. I made these two simpler doors for my house a few years back (porch and entry).
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Christopher Pine
08-26-2006, 12:44 AM
Looks like it belongs there! Awesome application... Did you use a gloss finish?
Chris
Vaughn McMillan
08-26-2006, 3:52 AM
Bob Marino keeps putting me on the spot...
Yeah, I hate that he makes all us rookies us look at such nice work. ;) :p :D
Beautiful job, Frank. It's becoming apparent real quick that you know your way around a woodshop very well.
- Vaughn
Gary Herrmann
08-26-2006, 6:20 AM
Wow. Beautiful work. I wonder if people just keep knocking on your client's door so they can look at it up close.
Mark Singer
08-26-2006, 7:47 AM
Great door! Beautiful work! Excellent proportions!
Byron Trantham
08-26-2006, 9:29 AM
Very handsome door! I love the over-all look of the finished product. Anyone would be proud of that entry.
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