Hello,
Longtime reader, rare poster. Trying to answer the call for more project posts. We had a problem with our cats causing mischief in our bedrooms, to put it kindly. We wanted to allow airflow through the house while keeping the cats in the main living area, so I designed a door to do that.
Here is the finished product-
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The diagonals are friction fit, sort of like a paired down kumiko asa-no-ha pattern. The grid is lap jointed. All other joints are mortise and tenons.
I processed all the stock from rough boards from a local sawmill with hand tools.
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In this process, I broke a blade on my Japanese pull saw and decided to invest in a western push saw, happy I made the switch.
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Cutting the through mortise and tenons was very satisfying.
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