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We

extended this house during 2009/10 & 11.  This year I

thought I had better do something about acquiring some doors for the

new abri.  I know............I'll make them myself.

We

have an Exploitation Forestière Scierie near to us so I purchased a

slice of tree trunk 6m x 0.48m x 0.068m (it still had the bark on

either edge) and set about making a frame and 2 doors.

This

is the first time I have attempted anything this ambitious with

wood.  Overall it has saved me paying someone a shed load of

money ( the outlay on materials for me was approx €200). It has kept me

occupied since September and finished off the front of the house. 

So here are some photos, mrs c took, I would like to share with

anyone who is interested. 

1)

The rebated frame with hinge rebates cut.

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2)

You can never have too many clamps. Mortice & tenons now glued up

and masking tape removed from all the joints. I used polyurethane

glue so I taped all the joints all round to protect the wood from the

glue when it foams. To cut down on the amount of foaming and decrease

the set time I lightly dampened the mortice & tenons prior to

applying the glue.(It does work.)

The top row of clamps was for

glueing a length of timber screwed into a rebate on the leading edge

of the narrow door to fit a rebate I machined on the leading edge of

the wide door.

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3)

1st door with t&g lower panel insert. I made 7 x 2m lengths of

t&g for both lower door panels with a dedicated t&g router

cutting set from
here

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4)

2nd door with t&g lower panel insert fitted.

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5)

I didn't use French hinges as I could not find any of quality that

were substantial enough. But I did
here

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6)

Routing the ogee pattern on all external face rebate edges.

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7)

Sample

of routed glazing and t&g securing beads.

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8)

Nearly ready for a trial fitting in situ.

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9)

Frame fitted and doors trial fit.

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10)

Fitted with 2 coats of chêne clair lasure already applied and

awaiting 2 more coats of chêne clair and one of incolore.  Door

furniture and glass to be fitted.

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11)....et

voila, enfin terminé.

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For

safety reasons I fitted verre feuilleté which is basically 2 pieces

of glass with a layer of plastic sandwiched between them. I didn't

use putty or silicone for the glazing but
this.

I

fitted it to the glazing rebates and the interior glazing beads and

used csk.screws to secure the glazing beads to the internal rebates.

I

used vis penture (
they

appear brown in the photo but are infact black
)

to replicate the clos anciens on the rails and stiles.

Overall

I’m glad I undertook the project. Now I have to decide whether to

commit to the 2x2 double garage doors required at the other end of the

abri. Watch this space.

regards

cajal

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Superb, as someone who has made several doors and frames I understand just what a labour of love it will have been, you must be very proud.

I hope that there will be no shrinkage, cracking or racking.

 

They look like the fire door hinges that I have used throughout, if they have radiussed corners I have a router jig that I made for fitting them as I had 18 to do in one shot.

 

Still dont know why the French fit the 3rd fire door hinge right Under the top one and not in the middle, of course no one can tell me why, just the usual shoulder shrugging and either c'était toujours comme ca or c'est la tradition.

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That looks like a proper job mate! Well done. Ta also for the WIP [:D]

Joinery has never been my choice. I tend to be too slapdash for it to look as good as yours Cajal!!

The wood looks like pine and good quality to boot. I just wish that there was a decent scierie around here? I have been told that there are several down towards Quillan, the town that is, but it's a fair way from us and apparently they aren't the most welcoming?

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Thanks for your responses..much

appreciated.

Lehaut

What is the wood?

Douglas Pine. Not

my first choice, that would have been

oak. Because

oak is
twice

the weight of Douglas pine and in view of my age I figured it would

be impractical for me to handle and attempt to fit something that

size and weight on my own. I also underwent some surgery last year and

didn’t relish the idea of possibly pinging out any breastbone

staples.

All their wood is ‘air’ dried

and has never been anywhere near a kiln.

Chancer

I hope that there will be no shrinkage, cracking or racking.

The first summer we lived here I

put a thermometer on the front of the house in the direct sunlight

(south facing). The thermometer is calibrated to 55

ºC and

the mercury rose off the scale. So will it shrink etc? You bet it

will. Bearing this in mind, I double dowelled each mortice &

tenon joint and didn’t use any glue on the t & g panels. I

allowed a 3mm gap all round these panels in the rebated frame which I

ran a bead of silicone in to weatherproof, take up the slack and

allow for expansion /contraction.

John

Ta also for the WIP.

I hoped you’d all

be able to share the pain with me.

and apparently they aren't the most welcoming.

These people

couldn’t be more helpful. It’s run by a

wheelchair bound guy and his daughter. They’ve always allowed us

the run of the place to rummage around
and

the workforce are always willing to proffer help and advice when

requested.

Its

worth a trip to their scierie just

to observe all the machinery in full

operation.

regards

cajal

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