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Elm door

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Elm door

Postby RogerS » 07 Mar 2015, 11:43

This elm door was mentioned almost as a throwaway comment in the Utility project thread. I rather like the figuring and so thought it worth posting up a few more photos.

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Nothing of note in the making TBH. Just whack the boards through the P/T, run them through the spindle moulder to create the T&G and bead and that's it. Traditionally they should have had clout nails but as I had none to hand I used TongueTite screws as they have quite a small head.

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And naturally, the door passes the feeler gauge test :lol:

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Re: Elm door

Postby Andyp » 07 Mar 2015, 12:01

I have a vision of slamming that door closed and all the rest in the house opening :D
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Re: Elm door

Postby 9fingers » 07 Mar 2015, 12:20

Andyp wrote:I have a vision of slamming that door closed and all the rest in the house opening :D


No Andy, I reckon the toilet door slam is in lieu of a flush mechanism! :lol:

Quite agree about the figuring Roger - nice door and it uses up some of that knotty timber of yours!

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Re: Elm door

Postby Mike G » 07 Mar 2015, 17:02

Hmmmm, very nice. I love a bit of elm.

I've pelleted screw heads on ledged doors previously, but am thinking of having a tapered rebate next time, and gluing in a similarly tapered insert strip, grain matched, once the screws are home. Just thinking.....
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Re: Elm door

Postby RogerS » 07 Mar 2015, 18:31

Do you mean like a sliding dovetail, Mike?
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Re: Elm door

Postby chataigner » 07 Mar 2015, 18:40

Mike G wrote:Hmmmm, very nice. I love a bit of elm.

I've pelleted screw heads on ledged doors previously, but am thinking of having a tapered rebate next time, and gluing in a similarly tapered insert strip, grain matched, once the screws are home. Just thinking.....


That's a neat idea. I made three doors like this for a friend a while back and we discussed plugging the screw holes, but there are an awful lot of them ! In the end we did nothing - left them visible. A rebate and infill strip would be a neat solution.

Nice grain by the way !
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Re: Elm door

Postby Mike G » 07 Mar 2015, 22:13

RogerS wrote:Do you mean like a sliding dovetail, Mike?


No, tapered the other way, so that exact fit wasn't an issue (just squeeze the insert piece in tightly, and plane off the excess).
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Re: Elm door

Postby RogerS » 08 Mar 2015, 09:14

I'm not sure a taper is the best solution. Getting the two tapers to match exactly so that the strip sits properly in the rebate could be tricky. Surely straight sides would be easier?
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Re: Elm door

Postby Frank » 08 Mar 2015, 09:36

That certainly is a striking door Roger, what wonderful native timber we are blessed with.

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