Interior door making

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1 Some people say I'm nuts...

…for attempting this project. I decided to make all of my interior doors to replace the home despot special slabs that are currently here. I’ve blo...

2 Constructing the door

Today I built the door. I’m exhausted so I’ll keep this short and let the pictures do most of the talking. It wasn’t just door making today. I had ...

3 Starting to finish

Last week was shot (baby gets in the way of a lot of work) and last weekend I had honeydo stuff to do. I made some wonderful pate from chicken live...

4 First paint

Today I caught a break. My wife had to go to the doctor so she was home to take care of the baby when I got home. That gave me a much needed extra ...

5 Measure #%$&@ times and cut once! %$#@!!!

I worked from home today and had a few free minutes so I painted the other side of the door. Yay. Paint is done. Then I demoed the old door and buc...

6 Done with door 7 of 12

Number 7 is in the books. Boy, hanging this one was worse than all the others. The old owner of my house did some reconfiguring and the wall at the...

7 8 done, 9,10 constructed

Number 8 of 12 is done. Painted and installed. This one is 18" and goes to the attic. Picked up the lumber for 9 and 10 last night after trick or t...

8 Measure twice cut twice: part deux

I seem to have a knack for doing things backward. This time I cut the hinge mortises on the door upside down, meaning I thought the top was the bot...

9 No movement doors!

I’m very happy to report that all 10 of my doors, which have all gone through at least one complete heating and cooling season, have not moved at a...