Interior door making #7: 8 done, 9,10 constructed

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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 treating. I need a roof rack or something. My new car is a ford focus and it was all I could do to fit 8 2×6s and 5 1×6s in. All 8 footers touching glass front and back. I’ve been thinking about building a rack that can hold plywood but the dang crossbars are almost $400. I’ll keep relying on my buddy with a suburban for now.

Numbers 9 and 10 are both 24" (11 and 12 are also 24”). I completely filled my 50 gallon separator barrel. I had to punch down the planer shavings at one point. At the end of the night I dumped it all into 2 trash barrels and I’ll put it out on the curb on yard waste pickup day. I don’t even have to waste a bag. They’ll dump the contents right into the truck.

Not many pictures today. I started about 8:30. My neighbor was running his lawnmower so I figured I could run my planer with the garage door open. It’s kind of early but whatever. With daylight savings just changed, it was really 9:30. LOL

Gluing up 2 of these guys at once is a challenge. I only have one table to clamp them to. It’s important to clamp them to a flat surface or they will not be flat when you take the clamps off. So I stacked them on top of each other and put cauls on each edge so I could use one set of clamps for both doors. Then I clamped them to the table with cauls on top like usual.

Lots and lots of cleaning today thanks to a barrel worth of sawdust. I finished around 9pm after cleaning up and putting my tools away. Getting close to the finish line on this project.

Losing fingers since 1969

One thing I think I forgot to mention in my earlier posts was that after I joint and rip to width, I keep the cutoffs to use as door stops. Waste not, want not.

Losing fingers since 1969

I looked at the door for a while and went back to the text: 18" :)
I don’t think you can even buy that kind of size

The shaving in the barrels made me think of ice cream with coconut shavings ontop.

well done.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

It’s amazing that you are building all the doors for your house , keep the chips flying

Wheaties

Actually, 18" is a stock size that you can get pretty much anywhere. But my entry coat closet door is 23", which is definitely not a stock size, but I built it to maximize the width I had.

Losing fingers since 1969

Looks like you coming near the finish line now Brian. You might think about buying a trailer. We bought a small open trailer about 12 years ago (5ft W x 6-1/2ft L). I use it a lot for hauling everything like furniture, lumber and trash to gravel, bark for the garden, etc. It’s one of the best and most used things I have ever bought.

Mike, an American living in Norway

Sorry, double post.

Mike, an American living in Norway

Beautiful work Brian. Now that you can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this project, what is next on the horizon?

Jack

A credenza just got added to the honeydo list. And finish off my entrance with a small built in piece of furniture.

Losing fingers since 1969

That is a cool project.
check Andys videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm7OQmkR0Pk

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA