Building a solid wood door (with clever features) 

the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ru-vid.comUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.

Would this door prevent gases from exiting a room? I'm looking to get rid of lice

I think that there's something deeply philosophical about that "LET GLUE DRY" steel block. In projects like this (and most other things in life) you can't get decent results if you try to rush or force things. Sometimes you just have to wait for things to happen and events to unfold and plan around the things you can not affect or change. That said I hereby petition to have "LET GLUE DRY" t-shirts and stickers in Laura's shop and I definitely need a miniature version of that block as a paperweight for my desk.

This is extremely enjoyable, watching the gradual progression and build out. Watching you use all the skills, hacks and experience you've learned over the years is really inspiring. ...Plus, that roll-out shelving unit is wicked!

Lovely job. My daughter indignantly pointed out that "she needs a handle". I told her you will have this under control for sure! Thanks for sharing

My absolute favorite part of this video is when you get a smile on your face after something comes together nicely. You’re just so pleased with yourself and how it turns out, and I totally know that feeling. It’s one of my favorites things. Well done on the door!

What a beautiful door. Especially that you built it in one piece and then cut it in half is amazing

The trick you used to cut the curved part of the door with a small piece of wood was really nice. I am looking forward to seeing the camper progress every week.

I enjoy watching people get things done, especially when they make it look easy. You do that.

Thanks for this video. I am a third generation residential carpenter and lifelong woodworker. Im getting ready to build a set of arched french doors for a new client and i learned a lot from this video.

I've seen all sorts of tricks for jointing a board face with a planer, but that hot glue trick is definitely the most efficient and simple.

Love the Dutch door action. Hope Smudo appreciates all the hard work that went into his window.

That polystyrene jig saw trick though.... 🤯

loved the build, as I always do. Loved the secret tips- hot melting the slab to a planed face, sawdust mixed with glue. Those kinds of little details, shared without a word, whereas other makers need to make a whole video just about them, jabbering away. Thanks again!

You are quite a craftsman! Great to see someone who takes pride in their work.

So satisfying when it all fits together! ☺️💪

I like the way you set up your shots, the good mix between detailed and wide shots.

So happy to see it was for the camper. My 3 year old daughter said "That was a good movie".

This kind of door is called "Klönschnack-Tür" in northern Germany. Was build for old houses....so called "Friesenhaus". Greetings from a small village near Flensburg / Germany

The split door became a thing after the “Duty on Lights and Windows” late 17th century, as it was classified as door, but could act as a window.

7:26 That smile of satisfaction is lovely, you are so very talented.

Great video. Love the beat of the music, awesome choice. My favorite part of your videos is that smile you make in the middle of a project when things are fitting together. We all do it. We all know that feeling. That's the best feeling during a project to have.

Cool hack gluing the wood to the plywood for a reference face:)

You are an inspiration, I love your work. Please make a beginner series for those who want to enter the realm of makers but have close to zero their experience working with wood, metal and other materials and tools

Stable door for the horse trailer: How fitting!

I'm so glad I found your channel through Simone. As a carpenter myself, it's refreshing to see a women doing this kind of work. You're incredibly talented, and your craftsmanship is top notch. Definitely better then most men that I've hired through the years lol. You can see that you care, you feel the wood, you can tell you really enjoy it. There nothing quite like the feeling of satisfaction you get from making plans, building what you thought up, then standing back and looking at what YOU created and built. Hats off to you ma'am. After seeing your hands, and that they look a lot like mine, made me love your channel even more. Well done.

Nice! A Dutch door (that what I've always known them as) for the camper is a great idea. Additionally, I really dig the sign on the wall that says, "Every defect gets repsect". Being I have numerous "defects" I can identify with that sentiment. At least, I'm 93% sure that's what it says.

I love how you built in a little low window for your dog!

Excellent, EXCELLENT work either for how it came and for the really sharp solutions you adopted, not to mention the evident satisfaction from your smile at every passage.

You are a badass! That was so fun to watch. I have been pondering building my own front door to my house. I promised my wife I would start with a new door on our house 6 years ago. What I didnt know was how many things needed attention first in our home and that both of us would go back to school to get our masters degrees at the same time. We will both be Nurse Practitioners soon! This has inspired me to do a little something to relax after almost 4 years of school. I'm gonna build it after I take my national board certification. But before I start my new career at age 45! Thank you for sharing your work! Keep it up!

the 5:08 smile when everything went together is priceless!! Great work on this door

the smile on your face every time something works or the pieces fit together 🙂🙂🙂

10:53 Smudo looking out of the glass! How cool!

Loved the look out for Smudo the second I saw it's a clear window on the bottom part :D

I love the way you edit your videos.. the music,angles etc.... great on a Sunday morning...

If you can't see the beauty in this then you have no soul! Gorgeous!

I love it when you let the glue dry.

It was excellent !! 👍😎Great memories. I was watching the video and remembering my father ... He was an excellent joiner and carpenter. Not only him, but all my uncles, cousins, brothers and me. We are a large family of carpenters, joiners and sawmills. Good Sunday Laura 🌼🌸

The Love of Woodworking by Laura Applause 👏 Nicely made perfection. I would shake your hand any time. 🤝

I learn something every day. Today it's Laura's plywood reference for planing. Ingenious.

That’s a pretty solid looking door. I like the way the arch on the door matches in with the arch of the roof.

Remarkable young lady, a real artisan. A joy to watch such skill.

Your videos always inspire me to continue making things and being creative! So excited to see how the camper turns out!

It is obvious that you are doing the work you love, you seem so relaxed and at peace with the world around you!! Your attention to detail is so refreshing. Andy Jones Siemens South Africa pensioner. I have been to Germany on two occasions and I love your country. Muenchen city of my dreams, Franconia, Erlangen, Nurnburg, Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen. I also visited Salzburg, not forgetting Prien am Chiemsee. Frankfurt alt stadt. Sehr sehr schoen!!!!

Beautiful build! Love the Dutch doors. I built a Dutch door for our nursery room before our first child was born. The idea was to provide ventilation and be able to hear the baby while keeping our two year old Doberman Pinscher out of the room (just in case). Two days after the baby came home, the dog was missing. Found that our Dobie had leaped over the lower section of the door and was curled up beside the crib protecting the baby. Our son and the dog were bonded for the next eleven years.

Girl you got the coolest music. If there was a best picture Oscar for woodworking videos this would be it. Coolest video I’ve seen.

Woodworker, metal fab, and on and on. A Jack oops, Jill of all trades. Such a joy to watch.

Nice job Laura, great craftsmanship. Do you also notice that when you have done something that was totally new and it works, that you have to go back and look at it again and again. This definitely looks like one of those cases. Proper job 👍

A perfect addition to the tiny home/ tourer. Looking good!!!

Great result. Ballsie corner drill and chisel! Love your hand close ups, not in a weird way.

That was perfect. Your craftsmanship is out of this world. I watched this twice and love the way you created a door fitting with the theme of your trailer. Thank you for sharing your video and have a fantastic week! 👍

5.09 yes it fits. Anyone whose ever made anything knows that feeling👍

That looks absolutely amazing! But your constant smile about it coming together is even better to watch. You just made my day.

You look so happy you deserve a thumb up just for that.

Looking forward to the next in the series Laura!! Can’t wait to see how the layout inside is managed..Should be coming soon

Very cleaver build, long and straight build cut in half...Luv'it. The hot melt glue to plywood milling is genus!! And a usual, beautiful job on the video.

Looks like oak doors . Beautiful .Now time for inside work. Thank you Laura !

Absolutely awesome 👍 and it shows very good how „modern“ tools can simplify the work compared to the traditional way of building a door. Both has its benefits but with the right tools you save a lot of time. Cheers

Cool. I like how you used a wooden strip to find the curve in the cross rail and then glued it down to use the router. I want to try that some time. Thanks Laura

I learn so much from watching your videos. Enjoy every one I watch. Thanks for making and sharing them.

i like the quiet wood work videos. if i can not work out how to make something from watching you make something . then i should really be making something easier first, to practise until im good enough to understand how to make what you are making.

Most impressive build!! Even Smudo has a window to the world!

Beautifully built door, looks fantastic. The only thing I didn't like about the video.....there was no voice over!!! I really like, and appreciate, hearing how passionate and how much you enjoy your projects. There is always an element of happiness and excitement in your voice and missed that in this video.

You make it look easy ! Neat and clean too.

andere sitzen beim Fussballspiel im Trikot vorm Fernsehn , und ich hab Lauras Tshirt an und schau Laura. So ist das richtig , so ist das fein , so muss das sein. Drei Daumen hoch für Laura , damit sie immer so weiter machen kann. 👍👍👍

A very, very accomplished build. You look very proud, Laura and so you should!

It's been awesome seeing that many small woodworking tricks in the video

Brilliant ! ! Hot gluing a thin strip on for the arch and following using it as a router guide.

Awesome Laura.You are in total control of ur craft.

You gave me a great idea to make curved shape without a router table! Thank you miss :*

3:42 Such a cool shot! Awesome job, the door is beautiful! And so happy Smudo used his lookout window. I laughed so hard when I watched your story and you tried to get him to use it and he just walked out the other side you said “Dammit!”. 😂😂😂 Anyway, fantastic work!

It is such a beautiful thing when all the pieces fit together and make such a lovely door!

Qué bueno con Laura estoy aprendiendo a construir mi camper y también inglés Happy to meet you Laura

Great project and video. Music is on point. Looking forward to seeing the trailer progress.

AMAZING WORK LAURA! I love to see that smile and look fo accomplishment on your face when you see things are coming together like you planned. 🙂👍🏼

Like the polly blocks, great idea.

Nice Projekt. Was gibt es schöneres als Sonntags Kaffee trinken und dabei Laura's neuste Arbeit zu bewundern.

I like Smudo's window, nice touch.

When I saw that you were making a door I said'oh please make it a dutch door!' Thank you so much. I'm going to watch it again!

Quite a project with a ton of complexity to it. My deepest respect, as always. All the best from Duisburg.

A little tip; When chiselling downwards, across the grain, grab the chisel handle with the thumb at the end of the chisel handle. (As if holding a staff) Then when you push down, use your shoulder to push, its more effective, and controllable.

Fantastic skills Laura! Looking forward to the finished trailer. Stay safe and keep busy!

beautifully done by a beautiful lady, thanks for sharing

So much joy in this video. Thank you Laura!

Sehr sehr schönes projekt. Den trick mit der spenglerschraube finde ich sehr gut. Einfach und mega effektiv.

Really enjoying watching this come together, it's such a great overall project but each part of it is great on its own as well.

Idk how 140 people could dislike this video.

What a "meisterstück"!!! Laura! I don't get those thumbs down...I'm in love with your work❤️😉😍👍❤️🙏🤩

The moment when you split the door in two.... sooo good! This video was exceptionally visually pleasing. #WoodMeditation

Incredible level of craftsmanship!

Aah a dutch barn door, best feature: the schmuck smiley of a job well done .😃🇳🇱

Nice carpentry :) and quite enjoyable to watch, greets from Stuttgart 💚

I didn't read the video description, I saw the video and excitedly clicked. When you laid your saw on it to cut it in half. I said to my computer screen "No! What are you doing?" Then it dawned on me, split door, cool idea.

Beautiful door. How do I like to see the way you work. Smudo hate trailers. Even bigger ones 😂 Stay safe

You have such awesome skills, Laura! I never get tired of watching you work the wood. thanks for sharing. Felix

I really like the door arch design & fabrications..I never thought about using hot glue & styrofoam block.

really cool, find it very inspiring and you give enough info to make it feel like it is a achievable.

I completely have so many levels of admiration of what you do here.. I too, will one day do all this awesomeness.. its a huge part of my end game, to have the equipment and space to create.. create.. create.. a working in progress 💪😁

That was thoughtful. A window for your 🐕

That is so cool!!! Even a window for Smudo.