Great job on making your own doors! I have a lot of respect for your ability! I have only hung prehung doors. As always I am looking forward to the next video!
By the way that door I built is a bit more than four feet wide so that too added to the stress. It is no lightweight. Only reason I don't still do them is there is no good way to easily insulate them. Now I build 3 1/2" hollow core with foam inside. They are pretty skookum too.
Another great posting! And a true definition of ‘hand crafted’! You have become so consistent with postings that I find myself getting excited knowing I will get another visit! I know the filming is a pain and editing a drag, but on this end we get a visit and a treat of watching you put you dream together. Many congrats on finally being officially dried in. Well done!
Great job :) just one question...shouldnt the pins on the henges of the door go to the inside? Otherwise someone could just slip them out with s hammer and screwdriver...dead bolt and lock wont stop a thing if they can get those henges off...not trying to be critical but you've work so hard on all this...just trying to be helpful...
My wife and I have been watching your progress over the past few months. We even binge watched one weekend to see everything from the beginning. I normally don't comment on things, just tell myself not to do what I see at home. We enjoy watching very much. Some things you do make me cringe. I have worked with power tools and equipment for 4 decades and you scare me. I have seen others get injured being much safer then you. I know it is difficult sometimes when you have limited access to different tools to do certain jobs, but there is always a way to be safe. All I want to say is PLEASE PLEASE be safer. I would hate to hear of you or one of your family being injured. The way you used your table saw in this video was so dangerous, i had a hard time watching. We will keep watching, but just wanted to ask. Take care.
Never wears eye protection or hearing protection. They are "tools" just as much as every other tool you use. His kids as well don't use them . Why not??
Thank you for sharing your story. You are a real guy that can take advice, thank you for admitting that not many do. Real hard work that will last many lifetimes. 🖐🤗👍
Like seeing you be so resourceful. Buying and using second hand materials and now building the doors from scratch. Good work! Videos have improved so much as well. Filming and editing is tougher than it looks. You are getting more comfortable on camera and it definitely shows. Keep up the great work.
The door and frame look great. Just a couple of things to think about. If the pins in the hinges are removeable then the door is easy to take off. Most thresholds are made of a hardwood or metal. Have to see how that holds up. Over all a good job.
Since your doors are already done cross drilling would be tough but you might use the classic look of strap iron surface mounted? With the gorilla glue I don't think there will be a problem. It doesn't get much tougher with the exception of direct sunlight (4' eaves a foot above the door) than my install. I used none of the techniques for expansion and contraction although I did worry a bit about it. I will say I painted it a couple of good oil based coats but only when I built it and not since. I also used the same technique for a 2x4 laminated on edge woodworking bench which was fifteen years in my unheated shop before I started heating it 25 years ago. It was glued with yellow wood glue (before there was gorilla). It does have two very minor checks but the top is dead flat. It too had the rod crossways. 8' x 2' bench with four 1/2" rods. You should be fine.
Congratulations on getting closed in, a great achievement! You have a hell of a weather dominated location which we see also with Red Poppy Ranch. Looking forward to the projects coming in spring/summer.
I remember my father used to do the way you do with wood carpentry and wood carving..but for cabinets and doors the same style with out machine just hand tools and i wod help smoothing the surface of the wood with sand paper...i love those days when im with my father..
Our out opening exterior door is fitted with hinge bolts. They go into the door frame every time the door is shut just by the action of shutting the door, nothing to remember but much more secure.
Twenty five years ago I made a door for my storage shed (unheated) out of 2x6's edge glued together with gorilla glue and a cross piece of 2x6 top and bottom with one diagonal of 2x6 also. However I laid out the door and cross drilled for three all thread 3/8" rod which was bedded in epoxy where I had drilled recesses for the two nuts locking each end. I was worried about expansion and contraction in our wet weather and cold winters but it has held together with no problems. I also fabricated 1/4" flat bar straps 12" long hinges with grease zerts and through bolted them and all the cross bracing with a myriad of 1/4" galvanized carriage bolts. The boards were straight #2 construction lumber which I jointed and used as they came (certainly not completely dry!!). Good heavy hinges through bolted carry the load and help prevent undue stresses on the door. The gorilla glue has been a real winner. Good luck with yours. I have since made several super insulated doors with plywood skins and framed with 2x4 lumber on edge. One of which I fiberglassed the assembly upon completion with several layers of cloth and resin. Again fabricated my own heavy duty hinges with ball bearings and grease zerts. Very efficient and super strong.
I'm glad to hear gorilla glue held up. That's what used knowing it's good. But hoping it will hold. I had thought about putting all thread through the doors. If they move at all I will still do that.
It would be good if you made a push stick for cutting on the table saw. Just get a piece of scrap and make a shape like a small boot with the top part bending back a bit. Or you can hook you pinky and the next finger over the fence when you push wood through the saw. Just a couple of safety hints. Not fun getting mangled by a saw! Great job you are doing. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Why don’t you insulate the door? Do you have a mild climate? And why do you use doornobs? It only takes a wet hand to stop you from entering the house... and just not talk about ice or snow on your gloves... You sure know how to makes it difficult for your self. When I moved in to my house there was a doornob in the bathroomdoor, I don’t know how many times I had to get ”rescued” from the bathroom before I changed it to a handle. You see I have to treat my hands with lotion everytime I wash..
We have doorknobs now and never had that problem. Our climate is far from moderate. We see lots of zero to sub zero temperatures. But for a shop door I never thought of making it insulated, just real stout.
Mud season in the northern half of the US is something most of us Southerners don't understand but the easy way to cover it is with how deep the frost line is up there you get surface moisture that is blocked by the ice under it and the more you move on it the worse the mud gets as the ground slowly thaws out making the mud layer thicker every day. The 3+ feet of ice in the ground that took all winter to freeze will takes weeks to thaw out blocking any drainage of surface moisture till it is thawed. Southern mud is a different thing as it comes from water sitting for long enough to soak the clay enough to make some very messy places.
Love your channel, but today I believe you goofed. Question, why would you put the hinges on the outside of an exterior door ? Anyone wanting to get in for some nefarious reason would only have to pop out the hinge pins. Thus defeating the purpose of the deadbolt. Just wondering. 😊
