I'm a pro door installer, for living several years now. I've successfully built my own doors as well. The easiest way I found is building in layers. Depending on style, and other variables. I'm not a door maker, but this seems ideal for this type door. Nice work. 👍
Thank you for the compliment and endorsement. I know absolutely nothing about door building. I only wanted to make a cheap door and after glancing at a raised 6 panel door figured this would work and believe me it has. That door get lots of use and abuse and still works great.
It looks good and simple, even for useless woodworkers like me. The biggest problem is finding suitable timber that isn't twisted or split, like from most DIY stores.
I think I’ll do something very similar… I need an exterior door for a custom shed I’m building. So I’ll use treated 2x8’s and for the panels use Hardy. Like yours, it’ll be highly functional, rock solid, & will last for decades. The person who commented that they’d need a lumber mill is a goofball.
Maybe not a goofball. I was in a third world country for a few weeks once and they didn't have dimensional lumber. They hand planed everything from rough sawn and squared via chalk line. Pretty amazing when you watch the work they have to go thru just to get what we get at the store.
Doug fir, biscuit joinery, 1 1/2” means you can’t count on this door for any level of security. It also won’t last too long before it warps, cracks and separates at the glue joints. But the dog will enjoy it.
That may be the case. If the joinery fails, I will just put a piece of plywood over the failed joint. That has not been the case on any of the doors I have made. My doors as of this moment all function as they did the day I made them. As noted in the video, if I were to make a premium door I would not be using doug fir. However the wood I did use was kiln dried and as mentioned gets lots of use and still functions as the day installed. Thanks for watching and responding.
