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Very nicely made, lignum is so hard id have thought youd need to give it a serious bashing to make those shakes any worse !

Nice job looks a lovely well made tool ! I bet youll enjoy picking up and using that over a shop bought version 8)

I too regularly fall victim to this with the in-laws, paricularly the 'mother-in-law'.. Can I just knock up a small display cabinet to display her youngest sons dr who figures, how many and what size I say ? Oh not many, about 80 to start with but leave room for more, and what size ? Oh they...

Many moons ago ! Lots of flying going on then though, gannets, sea furies, sea hawks and more I would like to have seen it back then when everything was new and not falling to bits ! Youll be pleased to know the blue anchor is still here and still the hub of activity on the anual 'flora day'...

Ahhh I see.. As a lowly contractor we dont mix much with the navy, well only when they break somthing ! Did you do a stint at culdrose then ? Thanks stimpi, glad you approve ! Doors if im honest are one of my favourite aspects of the job too. You noticed the boards, I hate non-symetry in my...

Thanks ! Yea its a 6mm grooving cutter with an undersize bearing above so it will cut a groove 8mm deep into the stiles/top rail. I would usually run the groove before assembly after cutting the rebate but as this door was square shouldered (no rebates) and the groove was only needed for the...

All done !

And dont forget sharpening pencils ! :lol:

That's a nice little tool ! And good work on all those dovetails, The last set look even neater than the first !

I always say white Cornish or white 'other' and specify Cornish if not on the list, nothing wrong with patriotism !

Thanks very much ! Weve had an old retired site chippy doing some helping out and odd jobs around the site lately and he was keen to paint the doors for me, result ! :lol:

Lots of good advice been said here, definately do a mock 'dry' assembly to check it will close up tight. If it were me doing it I would arrange the grain on the two halves so it looks circular, like a tree and use a few biscuits just to align things, it will slide on the glue when you clamp it...

Nice project, will watch this one too ! A bobbin sander would be usefull for those curves..

:lol: Going up or down doesnt matter, just dont stop or the pippers will have your wheels off !

No ! Bloke wants his head looking at.. Side loading that Iong cutter up like that is asking for somthing to snap, router @20000 odd rpm, workpiece at god knows what rpm - turning TOWARDS him, no thanks !!

It is, but doesn't clean up rough timber as well.. :roll:

Thanks for the comments ! Honestly, ive probably made around 8 or 10 doors now similar to this one in all ? Although this was my first t&g and louvre'd door ive done ! The workshop is a decent size but id like it to be just that, rather than full of everybody elses s**te aswell ! :lol: The...

Nice job, as said much better than a plastic set. Many man points acrewed for hand planing all that oak, not an easy task !

Thanks bob. Yes I went for the easy option when it came to the louvres, theres nothing worse than a frantic glue up ! I agree I never like painting something that could be varnished/oiled, etc but its on a naval base where most doors are painted either 'chive' (army green) or 'verona' (in your...

What, 30k a day ??? :lol: As said, there's no real set price I work to personally, depends whether or not ive made any money on the materials, and how much the jobs made me sweat !