Challenge and fail...plane disaster!

[wcndave]

I need to move into my new workshop, however there are no doors on the house so I need to build a workshop door inside my garage.

I've left various tools in the open space for months, however moving everything in I ought to have something lockable.

I ordered some larch to make a door and set a target of one day. The door is 231 cm high and 200 wide.

The wall width is thirty cm, and they only do cheap wood in 14.7 width so each party of the frame requires three pieces.

I got three 6m metre pieces of 55mm and ten 4m pieces of 32mm. At 790 per cubic metres, it's not that cheap.

I made the entry frame pieces from three boards each, planed down and cut, then ripped, then dominoed and glued. Then I started on the door frames. The wood I have is badly split and cracked so I hope it will be ok.

Turns out it had staples in it, and it's completely mashed my planer blades. Gave my mitre saw a good run though.

So after two full days I have done the casement? Not sure what you call the bit you screw to the wall... and cut to rough length the door frame pieces. I also need to angle grind the cement with flap discs as it's not flat, so I reckon five days in all, not the one!

Far far too optimistic. I thought a really rough and ready project would be quicker than this :-[

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[wcndave]

As you can see my planer blades are wrecked. To add insult my cutter head is now covered in industrial strength sap!

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[Racers]

Try Mr muscle window and glass cleaner, it works well on saw blades and router cutters, wrap the head in soaked kitchen roll.

Pete

 

[wcndave]

Thanks. Not sure they do Mr muscle here. Some sort of household cleaner ought to take care of it though.

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