I thought you all might like to see what I have been up to recently, these are European solid oak front doors on my property, traditionally made wedged mortice and tenon. When setting out these doors I used the formula using the golden rule, which was googled and found to be very useful.
I used laminated oak for the styles, head middle and bottom rails. The panels were machined as a solid T&G, glued together to form separate panels, and set in a rebate, packed to position with caulk packers to allow for expansion. The applied mouldings to the external face were because I wanted to achieve a Victorian look. My wife made the stained glass transom window - he dictated 'her indoors' but as the said wife is typing she is called 'my wife'!
The picture of the pair of internal carved oak doors, this work was carried out with a router and hand carved in chisels. The carving is applied to both facings of the door and just the carving took approx one week! The glass panes are separate and are slid in from the top of the door, the top rail being split into two sections. The panels to the lower section of the doors are two pieces of oak veneered plywood, glued back to back so that the veneer is shown of both faces of the door. The doors are rebated and the door furniture has not as yet been chosen or fitted. Normally I would have put a larger bottom rail in these doors, but it is slightly undersized as it was machined to match an already existing pair of doors that had been made to fit another opening. Incidentally once again, the transom over the doors was designed, and created by her indoors. I have photos of a mezzanine floor level incorporating lots of finished joinery which I will try to post which hopefully you may be interested in?
I used laminated oak for the styles, head middle and bottom rails. The panels were machined as a solid T&G, glued together to form separate panels, and set in a rebate, packed to position with caulk packers to allow for expansion. The applied mouldings to the external face were because I wanted to achieve a Victorian look. My wife made the stained glass transom window - he dictated 'her indoors' but as the said wife is typing she is called 'my wife'!
The picture of the pair of internal carved oak doors, this work was carried out with a router and hand carved in chisels. The carving is applied to both facings of the door and just the carving took approx one week! The glass panes are separate and are slid in from the top of the door, the top rail being split into two sections. The panels to the lower section of the doors are two pieces of oak veneered plywood, glued back to back so that the veneer is shown of both faces of the door. The doors are rebated and the door furniture has not as yet been chosen or fitted. Normally I would have put a larger bottom rail in these doors, but it is slightly undersized as it was machined to match an already existing pair of doors that had been made to fit another opening. Incidentally once again, the transom over the doors was designed, and created by her indoors. I have photos of a mezzanine floor level incorporating lots of finished joinery which I will try to post which hopefully you may be interested in?
