gasman
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I have started this late I am afraid...
There is a partition between 2 rooms in our house - it measures 1945mm wide by 1970mm high
I saw some folding doors in a Southampton pine recycling place
http://www.oldpinecompany.co.uk/acatalog/Made-To-Measure-Shutters.html and thought I could make them instead. However they needed to look 'old' not brand new white or red pine
I will start with the bits I have done already...
I bought 4 planks 300x40x4500 of southern yellow pine from Timbmet in Oxford having worked out I could make all the doors and probably have enough for 2 internal doors as well
I thicknessed all the timber and was able to cut the 6mm panels off the 40mm timber still leaving enough to make the 25mm rails and stiles
I spent a long time working out the proportions as these doors have to fold away behind the nib of wall which is 450mm wide.
So, after much playing around with figures each folding door will be composed of pieces 400, 330 and 270mm wide. They will be hinged by rebating each adjoining edge using 2 and a half inch brass hinges - then the whole door will be hinged to the frame using large 4 inch brass parliament hinges which should allow it to be clear of the skirting
I used a pair of rail and stile cutters to cut the grooves in all the stiles and the tongues in the rails. The cutter was only meant for 18mm so I had to trim all the rails afterwards on a table saw. I am well aware that I probably should have done mortise and tenon joints for all the doors but as they are all thin, I thought that if I used a good glue it would be fine
So I assembled the doors using Titebond III and got to this stage
So these are the 6 doors standing in the orientation they will be in eventually. No rebates have been cut yet.
I wanted a Victorian moulding and after asking on this forum, STEVECUK came up trumps and lent me a set of spindle moulder cutters which he had had made previously
They worked beautifully and I cut over 50 metres of the moulding also in southern yellow pine. It is about 10mm thick and 14mm wide
I have played around with stains / waxes etc as I wanted the finished doors to have that 'paint-stripped' aged pine look eventually. However I have to say I am always disappointed by the 'antique' pine stains and waxes
So, despite trying lots of different products the best finish I got was by using caustic soda solution - painting it on to the wood, leaving it overnight to dry, then sanding it off with 120G paper and then using plain Briwax
Next stage is to cut the rebates, find a pin nailer to apply the moulding and then wax the doors
There is a partition between 2 rooms in our house - it measures 1945mm wide by 1970mm high
I saw some folding doors in a Southampton pine recycling place
http://www.oldpinecompany.co.uk/acatalog/Made-To-Measure-Shutters.html and thought I could make them instead. However they needed to look 'old' not brand new white or red pine
I will start with the bits I have done already...
I bought 4 planks 300x40x4500 of southern yellow pine from Timbmet in Oxford having worked out I could make all the doors and probably have enough for 2 internal doors as well
I thicknessed all the timber and was able to cut the 6mm panels off the 40mm timber still leaving enough to make the 25mm rails and stiles
I spent a long time working out the proportions as these doors have to fold away behind the nib of wall which is 450mm wide.
So, after much playing around with figures each folding door will be composed of pieces 400, 330 and 270mm wide. They will be hinged by rebating each adjoining edge using 2 and a half inch brass hinges - then the whole door will be hinged to the frame using large 4 inch brass parliament hinges which should allow it to be clear of the skirting
I used a pair of rail and stile cutters to cut the grooves in all the stiles and the tongues in the rails. The cutter was only meant for 18mm so I had to trim all the rails afterwards on a table saw. I am well aware that I probably should have done mortise and tenon joints for all the doors but as they are all thin, I thought that if I used a good glue it would be fine
So I assembled the doors using Titebond III and got to this stage
So these are the 6 doors standing in the orientation they will be in eventually. No rebates have been cut yet.
I wanted a Victorian moulding and after asking on this forum, STEVECUK came up trumps and lent me a set of spindle moulder cutters which he had had made previously
They worked beautifully and I cut over 50 metres of the moulding also in southern yellow pine. It is about 10mm thick and 14mm wide
I have played around with stains / waxes etc as I wanted the finished doors to have that 'paint-stripped' aged pine look eventually. However I have to say I am always disappointed by the 'antique' pine stains and waxes
So, despite trying lots of different products the best finish I got was by using caustic soda solution - painting it on to the wood, leaving it overnight to dry, then sanding it off with 120G paper and then using plain Briwax
Next stage is to cut the rebates, find a pin nailer to apply the moulding and then wax the doors
