It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 22:16

Mike's ext'n & renovation (sunroom stone floor & plinth)

This is where we don't want anything but evidence of your finest wood butchering in all its glorious, and photograph laden glory. Bring your finished products or WIP's, we love them all, so long as there's pictures, and plenty of 'em!

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Mike G » 24 Apr 2020, 11:25

Thanks Thys. I should post pictures of what my wife is doing. You could then start an HDD list for her... :)
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby kirkpoore1 » 25 Apr 2020, 04:48

Image

I'm going to have to get a narrow chisel like that just to elongate fastener holes.

Kirk
User avatar
kirkpoore1
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1043
Joined: 21 Jul 2014, 22:12
Location: O'Fallon, Illinois
Name: Kirk

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby MattS » 25 Apr 2020, 07:17

I’ll never spot the school not error - but lovely doors!

Colours are a constant discussion in our house, I’ll demonstrate why. I think that green looks good but only on one wall.
MattS
Nordic Pine
 
Posts: 771
Joined: 04 Jul 2016, 10:05
Location: In the Weald of Kent
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Andyp » 25 Apr 2020, 08:06

Schoolboy error.....

I spotted that the door on the left appears to be 6" too short, but then if it were any bigger it would take out the ceiling light every time it was opened. So I assume the error is putting the ceiling light in the wrong place, or the door opening the wrong way.*

Image



*I doubt either of these to be true by the way but the best I could come up with.
I do not think therefore I do not am.

cheers
Andy
User avatar
Andyp
Petrified Pine
 
Posts: 11718
Joined: 22 Jul 2014, 07:05
Location: 14860 Normandy, France
Name: Andy

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Mike G » 25 Apr 2020, 08:13

No, that door is going to have a small leaded light above it. I'm saving all of those leaded lights up for one batch of work.

The schoolboy error was in the close up photo of the latch handle.
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Mike G » 25 Apr 2020, 08:14

kirkpoore1 wrote:Image

I'm going to have to get a narrow chisel like that just to elongate fastener holes.

Kirk


Get the chisel anyway, Kirk (I've found it really useful), but I quickly swapped to just countersinking those holes.
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Mike G » 25 Apr 2020, 08:18

MattS wrote:........Colours are a constant discussion in our house, I’ll demonstrate why. I think that green looks good but only on one wall.


My wife and daughter see it as green. It is in fact described as "teal", which is supposed to be a halfway house between blue and green. I see it as blue. I made what I considered a huge concession in agreeing to its use on the opposite wall, the biggest wall in the lounge, on condition that it was one wall only. It started appearing elsewhere in the room.....
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Andyp » 25 Apr 2020, 09:15

Mike G wrote:No, that door is going to have a small leaded light above it. I'm saving all of those leaded lights up for one batch of work.

The schoolboy error was in the close up photo of the latch handle.


Image

Ah, that's easy.

The slots in screw head slots are not all lined up and parallel. ;)
I do not think therefore I do not am.

cheers
Andy
User avatar
Andyp
Petrified Pine
 
Posts: 11718
Joined: 22 Jul 2014, 07:05
Location: 14860 Normandy, France
Name: Andy

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby DaveL » 25 Apr 2020, 09:25

I think you may have placed the nails too close to the edge of the door, they will therefore hit the door stop when you fit it.
Regards,
Dave
My tool kit is almost complete, only a few more to get.
User avatar
DaveL
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1918
Joined: 21 Jul 2014, 21:07
Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
Name: Dave

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby TrimTheKing » 25 Apr 2020, 10:18

DaveL wrote:I think you may have placed the nails too close to the edge of the door, they will therefore hit the door stop when you fit it.


That’s all I could think of but looking back at other pics they are the same so I’m not sure that’s it...
Cheers
Mark
TrimTheKing
Site Admin
 
Posts: 7567
Joined: 16 Jun 2014, 13:27
Location: Grappenhall, Cheshire
Name: Mark

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby wallace » 25 Apr 2020, 11:00

Shouldn't the latch be on the inside
wallace
Nordic Pine
 
Posts: 948
Joined: 17 Aug 2014, 19:12
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Mike G » 25 Apr 2020, 11:19

DaveL wrote:I think you may have placed the nails too close to the edge of the door, they will therefore hit the door stop when you fit it.


Correct. 5 notional p winging it's way across the ether to the Sudbury/ Cornard interface......
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Mike G » 25 Apr 2020, 11:20

wallace wrote:Shouldn't the latch be on the inside


No, I managed to get that bit right! :lol:
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby kirkpoore1 » 26 Apr 2020, 01:03

Mike G wrote:
kirkpoore1 wrote:Image

I'm going to have to get a narrow chisel like that just to elongate fastener holes.

Kirk


Get the chisel anyway, Kirk (I've found it really useful), but I quickly swapped to just countersinking those holes.


Living in an area with wide seasonal temperature and humidity swings I need to be able to elongate holes to allow for wood movement. A chisel like that would have enough meat on it to let me do that while still being narrow enough.

Kirk
User avatar
kirkpoore1
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1043
Joined: 21 Jul 2014, 22:12
Location: O'Fallon, Illinois
Name: Kirk

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (internal doors)

Postby Mike G » 26 Apr 2020, 07:43

It's a 1/8" mortice chisel. Handy little thing.
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby Mike G » 30 Apr 2020, 12:29

I had a pile of offcuts left over from making stairs and doors:

Image

There was a lot more than that! I thought I would do a job which has been rising up the list for a little while. It's the panels in the background, at the bottom:

Image

What you can see there now is the back of the panels on the kitchen side. Anyway, I did some sawing and (machine) planing, and ended up with a pile of smaller pieces of wood:

Image

Starting randomly on a raised panel, which will be the focus, I routed a rebate then a cove together, then attacked the raised edges with a blockplane and shaped scraper. And a bit of sandpaper:

Image

Image

It's very rare indeed that I use two blockplanes, but here I set one for deep cuts to hog off to shape, and then a finer one for finishing.

Then I made lots of half lap joints, using a combination of handtools and the radial arm saw:

Image

Then I glued them together:

Image

Image

My little upstand shelf at the rear of the bench can provide a useful little stop sometimes. Here I have a couple of stops set, and I'm just cleaning up the face of the frames with a hand plane:

Image

Next, to the router table. I need some rebates in which to sit my panels:

Image

Image

Dust control was an issue. Well, not so much dust as chippings/ shavings. It piled up, and there was no way of attaching a hose anywhere near, so it was just a question of blowing a lot, and using a hand brush.

There's a thread here somewhere asking about the back of stuff. Well, if it was furniture I wouldn't tolerate anything like this:

Image

Image

But this is the back of panel work, and I am using up scraps. So long as you work from a reference face, there is no difficulty in having decent joinery with varying thickness timber. Next, obviously, I needed some funny little pieces from MDF:

Image

Image

Image

Image

Do you know what it is yet? :)

Most stuff I make has chamfers, and I despise chamfers just stopped with a blurry burnt machine cut, so........:

Image

Hot melt gluing them in place turned out to be a mistake. It would have been much better to pin them. Anyway, they're obviously there to guide the router chamfer cutter gently in and out of the cut. The one on the right has been done (there are three panels in total):

Image

Image

Image

I cleaned those up a little with a scraper and some sandpaper. Then it was time to shape and glue in the flat panels. These vary in thickness from 3 or 4mm to 8 or 9mm. As I said....using up scraps. I left a little message from history for anyone foolish enough to take this lot apart:

Image

Right, three days later, time to get on with the real work: a bit of carving:

Image

Image

I glued them in place (the other was still in clamps as I took this photo):

Image

Then spent a couple of hours getting them to fit in the holes:

Image

Image

I've since removed them and coated them with a water based lacquer. They'll get fixed in permanently this afternoon.
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby Malc2098 » 30 Apr 2020, 13:00

Nice.
Malcolm
User avatar
Malc2098
Sequoia
 
Posts: 7209
Joined: 03 Jul 2016, 11:10
Location: Tiverton
Name: Malcolm

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby TrimTheKing » 30 Apr 2020, 14:39

Bloody beautiful!

:eusa-clap: :obscene-drinkingcheers:
Cheers
Mark
TrimTheKing
Site Admin
 
Posts: 7567
Joined: 16 Jun 2014, 13:27
Location: Grappenhall, Cheshire
Name: Mark

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby kirkpoore1 » 30 Apr 2020, 15:45

Great job on the frames & panels, Mike. Did you put the date on there with the warning? :)

The roses look really clean. I generally hand draw mine, other than the circles, so they don't come out as uniform.

BTW, I ordered an eighth inch Narex mortising chisel from Lee Valley after your discussion above. I think it will cut down on frustration. :)

Kirk
User avatar
kirkpoore1
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1043
Joined: 21 Jul 2014, 22:12
Location: O'Fallon, Illinois
Name: Kirk

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby Mike G » 30 Apr 2020, 16:36

Thanks guys. Because these are the first I've done, Kirk, I didn't really understand them until I had drawn them properly........and having drawn them properly it was quicker and easier just to press "print". I think you're right, though....a little variation would help. I'll see if I'm brave enough when I come to do the next ones on the back of the carvers for the dining suite I'll get around to one of these days.

And yes, my little message to the future was signed and dated.
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby MY63 » 30 Apr 2020, 18:40

Nice ! come on Malcolm :lol: WOW Mike this is fantastic work
MY63
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1248
Joined: 17 Oct 2018, 20:41
Location: North East England
Name: Michael

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby Mike G » 30 Apr 2020, 19:57

Thanks Michael.

The world would feel even odder if Malcolm didn't say "nice". :D
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby Malc2098 » 30 Apr 2020, 20:08

Nice is my wow. :)
Malcolm
User avatar
Malc2098
Sequoia
 
Posts: 7209
Joined: 03 Jul 2016, 11:10
Location: Tiverton
Name: Malcolm

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby fiveeyes » 30 Apr 2020, 21:40

top job Mike :obscene-drinkingcheers:
Malc does have a way with words.... ;)
fiveeyes
Sapling
 
Posts: 352
Joined: 28 Dec 2014, 02:56
Name:

Re: Mike's extension & renovation (oak panels)

Postby Andyp » 01 May 2020, 07:16

I can only echo what’s already been said.

What’s with those two bolt holes in the left hand oak post? Will they get plugged?
I do not think therefore I do not am.

cheers
Andy
User avatar
Andyp
Petrified Pine
 
Posts: 11718
Joined: 22 Jul 2014, 07:05
Location: 14860 Normandy, France
Name: Andy

PreviousNext

Return to Projects & WIP

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: spb and 15 guests