I got an idea the other night to replace the ugly lauan ply doors in my house with 4-panel
doors made from interesting wood combinations; e.g., wenge/apple or pear, walnut/maple,
mahogany/quartered spruce (to match my guitars). Would the weight of these solid woods
create problems and if so, what would be good ways to solve them? Are there other issues
with this that I should consider?
Thanks.
--
Bob
just make sure the hinges are pretty solid and the screws go into solid
wood. you may have to use 3 instead of 2.
"Bob N" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I got an idea the other night to replace the ugly lauan ply doors in my
house with 4-panel
> doors made from interesting wood combinations; e.g., wenge/apple or pear,
walnut/maple,
> mahogany/quartered spruce (to match my guitars). Would the weight of
these solid woods
> create problems and if so, what would be good ways to solve them? Are
there other issues
> with this that I should consider?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Bob
>
>
"Bob N" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<%[email protected]>...
> I got an idea the other night to replace the ugly lauan ply doors in my house with 4-panel
> doors made from interesting wood combinations; e.g., wenge/apple or pear, walnut/maple,
> mahogany/quartered spruce (to match my guitars). Would the weight of these solid woods
> create problems and if so, what would be good ways to solve them? Are there other issues
> with this that I should consider?
>
> Thanks.
Dunno...maybe the different woods will pick up moisture and
consequently move at different rates? Something to consider, anyway.
-Phil Crow
Phil Crow responds:
>> I got an idea the other night to replace the ugly lauan ply doors in my
>house with 4-panel
>> doors made from interesting wood combinations; e.g., wenge/apple or pear,
>walnut/maple,
>> mahogany/quartered spruce (to match my guitars). Would the weight of these
>solid woods
>> create problems and if so, what would be good ways to solve them? Are
>there other issues
>> with this that I should consider?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>Dunno...maybe the different woods will pick up moisture and
>consequently move at different rates? Something to consider, anyway.
Frame and panel construction. Use one wood for the frame, other woods for the
panels. Wood weight is not a problem: use bigger hinges, more of them.
Dunno offhand the weight of wenge, but apple and pear are heavy; walnut, maple
and mahogany aren't as heavy as the oak doors I've got on 2 heavy duty hinges
in my house.
Spruce don't weight squat, compared to hardwoods.
Charlie Self
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be
common." Satchel Paige
Thanks, guys. Charlie, that was just what I needed to know. I plan to finish the doors
all over with Waterlox to minimize humidity effects. Now once I get this router table
built I can get started...
I wonder how it would look to inlay an abalone or herringbone rosette around the doorknobs
or in the center of the middle rail?
--
Bob
Bob N asks:
>I wonder how it would look to inlay an abalone or herringbone rosette around
>the doorknobs
>or in the center of the middle rail?
Ostentatious? Actually, it should be pretty impressive. And you can console
your thought with the idea that the next owner of the house will probably paint
the doors.
Charlie Self
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be
common." Satchel Paige