New Front Door

Great looking door, & great craftsmanship. Ash is beautiful wood.

That door would look great on my house, but I guess it wouldn’t fit my 32” opening.

-- ** Dick, & Barb Cain *************** http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Chipncut

Thanks, Dick. When you make it from scratch, it can be any size, so get busy.

-- Tim

Very nice, i am doing a lot with tung oil in the house, floor, cabinets.

I have never build a door. I do not have the tools for it.

Thanks for sharing.

Tenontim, did you put ONLY tung on the door? The tung oil i use is not ment for extrior use UNLESS you use it as a primer and put a extrior varnish over it.

I use pure tung oil from Real Milk Paint Co. http://www.realmilkpaint.com/oil.html It’s not a finish, but pure oil. There are no varnishes or driers in it. I use a 50/50 mixture of tung oil and mineral spirits. You should work down to a 100% application, but it will take a long time to dry. Normally on furniture I will get it down to about a 90/10 mix. It works great, and although there is no UV protection, if you keep the wood from drying out, it won’t change color. Check out the site. They have a lot of tutorials.

-- Tim

Thanks Tim, nice to learn something new. But I think this process is a little lenthy for me, I’ll never get my house done.

I’ve been working on my house for 3 years. I’m not really in a hurry anymore. My wife says it’s the furniture maker thing. Trying to much for perfection. Oh well.

-- Tim

Thanks Tim!

I thought you’d ship it to me.LOL

I guess I’ll have to make my own then.

-- ** Dick, & Barb Cain *************** http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Chipncut

Tim, could you do a “project” or “blog” thing and show us your house and the progress you made?

I’m getting close to finishing up the woodwork in the house and I’ll try to get things cleaned up a little and take some more photos.

-- Tim

Thanks, can’t wait…

exellent job on the door tim !

Nice looking door! good job!

-- It's never done...

Tim, That is one nice door. I have only made a redwood screen door. Did you or how did you seal the raised panels to keep air from passing through?

-- Yesterday I could not spell welder; Today I are one.

I made the panels fit the grooves fairly tightly. I also use screen door spline in them, so they can expand and contract and not rattle. I guess that also must work as a seal, since I’ve never noticed any air coming in, even on our windiest days.

-- Tim