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I was on vacation when I saw some beautiful carved screen doors. I wanted one sooo badly but they were way out of my price range…So being a rather handy lady I went home and attempted to make myself a replica of the door. I was very happy with my first attempt. My hubby even took a picture to work with him to show to his co-workers. Next thing you know I’ve got an order for a double door featuring beavers (don’t ask me why! LOL). As soon as I finished that set I got another order for a third door. Ofcourse, every time I make a new door I feel that I’m getting a little better but… I have no idea what I’m doing!
I’m using an old Craftsman rotary tool that I inherited from my father-in-law. I have no idea what bits I should be using, what the bits real names are, or what they are supposed to be used for. I’ve been trying to look into powercarving online but I’m not sure what I’m looking for. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.
-- Robbinscabin
































10 comments so far
lew
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posted 381 days ago
First of all, Welcome!!!!
Secondly, for someone who says they don’t know what they are doing- Keep It Up!!! you are really producing great looking doors!
jim1953
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posted 381 days ago
NICE JOB COOL PROJECT
-- Jim, Kentucky
dennis mitchell
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posted 381 days ago
Hay thats cool! I would never have thought of building a door that way…sometimes knowing what you are doing isn’t good for creativity.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
woodworm
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posted 381 days ago
Great carving works and door variations!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
robbinscabin
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posted 381 days ago
Thanks all for the nice comments and the warm welcome! I’m having a blast making them and I’m thinking of making hubby a gun cabinet using the same technique. Maybe for the holidays. First though, I’d like to figure out how to make a template so that I could cut some “drawing” time off the project. But again, I’m not sure how. I told you that I was really new at this… ;)
-- Robbinscabin
Thos. Angle
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posted 380 days ago
We have some great carvers on this site. Maybe one of them will help you. As to templates, take a look at past posts and you probably will find some help. By the way, those are some neat doors.
-- Thos. Angle
MsDebbieP
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posted 380 days ago
lol I love it “I have no idea what I’m doing”.. yah.. uh huh.. did you look at your creations??? !!! What you are doing is making magnificent screen doors!!!!
SWEEEEEEEEEEEET. absolutely love them.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
manilaboy
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posted 379 days ago
Pretty nifty!
-- "Real jocks do it on a bench"
Dusty56
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posted 378 days ago
WOW !!! Very impressive work for a “know nothin’ ” You’re one heck of an artist to say the least ! You must have an awesome imagination to design these works of art and then pick up a tool that is foriegn to you and just start carving away like that .... Keep up the great work and thank you for commenting on my MinWax review : )
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .
daltxguy
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posted 352 days ago
Keep doing whatever you’re doing -it’s working out really well!
These are really cool!
-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com