| Project by miles125 | posted 537 days ago | 607 views | 3 times favorited | 13 comments | ![]() |
This is really my bread and butter type project. This particular door is 2 1/4” thick x 48” wide x 102” tall. I happen upon the wood mostly from older homes that are being torn down. Preferably i find old growth beams with lots of rings per inch. I use a metal detector to de-nail the material then mill it.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
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13 comments so far
Bob Babcock
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posted 537 days ago
Wow…very nice Miles. You need to blog one of these. I’d love to see the process.
-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org
MsDebbieP
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posted 537 days ago
SWEEEEEEEET .
Yes… loved to see a blog on this.
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
TreeBones
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posted 537 days ago
Beautiful door and frame. Salvage is my middle name. What kind of tools do you use to mill your beams?
-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3
jockmike2
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posted 537 days ago
I can’t believe thats salvage, thats a beautiful door like it is. Hope you get some top grade from it. jockmike
-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com
miles125
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posted 537 days ago
Thanks for the compliments. I’ll have to try the blog suggestion on my next one.
Ron, as far as cleaning the material i use crowbars, flat bars, hammers, nail pullers with a slide handle, chisels, my teeth..lol. Its a very dirty and sweaty job to say the least. I try to stick with beams no bigger than 8×8 so i can handle them. My Felder sawblade goes up to 4 1/4” high so i can pretty much resaw any material around 8” with it. I’d love to have a Woodmizer like yours on occassion!
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
WayneC
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posted 537 days ago
Thats just wonderful. I can imagine walking up to someones house and how impressive it would look.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Greg Mitchell
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posted 537 days ago
Beautiful door! I would love to see more picture on how you put all of it together. What are you going to finish it with?
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
miles125
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posted 537 days ago
Greg, Luckily i’m not doing the finishing. I can do finishing. I just havent in all my years figured out how to make money at it. Lol
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
mot
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posted 537 days ago
Wow! That really looks great!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
PanamaJack
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posted 537 days ago
Great door Miles. Wood art all the way. Nice style.
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
oscorner
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posted 537 days ago
Superb, door. Excellent work!
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David
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posted 536 days ago
WOW! Miles, I agree with Bob – you need to blog one of your doors so we can all see how it is done. Excellent!
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 451 days ago
Absolutley gourgeous! And the fact that it’s reclaimed old groth makes it an even more valuable and special piece. Love your design and I am jealous of your execution! Fantastic!
-- Women love me.....trees fear me