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Delmar Caboose Restoration #2

Project by Karson posted 785 days ago 563 views 0 times favorited 13 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I posted a project on making two windows for the restoration of the Delmar Caboose. The restoration committee asked our Mason – Dixon Woodworkers Club to make some of the items needed for the restoration of the caboose. I volunteered to make the items.

I posted the build of the windows
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Now we are on to the building of a new door. The old door had had some vandals get friendly with it.

The door dimensions were 71” tall and 24” wide. Not the size that you would find at the big box stores.

The door stiles (sides) were made from popular and were 4 5/8” wide 1 3/8” thick.

I used a router set that I bought about 6-7 years ago figuring some day I’d use it. (See it worked out)

I first cut the ends of the rails with the matching router bits.

All of the rest of the door was made with pine.

They were all made with 2 X 8 to 2X 12 salvage materials less than 20” long that had been donated to the toy workshop.

Dry run of the door without the panels and the internal stiles.

The door panels were made with the same salvage wood. They were resawed into 3/4” thick slices and then planed to make them smooth. They ended up between 5/8 and 3/4” thick around 11/16” thick

I then cut the edging on both sides of the panels.

Gluing up with the panels and the internal rails in place.

The completed door.

Additional projects is the siding
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Completion
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-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †


13 comments so far

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clieb91

682 posts in 834 days


posted 785 days ago

Karson, Thanks for showing this. What a great project, way to keep the history alive for those to come later on.

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

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bryano

546 posts in 832 days


posted 785 days ago

Hi Karson. Great job on the door, I like the way you show the work in progress. looks like you are giving your time to another worthy cause. Way to go!

-- bryano

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 861 days


posted 785 days ago

Karson,
That logo on the “crummy” brings back memories. My Dad worked at the roundhouse and the coal dock for the Pennsy. He later switched to the rip track and was a car knocker. He was hurt there and medicaled out. In the teens and ‘20’s my Grand Dad was a blacksmith and worked on the wreck train for the Pennsylvania. This was all in Logansport, Indiana which at that time was a division. Fix’er up nice, those old Crummies saw a lot of use. Nice door.
Tom

-- Thos. Angle

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Dan Pleska

110 posts in 860 days


posted 785 days ago

Nice post on the progress of making the door.

-- Dan, West Virginia, http://www.danpleskaCreations.com

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Karson

25807 posts in 1299 days


posted 785 days ago

Thanks guys. It was fun. My wife was after me to fix the screen door for the back screened porch. I didn’t want to tell her I was making a door for a caboose and not make one for her. So I’m now working on her door.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Dadoo

1723 posts in 889 days


posted 784 days ago

Good idea to keep the wife appeased once in awhile. Hey, this door looks real good. Are you going to reuse the door hardware as well?

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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Lee A. Jesberger

3710 posts in 878 days


posted 784 days ago

Hi Karson;

Good job on the door and the post.

Wives sure can be pesky huh? LOL

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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lance

168 posts in 887 days


posted 784 days ago

Another worth while job well done and it was iteresting to see how you were making your door, since I’m in the process of making my two sets of bi-fold doors. Keep up the good work.

-- Bob Lance, DE

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MsDebbieP

14174 posts in 1059 days


posted 784 days ago

yet another reason to invest in a tool—in 6-7 years you might volunteer to refurbish a caboose and the tool will come in handy!! Perfect plan. :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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mot

4904 posts in 935 days


posted 784 days ago

Karson, that’s a specific door rail and stile set then? Really neat. My wife is itching for a new entry door. I’ve thought about making one, but would probably need a bigger shop, or some borrowed time on a bigger jointer. Looks great!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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WayneC

6059 posts in 996 days


posted 784 days ago

Thanks for helping to keep part of our heritage alive Karson.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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oscorner

4572 posts in 1209 days


posted 782 days ago

Very professionally done!

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Bob Babcock

1808 posts in 985 days


posted 780 days ago

Amazing stuff as usual Karson!

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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