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I made these doors for a guy that built a reproduction of an 1890’s chapel way back in the woods on his property next to a really nice open meadow. This fellow is actually the brother of the guy i built the other similar salvaged pine door in my projects. Word of mouth works! I need to go back and get pictures of the finished chapel sometime.
These are built from salvaged Heart Pine and approx 12’ tall over the gothic transome. When doors get this tall (8 foot) i generally laminate the stiles. Which basically comes down to an 1 1/2” thick Cypress with a layer of 3/8” pine laminated on both sides to make the 2 1/4” thickness. Rarely have to worry about a tall stile moving or warping on you when its laminated this way and then machined and straightened.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
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20 comments so far
TomFran
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posted 311 days ago
Wow! Those are absolutely beautiful!!! Nice work!
Yes, get some pictures for us when this place is done.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
gene
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posted 311 days ago
Yes! Beautiful doors. Do get some photos and post.
God bless
-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia
Greg Mitchell
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posted 311 days ago
Beautiful doors!
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
OutPutter
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Man alive! A work of art destined to be touched by those that enter.
-- Jim
Kerux
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posted 311 days ago
Really nice work. Those doors just invite you inside.
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Dorje
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posted 310 days ago
Pretty awesome work!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
MsDebbieP
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posted 310 days ago
wow indeed.
This is on his private property?
The doors are magnificent and inspiring. I can feel the power of them just from the pictures alone!
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Thos. Angle
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MIghty fine, mighty fine!
-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon
CharlieM1958
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posted 310 days ago
Gorgeous. These will look fantastic when finished. Please post!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Bob #2
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posted 310 days ago
Really pretty work.
Can you tell us how you made the frames for the gothic arches.
It looks like one wide board per side?
Bob
-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner
Hibernicvs
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Is there some kind of rule about feeling envious about religious-type stuff? If there is, I’m probably not getting anything for Christmas this year. I think the doors rate two “Dudes!” and at least one thumbs up. To the envy is added jealousy: Our choir “mama” asked me to do something about the doors on the new closet the pastor had had put in to hold the robes (describing the current doors as “dumb” is being really charitable). I was all ready to go … and then the pastor informed us that the bishop had made a rule that, to avoid lawsuits, nobody was allowed to touch a tool inside the church plant, on the grounds, or in the school without a valid contractor’s license. I guess this comes of having a church named in honor of St. Thomas More, the patron saint of lawyers, instead of St. Joseph, the patron saint of woodworkers. Maybe I should join one named for St. Eligius, patron saint of horse doctors.
-- Hibernicvs
John Gray
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posted 310 days ago
Great work!!!! Please post pictures of the finished chapel.
-- Only the Shadow knows....................
SPalm
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Dang you do nice work. My hat off to you sir. 8 foot doors hanging plumb perfect. Zow.
Steve
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MsDebbieP
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gotta love our “lawsuit” mentality of today’s society. argh. So frustrating!
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lclashley
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posted 310 days ago
Wow, just beautiful!
miles125
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Thanks everyone for the nice compliments. I do have these pics i took before the Chapel was finished.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
Dadoo
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posted 310 days ago
Great job Miles! Now I know what I want for my shop cabinet doors!
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
herbr
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posted 309 days ago
absolutly beautiful doors!
-- Spread love with our work
mot
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posted 309 days ago
Wow! Those are great!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Douglas Bordner
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posted 309 days ago
Top notch.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.