Redwood Shop Doors

Hi gizmodyne;
—-well these are some sharp looking doors, looks like you’ve done some nice work there!

I also went to your blog and then on to flickr, you’ve been busy from what I can see. I also noticed your workbench and then there’s the Jet bandsaw…..great tools you’ve got there.

Those hummingbirds are an added blessing!
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://rusticwoodart.tumblr.com/

Them’s nice doors.. they need a little weather stripping on the inside at the top.

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What’s weather? I live in California. :)

It’s on the to do list. Any suggestions?

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

So you went from a chair to garage door. Great work, gizmodyne!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Yep great doors

“pretty sweet for homespun”

I’d say pretty sweet for custom ordered!

beats the pants off the typical overhead model

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

they are beautiful!!!
and what are the neighbours saying???

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

nice!

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

You do nice work Gizmo. Frank alerted me to your web site and I now realize you have some extensive woodworking experience. You are another great addition to this community!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

I live in California too… weather i.e. that temperature below 60. I used to live in L.A. ... I can’t remember if it ever got below 60 when I was there. O.K. maybe you don’t need weather stripping.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

I am going to add some stop material. Mainly for sound protection. It’s on “the list”.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Giz,

Beautiful doors! I’m a beginner so hopefully you’ll excuse all the questions.

Is western redwood the same as western red cedar that we have here on the east coast?

Also, you mentioned that you’ve seen some folks build a simpler version using a 2×4 frame and attaching the redwood to that. Can you explain what are the negatives of doing it this way?

Lastly, I’m not sure I understand how the beadboard layer was made. Is it a number of boards all joined together, or is it a number of bigger pieces with machine-made vertical lines?

Thanks for the help!

Fireball.
The wood: My understanding is that they are different species with similar weather friendly characteristics that make them suitable to outdoor environements.
Here is an article comparing the two.

The negatives of doing the 2×4 method are… it’s not as aesthetically pleasing.

The advantages are it is cheap.. and quicker.

Probably these doors as constructed are an intermediate project but dont let that dissuade you.
You need access to a jointer or some way to straighten the long boards (table saw sled?).

1. Take individual boards and create some type of edge joint: Tongue and Groove or Shiplap. (these are shiplap). Now your boards will interlock on their edges.
2. Run 1/2 a v-groove down the edges so that when they meet you will see a complete v-groove. ( On these doors I only did the front since the back is hidden.

Now if you want to create wider pieces of solid wood you can also space a true v-groove down the center of each board. This creates a faux beadboard look. This takes at least three separate router set-ups

Check out my blog on building beadboard doors .

Here is a picture of a stack of beadboard

If you are going to paint your project you can just run a series of equally spaced v-grooves on a piece of mdf.

Hope this is not too much info.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

those are nice dude….....

bet you didn’t have your dominoe when you made this !

-- keeping myself entertained