[Woodcarver] Carving Doors

[Joe Dillett]

Hi Gary (Bing)

Cherry is not a very good wood to withstand weather. White oak or Mahogany 
might be better choices for a nice hardwood that holds carving detail.

You'll need 3 hinges but I don't think that they need to be ball bearing 
hinges. The door jam and locking system will need to allow for a total of 
about 1/2-inch expansion and contraction. On what side of that 1/2-inch you 
want to be when you install it depends on the moisture of the door. Most of 
the time you've got kiln dried and its around 7% MC climbing to 13%. If 
that's the case you'll need to allow for the door to be able to expand 
1/2-inch and still operate smoothly. Your deadbolt and latch need about 1 
1/8 inch travel to remain engaged when the door is at its smallest and still 
retract when the door is at its largest. Your jam on the locking side will 
be 3/4-inch thick minimum.

I recommend you lay the planks out, draw the design, rough out the design 
all before you glue it. Stock removal will cup the boards. Joint the edges 
and glue it up after 90% of the stock is removed. Don't go deeper than about 
40% of the total thickness.

I still think you'll be better off going with a commerically available door 
(with the stain glass openings) and mount your carving to it. It will save 
your customer lots of money and it will save you lots of headaches.

Joe Dillett
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary & Marie Crosby" <gcrosby at sympatico.ca>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: [Woodcarver] Carving Doors


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My plan is to make two doors out of cherry. The thickness is 1 ½, with 4
carved panels on the bottom and one on the top with two stained glass
panels. The door theme will be "The Year Of The Veteran" with carving of
Vimy Ridge, Korea, WW II, WW I. The first set of doors will go to the
Officers and SNCO's Mess in Meaford. The second set of doors will go to the
Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

The problem I am considering is the weight of a solid Cherry door 35 ½ inch
by 55 ½ inch  and the construction of the of the door.

Gary (Bing)

http://darkwood-woodcarving.com



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